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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 ...
Conventional Japanese railways up until that point had largely been built in the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Cape gauge, however widening the tracks to standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)) would make very high-speed rail much simpler due to improved stability of the wider rail gauge, and thus standard gauge was adopted for high-speed ...
The first high-speed railway line to be built in Britain was High Speed 1 (HS1), the route connecting London to the Channel Tunnel, which opened 2003–2007. [27] The southern phase of a second high-speed line named High Speed 2 (HS2) is currently being constructed and is scheduled to come into service in the late 2020s. [ 28 ]
The following is a list of high-speed trains that have been, are, or will be in commercial service.. A high-speed train is generally defined as one which operates at or over 125 mph (200 km/h) in regular passenger service, with a high level of service, and often comprising multi-powered elements.
Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway: Qilianshan No.2 Tunnel 3,608 m (11,837 ft) 2014 Switzerland: Jungfrau Railway: Jungfraujoch: 3,454 m (11,332 ft) [5] 1912 Kenya: Uganda Railway: Baringo County: 2,785 m (9,137 ft) 1930 Germany: Bavarian Zugspitze Railway [6] Schneefernerhaus: 2,650 m (8,694 ft) 1930 Taiwan: Alishan Forest Railway: Chushan
Northern Powerhouse Rail (sometimes called High Speed 3) was established in 2014 to substantially enhance the economy of the North of England. [45] [46] It would have provided new and significantly upgraded railway lines to transform rail services between the region's towns and cities.
Karlsruhe – Basel : : sites of the Karlsruhe–Basel high-speed railway, on which are currently under construction for speed up to 250 km/h part of the Karlsruhe–Rastatt section (sections 1.1 & 1.2), planned completion in 2026, the remaining parts of the Basel-Buggingen section (sections 9.0, 9.2 & 9.3), planned completion in 2025 (9.0) and ...
The Texas High Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation (THSRTC), a grass-roots organization dedicated to bringing high-speed rail to Texas, was established in 2002. [93] In 2006, American Airlines and Continental Airlines joined THSRTC in an effort to bring high-speed rail to Texas as a passenger-collector system for the airlines.