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Determination of the fastest rail vehicle in the world varies depending on the definition of "rail". The world record for manned passenger trains is held by the Japanese L0 Series, having achieved on a 42.8 km magnetic-levitation track in April 2015. The world record for conventional wheeled manned passenger trains is held by a specially tuned TGV (''Train à Grande Vitesse''). Reduced to three cars with higher voltage, larger wheels and higher-tension pantograph wires, it broke the world record in April 2007, reaching on a 140 km section of track. The fastest manned rail vehicle was a manned rocket sled, which carried USAF Colonel John Stapp at . Unmanned rocket sleds that ride on rails have reached over , equivalent to Mach 8.5. ==World speed records== Legend : * Arr (Arrangement) : Disposition and number of elements forming the train. :: Loc (One locomotive pulling one or more cars) :: Multi (Multi Motorized Elements) :: Single (Single rail vehicle). * Power: DC, DC 3rd rail, AC, Single phase, Triphase, Diesel-elec., Gas, Steam, Diesel-hydraulic, Propeller, Rocket, Jet. * State: "Proto." (Prototype), "Unmod." (Unmodified from vehicles in service), "Unkn." (Unknown), "Tuned" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「land speed record for rail vehicles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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