FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET

摘要

Last December, a prototype passenger train traveling between Shanghai and Beijing reached 302 mph, breaking the speed record for unmodified commercial-use high-speed rail. The feat, a culmination of six years of development by CSR Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock, was an example of the revolution quietly transforming rail. In the past five decades, 26 countries have built, or have begun developing, high-speed-rail lines. These include France's TGV to the Seoul-to-Pusan line in South Korea. Even the U.S., which has lagged behind other nations, has acknowledged the need for high-speed rail to improve the nation's infrastructure, strengthen the economy, and enhance international competitiveness.