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The Second Age of Rail : A History of High-Speed Trains, Hardback Book

The Second Age of Rail : A History of High-Speed Trains Hardback

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Speed on steel wheels has fascinated engineers for nearly two centuries, and a string of stunning records in the last twenty-five years has pushed railway engineering towards new frontiers.

Japan - pioneer of high-speed train technology - set the precedent with its legendary bullet trains in 1964; since then a dozen countries have joined the high-speed revolution.

Today, China is setting the pace as it crafts a nationwide network of super-railways, and Morocco and Saudi Arabia are on the cusp of launching trains that travel at 300km/h.

The USA lags far behind, outpaced by Asia and Western Europe, where Eurostar links London to the international high-speed network - although a new-generation railway to northern England is still missing.

Here is the full story of high-speed trains, retold in a journey across countries and continents.

The Second Age of Rail is railway history in the making.

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