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Fast Track provides a global history of high-speed rail from the railways' "wisest, most detailed historian" (The Observer). Sleek, comfortable, accessible, and sustainable, high-speed rail is the future. Japan's Bullet Train has become a global icon. The French TGV established a template that soon followed across...
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Fast Track provides a global history of high-speed rail from the railways' "wisest, most detailed historian" (The Observer).
Sleek, comfortable, accessible, and sustainable, high-speed rail is the future. Japan's Bullet Train has become a global icon. The French TGV established a template that soon followed across Europe. However, China has become the world leader. With lines built or planned in over twenty countries, high-speed rail has changed the world and, faced with the environmental cost of cars and air travel, might help save it. Yet, two pioneering railway countries—the US and UK—have been left behind in the race.
Christian Wolmar, our leading railway writer, explores the irresistible global rise of high-speed rail, a story of big personalities, bold decisions, cutting-edge technology, and soaring ambition.
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ISBN: 9780241775516
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 23 July 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Michael Joseph Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 37.0mm
Width: 165.0mm
Height: 242.0mm
Weight: 668g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Acknowledged as one of the UK's leading commentators on transport matters, Christian Wolmar is an award-winning writer and broadcaster specializing in transport, and the author of a series of books on railway history. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, regularly appears on TV and radio, and writes for a wide variety of publications including The Times, The Guardian, The Oldie, and Public Finance. His books include The Great British Railway Disaster (1997), Stagecoach (1999), Down the Tube (2002), The Subterranean Railway (2004), Broken Rails (2001, updated 2005), On the Wrong Line (2005), Fire and Steam (2009), Blood, Iron and Gold (2009), Engines of War (2010), The Great Railway Revolution (2013), and Railways and The Raj (2017). He has been described as \"our most eminent transport journalist\" by The Spectator and \"the greatest expert on British trains\" by The Guardian.
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