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Also by Network Rail. Train Planning Rules. Used by those who plan the logistics of operating the network; Network Rail standards. Documents that specify requirements directed towards securing the safe and efficient operation of the rail infrastructure. Track standards were supported by the 'Business Critical Rules Programme' pilot in June 2012.
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 ...
Established in April 2012, NCB was formed to provide conformity assessment services to the rail industry. [2] The organisation has extensive long-standing experience of working alongside rail industry projects from wagon alterations through to piecemeal infrastructure upgrades to new pieces of rail infrastructure such as High Speed 1.
The largest project for American high-speed rail is the California High-Speed Rail network, which was authorized by voters with Proposition 1A in 2008. In August 2013, the Tutor Perini Corporation signed a $1-billion contract to begin construction of the first phase in 2014. [35] Construction began in early 2015.
Map of Italian high-speed and higher speed rail network. The Italian high-speed railway network consists of 1,342 km (834 mi) of lines, which allow speeds of up to 300 km/h (186 mph). The safety system adopted for the network is the ERMTS/ETCS II, the state-of-the-art in railway signalling and safety. [23]
The Uff/Cullen inquiry in 2001, following the Southall and Ladbroke Grove rail crashes, identified a need for in-cab signalling on high-speed trains, and recommended that ERTMS should be installed onto all of Britain's high-speed lines by the year 2010. However, this timescale was not viable because of the time required to develop the technology.
High Speed 1 (section 2) in the UK has a minimum vertical curve radius of 10,000 m (32,808 ft) [6] and High Speed 2, with the higher speed of 400 km/h (250 mph), stipulates much larger 56,000 m (183,727 ft) radii. [7] In both these cases the experienced change in weight is less than 7%.
In June 2020, the government of Kerala approved the Thiruvananthapuram–Kasargode Semi High Speed Rail Corridor or Silver line, a Semi-High speed rail line connecting the state. [142] In July 2021, the Government announced plans to create 10 new Vande Bharat Express lines connecting over 40 cities. This is planned to be done by 2022. [143]