Where is the fastest bullet train?
High-speed rail
Germany's first high-speed lines ran north-south, for historical reasons, and later developed east-west after German unification. In the early 1900s, Germany became the first country to run a prototype electric train at speeds in excess of 200km/h and during the 1930s several steam and Diesel trains achieved revenue speeds of 160km/h in daily service. The InterCityExperimental briefly held the world speed record for a steel wheel on steel rails vehicle during the 1980s. The InterCityExpress entered revenue service in 1991 and serves purpose built high speed lines (Neubaustrecken) upgraded legacy lines (Ausbaustrecken) and unmodified legacy lines. Lufthansa, Germany's flag carrier, has entered into a codeshare agreement with Deutsche Bahn where ICEs run as "feeder flights" bookable with a Lufthansa flight number under the AIRail program.