RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Brazil says a "bullet train" linking Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Campinas will be completed within six years.
SKOVDE, Sweden, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Rail officials in Sweden say a test crew traveling 188 miles per hour set a speed record for a train on a Swedish railway.
BEIJING, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- China's first independently designed and manufactured bullet train capable of speeds of more than 180 mph has rolled off the production line.
TOKYO, April 6 (UPI) -- East Japan Railway has unveiled its latest bullet train, code-named "Fastech 360Z," that is made to cruise at 224 mph.
BEIJING, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- China has plans to create a 7,400-mile high-speed railway network, using Japanese and German bullet trains. The Chinese Railway Ministry will buy 60 InterCity Express trains from Germany's Siemens AG, each with eight cars, as well as 60 Shinkansen Hayate
TOKYO, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A 5-year-old Japanese boy hopped a bullet train from Nagano to Tokyo, sparking a search by 1,000 police, it was reported Wednesday.
TOKYO, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A bullet train running at 124 miles per hour jumped its tracks as an earthquake hit central Japan but, miraculously, no one was injured, reports said Monday.
SEOUL, March 30 (UPI) -- More than 1,800 people and government officials attended the opening ceremony Tuesday of the Korea National Railroad's high-speed bullet train in Seoul.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 4 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will open his own petition drive to repeal a constitutional amendment to build a bullet train from Miami to Orlando to Tampa.
TOKYO, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The world's fasted railway speed was achieved in Japan Tuesday when a manned linear-motor train reached 361 mph.
