Fast Track: The Extraordinary Global History of The Race for High Speed Rail from the Award-Winning Trains Expert: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fast Track: The Extraordinary Global History of The Race for High Speed Rail from the Award-Winning Trains Expert audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Christian Wolmar (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,147 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Fast Track: The Extraordinary Global History of The Race for High Speed Rail from the Award-Winning Trains Expert is an audiobook by Christian Wolmar: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Christian Wolmar, released July 23, 2026, on the World and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Christian Wolmar
- Released
- July 23, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9781405996051
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fast Track: The Extraordinary Global History of The Race for High Speed Rail from the Award-Winning Trains Expert audiobook?
Fast Track: The Extraordinary Global History of The Race for High Speed Rail from the Award-Winning Trains Expert runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the Fast Track: The Extraordinary Global History of The Race for High Speed Rail from the Award-Winning Trains Expert audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Fast Track: The Extraordinary Global History of The Race for High Speed Rail from the Award-Winning Trains Expert?
Fast Track: The Extraordinary Global History of The Race for High Speed Rail from the Award-Winning Trains Expert is narrated by Christian Wolmar.
Is Fast Track: The Extraordinary Global History of The Race for High Speed Rail from the Award-Winning Trains Expert worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.