Not including levitated railways, the fastest speed recorded in the world is 574.8 km/h by the 150-V organization high-speed TGV trains of France (the fastest speed on non-levitated railways in Japan is 443 km/h recorded by 955-type Shinkansen trains, the second fastest record in the world).
浮上式鉄道を除くとフランスTGVの高速試験車V150編成が記録した574.8km/hである（日本の非浮上式鉄道の最高記録はJR東海の新幹線955形電車によって達成された443km/hで世界第2位）。