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Supertrain
Sign in to saveSupertrain is an American science-fiction, adventure, drama television series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a two-hour pilot episode.
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★ 5.6In a similar vein to The Love Boat, a mix of adventure, comedy, and mystery with a new set of guest stars each week, onboard a futuristic, nuclear-powered luxury train traveling across America.
- Aired
- 1979–1979
- Seasons
- 1 · 9 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Earl W. Wallace, Donald E. Westlake
- Network
- NBC
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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- number of seasons
- 1
- number of episodes
- 9
- end time
- 1979-05-05
- start time
- 1979-02-07
- title
- Supertrain
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Supertrain is an American science-fiction, adventure, drama television series that ran on NBC from February 7 to May 5, 1979. Nine episodes were made, including a two-hour pilot episode.
==Premise== The series takes place on the Supertrain, a nuclear-powered, high-speed train that is equipped with amenities more appropriate to a cruise ship. It has luxuries such as a swimming pool, shopping centers, a gym, a library, a medical center, and a discotheque. It is so big, it has to run on very broad-gauge track. Though it had a rated top speed of , and cruised at , the train took 36 hours to go from New York City to Los Angeles, which would put the train's average speed around , slower than the moderately paced Amtrak Acela Express and well below the speeds of bullet trains in Europe and Asia; however, the first few episodes establish that Supertrain does not go directly from New York to Los Angeles, stopping in Chicago and Denver, as well as an unnamed stop somewhere in Texas.