missed it by 9 kph...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6521295.stm

574 kph. fastest steel-wheeled train ever. but they missed the japanese maglev record by 9 kph... the eastern high speed line to strasbourg is about to open. and they're raising the cruising speed from 300 to 320 on that stretch of track.