text: Shinkansen trains now run regularly at speeds up to 300 k , placing them alongside the French TGV , Italian TAV , Spanish AVE , and German ICE among the fastest trains in the world .
simplified: Shinkansen trains now run regularly at speeds of up to 300 km\/h ( 185 mph ) , putting them among the fastest trains running in the world , along with the French TGV and German ICE trains .