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World Speed Survey: Shinkansen regains speed honours as French cut back

By and Dr Colin Taylor1997-10-01T10:00:00

In his biennial survey of the world's fastest timetabled start-to-stop trains, Dr Colin Taylor finds that Japan has regained the Number 1 spot it first won in 1965. Despite losing the lead, France continues to accelerate, with its best timings now well over 250 km/h

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