Tag: RAIL

Way back in December, China unveiled the world's fastest train, which topped out at around 235 miles per hour. Now, less than a year later, the People's Republic has broken its own record with a Shanghai bullet train that can reach speeds of up to 258.86 miles per hour. The new train, which made its record-breaking debut on Tuesday, will begin its regular run between Shanghai and Hangzhou next ...

For the past couple of decades, China's population -- and its economy -- has been growing faster than a speeding bullet. Now, they have a train fast enough to keep up. As the BBC reports, China's new Wuhan-Guangzhou railway is now the fastest train in the world. Making its debut yesterday, the train tops out at a speed of over 380 km/h, or over 235 mph, and, according to early reports, the ...

The 38-year-old Walt Disney World Monorail System suffered its first fatal accident on Sunday when a driver failed to stop and slammed into the back of a stationary train, killing him instantly. The accident occurred at 2 a.m. with 21-year-old Austin Wuennenberg behind the controls, and six passengers on board. All the other passengers escaped unharmed, but Wuennenberg was not so lucky. Disney ...