Land speed record for railed vehicles

Land speed record for railed vehicles

Determination of the fastest railed vehicle in the world varies depending on the definition of "rail".

The French TGV ("Train à Grande Vitesse") is the fastest conventional train in the world, using powered metal wheels riding on metal rails. In April 2007, the TGV broke its own 1990 record with a new speed of 574.8 km/h (357.18 mph) under test conditions with a shortened train (two power cars and three passenger cars).

The Japanese JR-Maglev is the fastest non-conventional train in the world, having achieved 581 km/h (361 mph) on a magnetic-levitation track. Unmanned rocket sleds that ride on rails have reached over 10,400 km/h (6,462 mph), equivalent to Mach 8.5. The fastest manned rail vehicle is a manned rocket sled, that travelled at 1,017 km/h (635 mph).

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Conventional wheeled

Electric multiple units

Fourth rail electric

Petrol

Rocket

Maglev

Unmodified (commercially operated)

Top speed

Conventional wheeled

Scheduled trains

Average speed, from station to station

Average speed, between terminating stations

Rocket sled

References

ee also

* Land speed record
* List of vehicle speed records

External links

* [http://www.record2007.com/ TGV 2007 record]
* [http://www.entreprise-sncf.com/communiq/communiq739.html TGV 2007 record - SNCF Press release] , [http://www.entreprise-sncf.com/communiq/communiq741.html SNCF Press release 2]
* [http://www.alstom.com/home/news/event/v_150/index.EN.php?languageId=EN&docId=&dir=/home/news/event/v_150/ Alstom V 150] , [http://www.alstom.com/pr_corp/2007/corp/41789.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/pr_corp/2007/corp/&idRubriqueCourante=15445 Alstom Press release]
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL0364103520070403 Reuters TGV record] , [http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=47404&src=040307_0904_ARTICLE_PROMO_also_on_reuters Reuters TGV record video]
* [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~procter/SPEED.HTM Railway Speed Records]
* [http://www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~dajf/byunbyun/speeds/records.htm World Speed Records]
* [http://www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~dajf/byunbyun/index.htm byun byun Shinkansen]
* [http://www.germansteam.info/fastestloco.html Fastest steam locomotive]
* [http://www.rdecom.army.mil/rdemagazine/200401/dl/200401_RDECOM_magazine.pdf RDECOM magazine 'Super Roadrunner' breaks land speed record]
* [http://www.holloman.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6130 846 TS HYPERSONIC UPGRADE PROGRAM (contains World Speed Record video)]
* [http://www.railfaneurope.net/misc/fastest.html World Speed Survey 1997]
* [http://tgv16orange.free.fr/videos.html Retrouvez sur cette page les chiffres clés des records sur rail dans le monde]
* [http://www.railway.bham.ac.uk/courses/conference_1105/plenary_1-p/1_2_hughes_text_pdf.pdf Railway developments worldwide]
* [http://www.railwaygazette.com/fileadmin/user_upload/railwaygazette.com/PDF/RailwayGazetteWorldSpeedSurvey2007.pdf World Speed Survey 2007] "Railway Gazette International September 2007"


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