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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 ...
Hollywood Burbank Airport via California High-Speed Rail is under construction. Los Angeles International Airport via LAX Automated People Mover is under construction. MidAmerica St. Louis Airport via Red Line is under construction. Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport via Réseau express métropolitain is under construction. [3]
UK Ultraspeed was a proposed high-speed magnetic-levitation train line between London and Glasgow, linking 16 stations including Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle and six airports. It was rejected in 2007 by the UK government, in favour of conventional high-speed rail.
HS4Air is a proposal for a 140-kilometre (87 mi) high-speed railway line in the United Kingdom, put forward in 2018 by a British engineering consultancy, Expedition Engineering. [ 2 ] The proposed line would have connected the planned High Speed 2 line to the High Speed 1 line via a high-speed route running south of London, and would have ...
A-train: Hitachi Rail: distributed 25 kV 50 Hz AC 750 V DC (3rd rail) 225 (140 mph) 225 (140 mph) 252 (157 mph) [4] 2009 BR Class 397: TransPennine Express: CAF Civity: CAF: distributed 25 kV 50 Hz AC 201 (125 mph) 201 (125 mph) 2019 BR Class 800: Great Western Railway London North Eastern Railway: A-train: Hitachi Rail: distributed 25 kV 50 Hz AC
I've spent 140 hours traveling nearly 4,000 miles on overnight trains in the US and Europe. It all started in October 2021, when I took two 30-hour Amtrak rides between Miami and NYC.
Authorities in the United States maintain various definitions of high-speed rail. The United States Department of Transportation, an entity in the executive branch, defines it as rail service with top speeds ranging from 110 to 150 miles per hour (180 to 240 km/h) or higher, [10] while the United States Code, which is the official codification of Federal statutes, defines it as rail service ...
In Japan, there is a so-called "4-hour wall" in high-speed rail's market share: If the high-speed rail journey time exceeds 4 hours, then people likely choose planes over high-speed rail. For instance, from Tokyo to Osaka, a 2h22m-journey by Shinkansen, high-speed rail has an 85% market share whereas planes have 15%.