5 Countries With Fastest Trains (3. China)

5 Countries With Fastest Trains (3. China)

3. China
Train: CRH380AL
Speed: 302 mph
Capacity: 600 passengers

China has the world’s longest high-speed rail network with more than 6,000 miles of routes in service.It also boasts the longest high-speed rail route, with the opening of its Beijing-Shanghai line earlier this month. The 819-mile route was made using 60 million cubic meters of concrete, twice the amount used in the Three Gorges Dam. While the CRH380AL trains operate at a speed of 186 mph, the train hit a record speed of 302 mph in a test run.China’s first high-speed line, which opened in 2007, saw 40.6 million passengers travel on it in just the first two years. The government hopes to stretch China’s rapidly growing high-speed network to 28,000 miles by the end of 2015.