World Fastest Point-to-point Average Speeds in Commercial Operations
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Average speed | Top speed | Train | Type | Location | From | To | Distance | Date from | Date to | Comments |
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114.8 km/h (71 mph) | 129 km/h (80 mph) | Cheltenham Spa Express | Steam | UK | Swindon | London | 124.3 km (77 mi) | 1932 | 1960 | 77¼ miles in 65 minutes. Claimed by the Great Western Railway at the time to be the world's fastest train. Now operated by First Great Western in 57 minutes with Class 43 HST. |
124.3 km/h (77 mph) | 160 km/h (99 mph) | Fliegender Hamburger | Diesel-electric | Germany | Berlin | Hamburg | 286.0 km (178 mi) | 1933 | 1939 | DMU, 98 passengers |
130.4 km/h (81 mph) | 161 km/h (100 mph) | Morning Hiawatha | Steam | USA | Sparta, Wisconsin | Portage, Wisconsin | 126.0 km (78 mi) | 1939 | 1971 | 78.3 miles in 58 minutes, Milwaukee Road class F7. |
134.05 km/h (83 mph) | 186.68 km/h (116 mph) | Denver Zephyr | Diesel-electric | USA | Chicago | Denver | 1,636 km (1,017 mi) | 1936 | A one-time run (not a regular schedule) The actual mean speed was 66 mph |
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132.1 km/h (82 mph) | 160 km/h (99 mph) | Mistral | Electric | France | Paris | Dijon | 315.0 km (196 mi) | 1964 | 1981 | |
162.8 km/h (101 mph) | 210 km/h (130 mph) | Hikari Shinkansen | Electric | Japan | Tokyo | Shin-Osaka | 515.0 km (320 mi)} | 1965 | Stopped at Nagoya and Kyoto | |
163.0 km/h (101 mph) | 200 km/h (124 mph) | Etendard | Electric | France | St-Pierre-des-Corps | Poitiers | 100.0 km (62 mi) | 1973 | 1989 | Class CC6500 locomotive, now by TGV |
214.0 km/h (133 mph) | 260 km/h (162 mph) | TGV Sud-Est | Electric | France | Paris | Lyon-Brotteaux | 429.0 km (267 mi) | 1983 | On the LGV Sud-Est | |
250.43 km/h (156 mph) | 300 km/h (186 mph) | Nozomi Shinkansen | Electric | Japan | Hiroshima | Kokura | 192.0 km (119 mi) | 1997 | operated by 500 Series Shinkansen | |
263.3 km/h (164 mph) | 320 km/h (199 mph) | TGV Duplex | Electric | France | Lyon-St Exupéry | Aix-en-Provence | 289.6 km (180 mi) | 2005 | On the LGV Méditerranée | |
279.3 km/h (174 mph) | 320 km/h (199 mph) | TGV POS | Electric | France | Lorraine TGV | Champagne TGV | 167.6 km (104 mi) | 2007 | On the LGV Est | |
313.0 km/h (194 mph) | 350 km/h (217 mph) | CRH2 | Electric | China | Wuhan | Guangzhou North | 922.0 km (573 mi) | 2009 | 2011 | On Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway until July 2011 |
210.0 km/h (130 mph) | 300 km/h (186 mph) | ICE3 | Electric | Germany | Cologne | Frankfurt Airport | 168 km (104 mi) | 2012 | On Köln–Frankfurt high-speed rail line |
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