World's Fastest Bullet Train List
Where's the US in the Bullet Train Tech Race? World's Fastest Bullet Train - Japan's Loseries SC Maglev Asia and Europe are dominating in speed and deployment of bullet trains. The world leaders in the technology are Japan, France and China. These nations have systems up and running and some are currently building more. Here's the 2018 list of the Top Ten Fastest Bullet Trains in the World: Japan - Loseries SC Maglev, also known as Japan Laser, at 375 mph France - TGV at 357 mph China - CRH38OA at 302 mph Japan - N700 Shinkansen 275 mph China - Shanghai Maglev at 275 mph South Korea - HEMU 430X at 267 mph Italy - Frecciarossa 1000 at 220 mph Spain - Talgo 350 at 205 mph Germany - ICE3 at 199 mph Taiwan THSR 700T at 186 mph Massive Acceleration Testing Some of these systems have exceeded speeds of 400 mph with belief they'll be able to sustain travel at 500 mph. That would cut a trip from Paris to Berlin to 2 hours, ve