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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 ...
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]
No. 4472 hauled the inaugural non-stop train from London on 1 May 1928, and it successfully ran the 392 miles (631 km) between Edinburgh and London without stopping, a record at the time for a scheduled service (although the London, Midland and Scottish Railway had four days earlier staged a one-off publicity coup by running a non-stop Royal ...
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Rail Fan Europe on Dutch railway operators. Treinengek.nl Featuring pictures and information. Arthur's treinenpagina by Arthur Pijpers. Rail 1435 (named after the standard gauge in mm) by Max Hovens. Langs de rails Trains in the Netherlands since 1967, by Nico Spilt. Picture archive by Ben Doedens. CentraalStation Overview of trains (old and ...
High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed railway which has been under construction in England since 2017. The line's planned route is between Handsacre, in southern Staffordshire, and London, with a spur to Birmingham.
The route of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway in 1846. The Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (L&CR) was a main line railway opened between those cities in 1846. With its Scottish counterpart, the Caledonian Railway, the Company launched the first continuous railway connection between the English railway network and the emerging network in central Scotland.
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