Railway speed record

Railway speed record
Shanghi Maglev
Specifications
Maximum speed	600 kilometres per hour (370 mph)
Traction system	maglev

The world's fastest train is the Shanghi Maglev in China, It can reach a top speed of 600 km/h (370 mph)^[1] The train is unusual because it uses magnetic levitation to float over an elevated track rather than using wheels on railway tracks as most trains do.^[1] The train that runs fastest while carrying passengers is the CR400 Fuxing from China. It can go at 350 km/h (220 mph).^[1] The fastest speed on a test run by a regular train was 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on 3 April 2007 in France.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Jones, Ben (10 December 2021). "Flying without wings: The World's fastest trains". CNN. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.