>>29235829
that would discount the Shinkansen, which was built before the Japanese railway network was privatised in the 1980s.
>>29235816
mmm, close I think, but that was completed by 2007: before then, Eurostar trains travelled on slow domestic lines to reach their UK terminus. if you take 125mph on 'classic upgraded lines' as high-speed rail, then that requirement has been met since 1982 at the very, very latest
all this is to say, the video is nonsense.
