The new Strasbourg train station glass roof, built for the new high-speed rail line TGV Est, opened in 2007. Strasbourg, Alsace, France, Europe

ICE (InterCityExpress) German high-speed train driving over a bridge fast, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Tokyo Station: subway, regional and long-distance trains and the Shinkansen high-speed trains, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

249 m or 817 ft-long Fuldatalbruecke Kragenhof (Fulda Valley Bridge Kragenhof), part of the ICE Hanover-to-Wuerzburg high-speed railway line near Kirchheim, Hesse, Germany, Europe

721 m or 2365 ft-long Waelsebachtalbruecke (Waelse Valley Bridge), part of the ICE Hanover-to-Wuerzburg high-speed railway line near Kirchheim, Hesse, Germany, Europe

721 m or 2365 ft-long Waelsebachtalbruecke (Waelse Valley Bridge), part of the ICE Hanover-to-Wuerzburg high-speed railway line near Kirchheim, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Panoramic view of Eschenlohe featuring the ICE Inter City Express high-speed train, Loisach Valley, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Shanghai Maglev Train, China, Asia

Shanghai Maglev Train, China, Asia

AVE high-speed train of the Spanish rail company Renfe in the Zaragoza-Delicias railway station, Zaragoza, Saragossa, Aragon, Spain

AVE high-speed bullet trains waiting at the platforms of the Estacion de Delicias train station in Saragossa or Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, Europe

AVE high-speed train of the Spanish rail company Renfe in the Zaragoza-Delicias railway station, Zaragoza, Saragossa, Aragon, Spain

KYOTO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 24 2024: A Shinkansen high-speed bullet train arriving at Kyoto Station in Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Train, ICE, stopping in the central station of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

ICE, Intercity-Express train, Berlin central railway station, Berlin, Germany, Europe