(Source: Fortune.com, August 21, 2017)
NEW YORK — China will once again hold the title for the world’s fastest train. Following a fatal crash in 2011, the high speed train service reduced its upper limit from its then-record holding 350 km/h (217 miles/hour) to 250-300 km/h (155-186 miles/hour). But as China seeks to stay ahead globally in its rail services and sell its bullet trains and railways as part of the “Belt and Road Initiative,” it has decided to relaunch the world’s fastest train service.
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