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A French TGV reached 574.8 km/h on rails

The 2007 run set the record for a conventional wheeled train

A specially prepared TGV V150 set the record on the line between Paris and Strasbourg, using larger wheels and extra power cars. Magnetic levitation trains have gone faster, but no train running on steel wheels has approached that speed since. Normal service speeds remain far lower because of track and energy limits.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The 2007 run set the record for a conventional wheeled train. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.