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Eurostar train with a yellow and blue front stands at a platform under the large arched glass roof of London St. Pancras station.

Gotthard Base Tunnel

A Swiss Federal Railways high-speed train emerges from the concrete portal of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, surrounded by grassy slopes and forested mountains.

A Shinkansen bullet train crosses a steel bridge in the foreground, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising in the background under a clear blue sky in central Honshu, Japan.

White Shanghai maglev train with blue and orange stripes travels at high speed, with blurred modern skyscrapers in the background.

Shanghai Maglev Train with a white, streamlined body and teal and orange stripes travels on an elevated track near Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

French high-speed train

Take a ride along France's ecologically convenient TGV high-speed railroad from city to city

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Take a ride along France's ecologically convenient TGV high-speed railroad from city to city

Take a ride along France's ecologically convenient TGV high-speed railroad from city to city

High-speed passenger trains in Europe

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Eurostar train with a yellow and blue front stands at a platform under the large arched glass roof of London St. Pancras station.

Eurostar trains

Eurostar high-speed trains in St. Pancras International, London.

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Gotthard Base Tunnel

Gotthard Base Tunnel

Miners rejoicing after completing the drilling for the Gotthard Base Tunnel, October...

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A Swiss Federal Railways high-speed train emerges from the concrete portal of the Gotthard Base Tunnel, surrounded by grassy slopes and forested mountains.

Gotthard Base Tunnel

High-speed train exiting the Gotthard Base Tunnel, a railway tunnel under the Saint-Gotthard...

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A Shinkansen bullet train crosses a steel bridge in the foreground, with snow-capped Mount Fuji rising in the background under a clear blue sky in central Honshu, Japan.

Shinkansen, Fuji, Japan

Japan's Shinkansen (bullet train) on a bridge over the Fuji River in Fuji, Shizuoka...

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White Shanghai maglev train with blue and orange stripes travels at high speed, with blurred modern skyscrapers in the background.

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A maglev train, Shanghai.

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Shanghai Maglev Train with a white, streamlined body and teal and orange stripes travels on an elevated track near Shanghai Pudong International Airport.

High-speed maglev train, Shanghai, China

The Shanghai Transrapid is the fastest train in the world, and has hit speeds of...

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French high-speed train

French high-speed train

French high-speed train (TGV; train à grande vitesse).

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