User:FlyAkwa/Land speed record for rail vehicles



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

Official absolute world record for conventional train is held by the French TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse). In April 2007, a specially tuned train, reduced to 3 cars with higher voltage, broke the world record, reaching 574.8 km/h.

The world record for non-conventional train is held by the experimental Japanese JR-Maglev, having achieved 581 km/h on a magnetic-levitation track.

Unmanned rocket sleds that ride on rails have reached over 10400 km/h, equivalent to Mach 8.5.

The fastest manned rail vehicle was a manned rocket sled, that travelled at 1017 km/h.

= World Speed Record =

Legend :
 * R (Record) :
 * Yes check.svg Official Record (historically known, reported by independent witness).
 * Doubtful or claimed record (by manufacturer, company, customers, state, ministry, etc) without independent report.


 * Arr (Arrangement) : Disposition and number of elements forming the train.
 * Loc (One locomotive pulling one or more cars)
 * Multi (Multi Motorized Elements)
 * Single (Single rail vehicle).


 * Power (Power) : Train_ElectricDC.png Electric DC, Train_ElectricAC.png Electric AC, Train_ElectricAC_T.png Triphase, Train_Steam.png Steam, Train_Diesel_logo.png Diesel, Train_Propeller.png Propeller, Turbojet_logo.png Jet, Train_turbine_logo.png Turbine.
 * S (State) : P (Prototype), U (Unmodified), ? (Unknown), T (Tuned)

Styles : [Official World Speed Record] - [Record holder in its category] - [Unofficial claimed record]

Rocket Sled
= World Fastest Commercial Relations =

Styles : [Currently active] - [Record holder] - [Old service]

=See also=


 * Land speed record
 * List of vehicle speed records
 * List of high speed trains
 * High Speed Rail

=References=

=External links=
 * TGV 2007 record
 * TGV 2007 record - SNCF Press release, SNCF Press release 2
 * Alstom 	V 150, Alstom Press release
 * Reuters TGV record, Reuters TGV record video
 * Railway Speed Records
 * World Speed Records
 * byun byun Shinkansen
 * Fastest steam locomotive
 * RDECOM magazine 'Super Roadrunner' breaks land speed record
 * 846 TS HYPERSONIC UPGRADE PROGRAM (contains World Speed Record video)
 * World Speed Survey 1997
 * Retrouvez sur cette page les chiffres clés des records sur rail dans le monde
 * Railway developments worldwide
 * World Speed Survey 2007 Railway Gazette International September 2007