L ast month, France’s national railway operator released a glimpse of the designs for its upcoming fifth-generation ...

One more thing... A TV monitor at the end of the carriage displays real-time updates of the train’s speed. The fastest I see is 300km/h. The INOUI fleet can reach speeds of up to 320km/h.

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Other countries' railroads can also boast some pretty impressive speed stats, including France's TGV which ... By comparison, America's fastest passenger train, Amtrak's Acela, can currently ...

(France’s TGV runs at speeds of up to 200 ... While the Acela is the fastest train in the country, “it’s not the truly transformative high-speed rail experience,” said Rick Harnish ...