Railway speed record
All passenger trains
The following is a complete list of absolute world speed records for all trains designed to carry passengers, regardless of gauge, propulsion or type of rail,

Railway speed record

Section Title: All passenger trains
Table Section Text: The following is a complete list of absolute world speed records for all trains designed to carry passengers, regardless of gauge, propulsion or type of rail,

Speed	Date	Line	Country	Train	Arr	Power	State	Comments

603 km/h (375 mph)	2015-04-21	Yamanashi Test Track	Japan	L0 Series	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Proto.	Seven-car train set, manned

590 km/h (367 mph)	2015-04-16	Yamanashi Test Track	Japan	L0 Series	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Proto.	Seven-car train set, manned

581 km/h (361 mph)	2003-12-02	Yamanashi Test Track	Japan	MLX01	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Proto.	Three-car train set. Guinness Book of Records authenticated.

574.8 km/h (357 mph)	2007-04-03	LGV Est	France	SNCF TGV POS Set No. 4402	Multi	AC	Tuned	Set formed of 2 power cars + 3 trailers. Current world record on steel rails.

552 km/h (343 mph)	1999-04-14	Yamanashi Test Track	Japan	MLX01	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Proto.	Five-car train set. Guinness Book of Records authenticated.

550 km/h (342 mph)	1997-12-24	Yamanashi Test Track	Japan	MLX01	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Proto.	Three-car train set.

517 km/h (321 mph)	1979-12-21	Miyazaki Test Track	Japan	ML-500R	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Proto.

515.3 km/h (320 mph)	1990-05-18	LGV Atlantique	France	SNCF TGV Atlantique Set No. 325	Multi	AC	Tuned	Set formed of 2 power cars + 3 trailers.

504 km/h (313 mph)	1979-12-12	Miyazaki Test Track	Japan	ML-500R	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Proto.

501 km/h (311 mph)	2003-11-12	Shanghai Maglev Train	China	Transrapid SMT	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Unmod.	Recorded in 2003 at a test run before the commercial operation in 2004

487.3 km/h (303 mph)	2010-12-03	Beijing–Shanghai HSR	China	CRH380BL	Multi	Single phase	Unmod.	16-car trainset

486.1 km/h (302 mph)	2010-12-03	Beijing–Shanghai HSR	China	CRH380AL	Multi	Single phase	Unmod.	16-car trainset, near Sùzhōu

482.4 km/h (300 mph)	1989-12-05	LGV Atlantique	France	SNCF TGV Atlantique Set No. 325	Multi	AC	Tuned	Set formed of 2 power cars + 3 trailers.

443.0 km/h (275 mph)	1996-07-26	Tōkaidō Shinkansen	Japan	Class 955 Shinkansen	Multi	AC	Proto

425.0 km/h (264 mph)	1993-12-21	Jōetsu Shinkansen	Japan	Class 952/953 Shinkansen	Multi	AC	Proto

421.4 km/h (262 mph)	2013-03-28	Gyeongbu high-speed railway	South Korea	Hyundai Rotem HEMU-430X	Multi	AC	Proto	six-car train set. maximum speed test.

411.5 km/h (256 mph)	1974-08-14	High Speed Ground Test Center	US	LIMRV	Loc	Gas turbine	Proto

406.9 km/h (253 mph)	1988-05-01	Hanover-Würzburg HSR	West Germany	InterCityExperimental (ICE-V)	Multi	AC	Proto.

393.8 km/h (245 mph)	2016-02-26	AV Milano-Torino	Italy	ETR 1000	Multi	AC	Unmod.

380 km/h (236 mph)	1981-02-26	LGV Sud-Est	France	SNCF TGV Sud-Est Set No. 16	Multi	AC	Tuned

362 km/h (225 mph)	2009-02-04	Monte Bibele tunnel (Bologna-Firenze HSL)	Italy	ETR 500-Y	Multi	AC	Tuned	World record in tunnel.

331 km/h (206 mph)	1955-03-29	"Les Landes", between Bordeaux and Dax	France	Jeumont-Schneider BB 9004	Loc	DC	Tuned	Pulling 3 cars. Train was specially modified for the test. The track was badly damaged by the test.

320.6 km/h (199 mph)	1955-03-28	"Les Landes", between Bordeaux and Dax	France	Alsthom CC 7107	Loc	DC	Tuned

275 km/h (171 mph)	1967-12-20	Northeast Corridor between Trenton and New Brunswick, New Jersey	US	United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) TurboTrain	GTEL	-	Unmod.	-

253.2 km/h (157 mph)	1977-11-21	Krauss-Maffei's plant in Munich - Allach	West Germany	Transrapid 04	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Proto.

250 km/h (155 mph)	1973	Krauss-Maffei's plant in Munich - Allach	West Germany	Transrapid 04	Multi	AC (Maglev)	Proto.

245 km/h (152 mph)	1980	Rosslyn to De Wildt South Africa	South Africa	South African Class 6E	Loc	DC	Proto.	High speed pantographs was tested for British rail on locomotive number E1525. The idea was abandoned thereafter.

243 km/h (151 mph)	1954-02-21	Between Dijon and Beaune	France	Alsthom CC 7121	Loc	DC	Unmod.

215 km/h (134 mph)	1939-06-23	Germany	DRG SVT 137 155 (Kruckenberg)	Multi	Diesel-hydraulic	Unmod.

205 km/h (127 mph)	1936-02-17	Germany	DRG SVT 137 233-234 "Bauart Leipzig"	Multi	Diesel-elec	Unmod.	First diesel train faster than 200 km/h (124 mph) }

202.58 km/h (126 mph)	1938-03-07	East Coast Main Line between Peterborough and Grantham	UK	LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard	Loc	Steam	unknown	Authenticated speed. International Steam Record Holder to this day.

177 km/h (110 mph)	1945-3-30	Fort Wayne Line	US	Pennsylvania Railroad Class S2 #6200	Loc	Steam Turbine	Unmod.	During a test run officially arranged by PRR on 30 March 1945, S2 #6200 with a dynamometer car towed, was able to pull a 17-car train over a distance of 48 kilometers at a speed of 110 mph (180 km/h) between Fort Wayne and Chicago.

168.5 km/h (105 mph)	1934-30-11	East Coast Main Line near Essendine	UK	LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman	Loc	Steam	Unmod.	First authenticated run at over 100 mph with complete, surviving documentation.

166.6 km/h (104 mph)	1934-07-20	US	Milwaukee Road class F6 #6402	Loc	Steam	Unmod	A point between Oakwood, Illinois and Lake, Wisconsin. Also averaged 75.5 mph (122 km/h) on 85 miles (137 km) from Chicago, Illinois to Milwaukee, and 89.92 mph (145 km/h) for a 68.9 miles (110.9 km) stretch

164 km/h (102 mph)	1971-10	Krauss-Maffei's plant in Munich - Allach	West Germany	Transrapid 02	Single	AC (Maglev)	Proto.	930 m test track which included one curve.

161 km/h (100 mph)	1934-11-30	East Coast Main Line	UK	LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman	Loc	Steam	Unmod.	In 1934, Flying Scotsman achieved the first authenticated 100 mph (161 km/h) by a steam locomotive.

131.6 km/h (82 mph)	1854-06	UK	Bristol & Exeter Railway #41	Loc	Steam	Unmod.	Broad gauge

125.6 km/h (78 mph)	1850	UK	Great Britain	Loc	Steam	Unmod.	80 mph (129 km/h) claimed[by whom?]

96.6 km/h (60 mph)	1848	US	Boston and Maine Railroad Antelope	Loc	Steam	Unmod.	First authenticated 60 mph (97 km/h),26 miles (42 km) in 26 minutes.

90 km/h (56 mph)	1971-05-06	MBB's Ottobrunn factory	West Germany	MBB Prinzipfahrzeug	Single	AC	Proto.	660 m test track. Near Munich. MBB: Messerschmidt-Bölkow-Blohm, Prinzipfahrzeug: Principle vehicle.

48 km/h (30 mph)	1830	Liverpool and Manchester Railway	UK	Stephenson's Rocket	Loc	Steam	Unmod.

46 km/h (29 mph)	1829	Rainhill Trials	UK	Stephenson's Rocket	Loc	Steam	Unmod.

24 km/h (15 mph)	1825	UK	Locomotion No. 1	Loc	Steam	Unmod.

8 km/h (5 mph)	1804-02-21	UK	Richard Trevithick's world's first railway steam locomotive	Loc	Steam	Unmod.

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Railway speed record has the world record in April 2007, reaching 574.8 km/h.

final_sentence: Railway speed record has the world record in April 2007, reaching 574.8 km/h.