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The fastest subway train in the world

Record Number: WRC160302B 

Record of Achievements: 180 km/h 

Place of Record: USA 

Record time: 02 March 2016 

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit public transportation system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California. The heavy rail elevated and subway system connects San Francisco and Oakland with urban and suburban areas in Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo counties. With a maximum speed of 80 mph (130 km/h), BART has the fastest subway train in the world. BART serves 48 stations along six routes on 112 miles (180 km) of rapid transit lines, including a ten-mile spur line in eastern Contra Costa County which utilizes diesel multiple-unit trains and a 3.2-mile (5.1 km) automated guideway transit line to the Oakland International Airport.

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