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In France, the below is a link to a video of the V150 which acheived 580+ kmph.
http://www.youtube.com/w ... Dw4zn-qw1oM
Other information: trial run records of train speeds:
* 1963 - Japan - Shinkansen - 256 km/h (First country to develop HSR technology)
* 1965 - West Germany - Class 103 locomotives - 200 km/h (Second country to develop HSR technology)
* 1967 - France - TGV 001 - 318 km/h (Third country to develop HSR technology)
* 1972 - Japan - Shinkansen - 286 km/h
* 1974 - West Germany - EET-01 - 230 km/h
* 1974 - France - Aérotrain - 430.2 km/h (high speed monorail train)
* 1975 - West Germany - Comet - 401.3 km/h (steam rocket propulsion)
* 1978 - Japan - HSST-01 - 307.8 km/h (Auxiliary rocket propulsion)
* 1978 - Japan - HSST-02 - 110 km/h
* 1979 - Japan - Shinkansen - 319 km/h
* 1979 - Japan - ML-500R (unmanned) - 504 km/h
* 1979 - Japan - ML-500R (unmanned) - 517 km/h
* 1981 - France - TGV - 380 km/h
South Korea's KTX II, based on its self-developed HSR-350x (also known as Korean G7), reaches maximum speed of 352.4 km/h.
* 1985 - West Germany - InterCityExperimental - 324 km/h
* 1987 - Japan - MLU001 (manned) - 400.8 km/h
* 1988 - West Germany - InterCityExperimental - 406 km/h
* 1988 - Italy - ETR 500-X - 319 km/h (Fourth country to develop HSR technology)
* 1988 - West Germany - TR-06 - 412.6 km/h
* 1989 - West Germany - TR-07 - 436 km/h
* 1990 - France - TGV - 515.3 km/h
* 1992 - Japan - Shinkansen - 350 km/h
* 1993 - Japan - Shinkansen - 425 km/h
* 1993 - Germany - TR-07 - 450 km/h
* 1994 - Japan - MLU002N - 431 km/h
* 1996 - Japan - Shinkansen - 446 km/h
* 1997 - Japan - MLX01 - 550 km/h
* 1999 - Japan - MLX01 - 552 km/h
* 2002 - Spain - AVE Class 330 - 362 km/h (Fifth country to develop HSR technology)
* 2002 - China - China Star - 321 km/h (Sixth country to develop HSR technology)
* 2003 - China - Transrapid 08 - 501 km/h
* 2003 - Japan - MLX01 - 581 km/h (current world record holder)
* 2004 - South Korea - HSR-350x - 352.4 km/h
* 2006 - Germany - Siemens Velaro - 404 km/h (unmodified commercial trainset)
* 2007 - France - V150 - 574.8 km/h
* 2008 - China - CRH3 - 394.3 km/h
See http://en.wikipedia.org/ ... -speed_rail for more info and links
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