High-speed rail
Absolute speed record
#### Absolute speed record

##### Overall rail record

The speed record for a pre\-production unconventional passenger train was set by a seven\-car [L0 series](/wiki/L0_series "L0 series") manned [maglev](/wiki/Maglev "Maglev") train at  on 21 April 2015 in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

##### Conventional rail

Since the 1955 record, where France recorded a world record of speed of 331 km/h, France has nearly continuously held the absolute world speed record. The latest record is held by a [TGV POS](/wiki/TGV_POS "TGV POS") trainset, which reached  in 2007, on the newly constructed [LGV Est](/wiki/LGV_Est "LGV Est") high\-speed line. This run was for proof of concept and engineering, not to test normal passenger service.


What type of train was used to set the speed record?