Who has the best high-speed rail technology in the world?

Monday 22nd June, 03:00 AM JST

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bdaniel08 at 08:08 PM JST - 22nd June

Both South Korea and China also have the technology so they should feel a bit left out.

South Korea from France and China from Germany !
Badge213 at 08:29 PM JST - 22nd June

South Korea uses French technology, China uses German maglev technology, but it also uses high speed trains from Europe and Japan, including the CH2, which is just a modified JREast E2 series Shinkansen, Taiwan uses a modified JRCentral/JRWest 700 Series Shinkansen with a different nose.
mareo2 at 09:49 AM JST - 23rd June

Even if some japanese dont think so, we are asians like the koreans and the chinese.
spudman at 11:19 AM JST - 23rd June

what a weird poll, how many JT readers are train engineers?
Jigg88 at 02:53 PM JST - 23rd June

this is like asking "which car goes the fastest?" and your choices are... - Porsche - Pinto - Prius
bdaniel08 at 07:15 PM JST - 23rd June

How come the Asians aren't on the list?

Japanese are not Asians ?

...Or is it "humour" i dont and cant understand ?
DailyBread at 08:44 PM JST - 23rd June

The European Irish have the best rocket train technology's to blow open a corridor for Chinese sleepers
Ah_so at 08:54 PM JST - 23rd June

Japanese are not Asians ?

...Or is it "humour" i dont and cant understand ?

Obviously referring to mainland Asia.
POTUS at 10:52 AM JST - 25th June

What about Myanmar?
stirfry at 06:52 PM JST - 25th June

who cares ? i didn't know it was a contest
Stereofreak at 10:38 PM JST - 25th June

Technology-wise, European trains are faster than Japanese trains. Service-wise, the Japanese beat the Westerners to a pulp (as in most service-related areas).
kidoave at 10:21 PM JST - 26th June

I agree, Europe has the fastest trains but Japan has the better Infrastructure to use the High-Speed Train efficiently.... The Europeans has the fastest trains but cannot really use it efficiently because they don't have the Infrastucture in place.

Ok to make it simple. Japan have 100% separate Tracks for the Bullet Train from point A to point B, which Europe Trains do not have.
hamiltontruther at 01:24 PM JST - 27th June

it's silly to put america on this list, but we all know what it is for, which is too bad to have global lefties make themselves feel good. in saying that america does have one high speed rail line, the acela. it clips along at 240 kph. north america is ripe for high speed rail. what's so surprising is that back in the heyday of locomotives canada and america had the makings then something happened, the automobile, and so the oil and car makers got a foothold in washington and to a lesser extent ottawa thus having the north americans shooting themselves in the foot. the japanese have a done superb job with their entire rail system even though I personally dislike the shinkansen it is very useful and serves the people very well.
TokyoHustla at 05:02 PM JST - 28th June

After taking the Acela to New York I would have to say the US wins hands down. Best ride, best level of service. Just like US cars, US trains are best in the world. A pinnacle none else may ever reach!
rogerbentham at 09:54 PM JST - 28th June

of course it's America. japan sucks.