A look at the Shanghai Transrapid maglev train, the fastest public passenger train in the world. It reaches a speed of 268 miles per hour in its 19-mile, 7-minute trip from the city of Shanghai to Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
A fascinating show covering early high speed trains but moving quickly to the Maglev train running in China. It doesn't cover the speedy Japanese and French trains because the primary goal is explaining the Maglev, the World's Fastest Train.