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A French high-speed train (TGV) has smashed the world record for a train on conventional rails by a big margin, reaching 574.8km/h (356mph). The previous TGV record was 515km/h (320mph), set in 1990. The record attempt by a modified TGV took place on a track between Paris and the eastern city of Strasbourg. The absolute train speed record was set by a Japanese magnetic levitation train - Maglev - in 2003. It reached a top speed of 581km/h (361mph). The TGV set the new record at 1314 (1114GMT) on Tuesday. It was a modified version called V150, with larger wheels than usual and two engines driving three double-decker cars.
The V150, a souped-up version of the POS train, was built specifically to break the wheeled rail speed record and did so by clocking in at 357.2 mph (574.8 kph) on the LGV Est line in April 2007. The MLX01 in Japan has this record beat by a mere 4 mph, but the TGV POS still holds the title of fastest wheeled train.