In Pictures: The World’s Fastest Train
On Saturday the world’s fastest high-speed train was launched in China that averages speeds over 350km/h / 217mp/h.
The rail service will link Wuhan in central China to Guangzhou in the south, covering a total distance of 663 miles. Journey times will be reduced from around 10 hours to just 2 hours and 45 minutes.
The following gallery shows the 600-member delegation taking the first trip at the weekend.
The average speed of the high-speed trains around the world:
243 km/h in Japan
232 km/h in Germany
277 km/h in France
Posted on December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Tech
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