France’s TGV holds the train speed record hitting 357.2 mph in 2007. Of course, that’s just for conventional trains. A Japanese maglev hit 375 mph on a test track in 2015.
The American record was set on Dec. 20, 1967 when a UAC turbo train hit 170.8 mph on the Penn Central track between Trenton and New Brunswick in New Jersey. It remains the word record for gas turbine-powered rail vehicles.
Train Speed Record William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-10-20
