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Is Supertrain coming back?

Supertrain (1979–1979) — drama · comedy · adventure on NBC

The answer: Concluded May 5, 1979.
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Genre
Drama · Comedy · Adventure
Network / streamer
NBC
Premiered
February 7, 1979
Ended
May 5, 1979
Runtime
~67 min per episode
1season
9episodes

About Supertrain

The Supertrain was a nuclear powered bullet train that was equipped with amenities more appropriate to a cruise ship. It had luxuries such as swimming pools and shopping centers. It was so big it had to run on very broad gauge single track (not a pair of tracks as depicted in some advertising). Though it had a rated top speed of 190 miles per hour (306 km/h), the train took 36 hours to go from New York City to Los Angeles, which would put the train's average speed at around 78 miles per hour (126 km/h), slower than the moderately paced Amtrak Acela Express and well below the speeds of bullet trains in Europe and Asia. (Some episodes state, however, that the train also stops in Chicago,Denver, a fictitious town in Texas and presumably other cities, which would extend the length of the run and thus would require faster speeds.) Much like its contemporary The Love Boat (1977), the plots concerned the passengers' social lives, usually with multiple intertwining story lines. Most of the cast of a given episode were guest stars. The production was elaborate, with huge sets and a high-tech model train for outside shots.

Supertrain episode schedule

9 aired

Aired · 9

DateEp.Title
May 5, 1979 S1·E9 Where Have You Been Billy Boy
April 28, 1979 S1·E8 The Green Girl
April 14, 1979 S1·E7 A Very Formal Heist
April 7, 1979 S1·E6 Pirouette
March 14, 1979 S1·E5 Superstar
February 28, 1979 S1·E4 Hail to the Chief
February 21, 1979 S1·E3 The Queen and the Improbable Knight
February 14, 1979 S1·E2 And a Cup of Kindness, Too
February 7, 1979 S1·E1 Express to Terror

Supertrain cast