Highest top operating speed of a commercial maglev train

What to remember

In China, the Shanghai Maglev Train carries passengers from one station to another at a top speed of 431 km/h, or 268 mph. No commercial maglev runs faster.

The record covers operating speed in real service, with passengers aboard, not a peak reached during a test. Among single-phase trains, the CR400 Fuxing Hao, also Chinese, runs at 350 km/h.

Test runs produce much higher figures. A test vehicle derived from a commercial train, the TGV, reached 574.8 km/h on 3 April 2007, and rocket-propelled rail platforms have gone even faster. Test records and commercial service speeds are kept as two separate categories.