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World Speed Survey 1999

By and Dr Colin Taylor1999-10-01T07:39:00

The closing years of the 20th century have seen a consolidation in high-speed train performance, with more trains in the top categories but no services faster than in 1997. In our regular biennial survey of the fastest timetabled point-to-point journeys, Dr Colin Taylor finds that Japan, France and Spain remain ...

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