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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 ...
First railway line by country. Europe was the epicenter of rail transport and has today one of the densest networks (an average of 46 km (29 mi) for every 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi) in the EU as of 2013). [10]
In addition Cercanías Valencia commuter rail services operate to Castellón and Rodalies de Catalunya regional services operate in Catalonia. A high speed medium distance Avant service from Tortosa to Barcelona-Sants , calling at L'Aldea , L'Hospitalet de l'Infant , Cambrils and Camp de Tarragona was introduced in February 2020.
Geographical shapes from File:Europe laea location map.svg; Meridian and circles from File:Europe natural laea location map.jpg; Multiple countries. Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T): Passenger railway map of Europe, core and comprehensive networks (updated Feb. 2019) (using exactly the same geographical projection as this map). TEN-T ...
Countries with defunct rail networks [88] Country Comment ISO 3166-1 Antigua and Barbuda: Had agricultural / industrial lines 028 Bahamas: Had a plantation railway 044 Barbados: Had a public railway. Has a 3 km tourist line opened in 2019. 052 Belize: Had one public railway and a number of private lines 084 Brunei
Cercanías Valencia (Valencian: Rodalia de València) is the commuter rail service that serves Valencia and its metropolis, Spain. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe , the commuter rail division of RENFE , the former monopoly of rail services in Spain.
The Channel Tunnel (French: Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to by the portmanteau Chunnel, [3] [4] is a 50.46 km (31.35-mile) undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
High-speed rail (HSR) has developed in Europe as an increasingly popular and efficient means of transport. The first high-speed rail lines on the continent, built in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, improved travel times on intra-national corridors. Since then, several countries have built extensive high-speed networks, and there are now several ...