Since Japan’s Bullet Train first sped down the track in the 1960s, it has become a global icon, as famous for its punctuality as for its speed. The French TGV, or Train à Grande Vitesse, established a template that was soon followed across Europe, in Italy, Germany and Spain. But, with a remarkable 30,000 miles of track built in fewer than twenty years, China has become the world leader. Now with lines built or planned in over twenty countries, high speed rail has changed the world and, faced with the environmental cost of cars and air travel, might help save it. In ‘Fast Track,’ Christian Wolmar tells the story of the irresistible rise of high-speed rail around the world for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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