Trainspotting: Updates Coming to the High-Speed Rail Jan 15, 2021 11:30 am | 2 comments | 512 reads The travel-hungry are starting to get a bit antsy with the city recommending that Beijingers refrain from traveling this holiday, but if we can’t hop on a train, at least we can dream of them. Luckily, China’s high-speed rail has gotten some headlines recently that can help ease the traveler’s mind with thoughts of choos and chugs. Fastest train in the world, coming to a station near you? This week, engineers at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu showed off their latest design of a train that they expect will solidify the record for fastest train in the world under China’s belt. The sleek engine car (pictured at top) will be able to carry a train at 620 kilometers per hour using high-temperature superconductor magnet levitation technology. That would already leave Japan’s bullet trains in the dust, whose top speed is around just 320 kilometers per hour.