Pendolino trains can travel at a top speed of 140 mph, although in the UK the fastest they can travel is 125 mph due to restrictions from track signalling systems.
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Pendolino (from Italian pendolo ['p?ndolo] pendulum, and -ino, a diminutive suffix) is an Italian family of high-speed tilting trains (and non-tilting) used in Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the UK, the US, Switzerland, China, and Greece.
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In addition, the tracks, signals, rail cars and software made in the U.S. are costlier than imports, largely because the government has not funded rail the way European and Asian countries have, experts say.