China out in front with the world’s fastest trains

China's Beijing - Shanghai line now hosts the world's fastest scheduled trains. (Photo: Andrew Benton)

INTERNATIONAL: China now has the fastest regular timetabled trains in the world, significantly faster than any other country, according to Railway Gazette’s biennial World Speed Survey, which appears in the July 2019 issue of Railway Gazette International magazine.

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