What is the planet's fastest passenger train?

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I think the better answer to this question is what type of train is the planet's fastest, and the answer to that would be the magnetic levetation trains, or MagLev.

World speed record holding passenger train is the JR-Maglev at Yamanashi, Japan with a record speed of 581 km/h (361 mph)

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