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More than 35 years ago, an impressive world record was set in Bavaria - the highest speed achieved by a train. A review.
Würzburg – Würzburg-Fulda route, 11,000 hp, a German ICE: these were the ingredients for a world record in 1988. And the attempt succeeded. The train reached 406 kilometers per hour, making the German ICE the fastest train in the world. Today we are far from that.
The German ICE – once the fastest train in the world, today the DB constantly makes negative headlines
Deutsche Bahn with a world record ICE in the headlines - hard to imagine today. Instead, the now state-owned company tends to make it into the media with stories of frustration. Be it the red numbers and dilapidated routes, the million-dollar bonuses for the railway board or the constant delays and strikes.
A display showing 406 km/h and a raised fist - the speed record for a train was set in Bavaria more than 35 years ago. However, it only lasted for a short time. © Screenshot sean82sylt / YouTube / Gottfried Czepluch / IMAGO / Merkur-Collage
In this case, the frequent, but usually very glorified, look into the past makes people justifiably sigh. The ICE's speed record at the time didn't last long - only a short time later, according to
welt.de
, the French TGV reached more than 500 km/h - but today one would probably give a lot for such "problems".
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Fast trains: The current record – and the fastest passenger train in the world
Nowadays the ICE in Germany travels at a maximum of 300 km/h, but due to the many stops and other, slower trains, this speed is not regularly reached. In principle, Deutsche Bahn is not trying to set new speed records, writes
welt.de
- because other priorities, such as lower energy consumption or better air conditioning, are the focus.
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The currently fastest train in the world is the Japanese Shinkasen, which reached 603 km/h using magnetic force during a test run in 2015. In 2027 it is scheduled to run regularly between Shinagawa and Nagoya in Japan. The fastest passenger train currently in everyday use is also a magnetic levitation train - the Maglev runs at up to 460 km/h between Shanghai Airport and the city center of the Chinese metropolis.
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