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  2. List of high-speed railway lines - Wikipedia

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    This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...

  3. Template:Convert/list of units/speed - Wikipedia

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    kilometre per hour: km/h km/h US spelling: kilometer per hour: 1.0 km/h (0.62 mph) km/h mph; Imperial & US customary: mile per hour: mph mph 1.0 mph (1.6 km/h) mph km/h; mile per second: mi/s mi/s 1.0 mi/s (1.6 km/s) mi/s km/s; foot per second: ft/s (foot/s) ft/s long code "foot/s" outputs foot per second (and never feet) 1.0 ft/s (0.30 m/s) ft ...

  4. Railway speed record - Wikipedia

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    An L0 Series trainset, holding the non-conventional train world speed record of 603 km/h (375 mph) TGV 4402 (operation V150) reaching 574.8 km/h (357 mph). The world record for a conventional wheeled passenger train is held by a modified French TGV high-speed (with standard equipment) code named V150, set in 2007 when it reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on a 140 km (87 mi) section of track. [1]

  5. Speed limits by country - Wikipedia

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    Highest-posted speed limits around the world. Kilometres per hour are on the left and miles per hour on the right.* A speed limit is the limit of speed allowed by law for road vehicles, usually the maximum speed allowed. Occasionally, there is a minimum speed limit. [1] Advisory speed limits also exist, which are recommended but not mandatory ...

  6. High-speed rail in Europe - Wikipedia

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    In 2007, High Speed 1, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link to London, was completed after a partial opening in 2003. All three lines were built to the French LGV standards, including electrification at 25 kV. The Channel tunnel itself is geometrically achievable to provide 200 km/h (124 mph) speed, but it is limited to 160 km/h (99 mph). In the 1990s ...

  7. Turin–Lyon high-speed railway - Wikipedia

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    The Turin–Lyon high-speed railway is an international rail line under construction between the cities of Turin and Lyon, [1] [2] which is intended to link the Italian and French high-speed rail networks. [3] It will be 270 km (170 mi) long, of which over 100 km (62 mi) will be tunneled.

  8. High-speed rail in France - Wikipedia

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    The standard pathway for allocation purposes is the time taken by a Eurotunnel shuttle train (maximum speed 140 km/h (87 mph)) to traverse the tunnel. A single Eurostar running at 160 km/h (99 mph) occupies 2.67 standard paths; a second Eurostar running 3 minutes behind the first "costs" only a single additional path, so Eurostar services are ...

  9. List of high-speed trains - Wikipedia

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    201 (125 mph) 225 (140 mph) 2019 BR Class 802: Great Western Railway Hull Trains TransPennine Express: Hitachi Rail: distributed 25 kV 50 Hz AC Diesel (electric transmission) 201 (125 mph) 225 (140 mph) 2018 BR Class 803: Lumo: Hitachi Rail: distributed 25 kV 50 Hz AC 201 (125 mph) 225 (140 mph) 2021 BR Class 805: Avanti West Coast: Hitachi ...