How things work : high speed trains

France is in the lead: speeds up to 186 mph.

China has 6,800 miles of track and around 1,700 miles of track under construction.

In France the train uses 25,000 volts from electrical lines built for the high speed trains or 1,500 volts from old voltage lines.

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