Fast Track
$66.30
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2026
Summary
A global history of high speed rail, from the railways’ “wisest, most detailed historian” (The Observer)
Sleek, comfortable, accessible, and sustainable, high-speed rail is the future. Japan’s Bullet Train has become a global icon. The French TGV established a template that soon followed across Europe. But China has become the world leader. Now with lines built or planned in over twenty countries, high speed rail has changed the world and, faced with the environmental cost of cars and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241775516 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241775515 |
| Author: | Christian Wolmar |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Michael Joseph Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 668g |
| Dimensions: | 242mm x 165mm x 37mm |
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About The Author
Christian Wolmar
Christian Wolmar is an award-winning writer and broadcaster, widely recognized as one of the UK’s leading commentators on transport matters. He specializes in transport and is the author of numerous books on railway history.
Wolmar is a frequent speaker at conferences, a regular guest on television and radio, and a contributor to a variety of publications, including The Times, The Guardian, The Oldie, and Public Finance.
His notable books include:
- The Great British Railway Disaster (1997)
- Stagecoach (1999)
- Down the Tube (2002)
- The Subterranean Railway (2004)
- Broken Rails (2001, updated 2005)
- On the Wrong Line (2005)
- Fire and Steam (2009)
- Blood, Iron and Gold (2009)
- Engines of War (2010)
- The Great Railway Revolution (2013)
- Railways and The Raj (2017)
He has been described by The Spectator as “our most eminent transport journalist” and by The Guardian as “the greatest expert on British trains.”
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