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The following table is an overview of high-speed rail in service and under construction by country, ranked by the amount in service. It shows all the high speed lines (speed of 200 km/h (125 mph) or over) in service. The list is based on UIC figures (International Union of Railways), [3] [4] updated with other sources. [5]
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 Chinese government made high-speed rail construction a cornerstone of its economic stimulus program in order to combat the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis and the result has been a rapid development of the Chinese rail system into the world's most extensive high-speed rail network. By 2013 the system had 11,028 km (6,852 mi) of ...
Under the most common international definition of high-speed rail (speeds above 155 mph (250 km/h) on newly built lines and speeds above 124 mph (200 km/h) on upgraded lines), Amtrak's Acela is the United States' only true high-speed rail service, reaching 150 mph (240 km/h) over 49.9 miles (80.3 km) of track along the Northeast Corridor. [2]
Even China’s vaunted rail system is raising fares as its state-owned operator is saddled with $870 billion in borrowing. ... The U.S. is too big for high-speed rail everywhere.
On 24 June 2008, CRH 3-001C reached a top speed of 394.3 km/h (245.0 mph) during a test on the Beijing to Tianjin high speed line. [11] On 9 December 2009, a pair of CRH3 EMUs (CRH 3-013C + CRH 3-017C) reached a top speed of 394.2 km/h (245 mph) during a test on the Zhengzhou to Xi'an high speed line, [12] setting a world record for double-link ...
The CR450AF Fuxing (Chinese: 复兴号; pinyin: Fùxīng Hào) is a prototype Chinese electric high-speed train manufactured by CRRC Qingdao Sifang.As part of the China Standardized EMU family, the CR450AF has an operating speed of 400 km/h (250 mph) and a maximum design speed of 450km/h.
The Class 373 used for international high-speed rail services operated by Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel runs on overhead wires at 25 kV AC for most of its journey, with sections of 3 kV DC on Belgian lines between the Belgian high-speed section and Brussels Midi station or 1.5 kV DC on the railway lines in the south of France for seasonal ...