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Test run for new UK high speed train
Posted by Richard Hammond at 12:23 on Thursday 18 June 2009
The BBC reports on the test run of the 140mph Japanese 'Javelin' high-speed train service that is due to launch in south-east England at the end of June.
Bill Turnbull and Kate Silverton describe its maiden journey from London's St Pancras to Ebbsfleet, see the video: news.bbc.co.uk.
See also: On board the javelin train.
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