Fastest train journey (average speed)
- Who
- West Japan Railway Company Nozomi
- What
- 261.8 kilometre(s) per hour
- Where
- Japan
- When
- 1997
The West Japan Railway Company operates its 500-Series Nozomi bullet trains ('Shinkansen') at an average speed of 261.8 km./h. (162.7 m.p.h.) on the 192 km. (119 mile) line between Hiroshima and Kokura on the island of Honshu.