High-speed lines in Europe
A high-speed railway line is a railway line specially built or updated to allow trains to run at over 200km/h.
Important considerations are that the minimum curve radius be sufficiently large to allow comfortable and safe operation at elevated speed, and often that the line must be devoid of grade crossings to minimize the chance of impact with roadway vehicles or animals.
Dedicated high-speed rail lines have been built in many countries and are planned for several others as well.
See also
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Technologies |
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High-speed trains |
350 km/h
(217 mph)
or more |
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300–349 km/h
(186–217 mph) |
- Renfe Class 100, 101, 102, 103
- Alstom AGV
- China Railway Hexie CRH2C, 3C, 380A / MTR CRH380A, 380B, 380C, 380D
- ETR 500
- ETR 400
- Eurostar e300; e320
- ICE 3
- KTX-I, II (Sancheon), KTX-Cheongryong
- Oaris
- Shinkansen Series 500, N700, N700S, E5/H5, E6, E8
- AVRIL
- TGV Sud-Est (refurbished), Atlantique, Réseau, Duplex, POS, 2N2, M (Avelia Horizon)
- TCDD HT80000
- Thalys PBA, PBKA
- THSR 700T
- Siemens Velaro
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250–299 km/h
(155–186 mph) |
- Avelia Liberty
- China Star, DJF2, China Railway Hexie CRH1A, 1B, 1E, 2A, 2B, 2E, 2G, 3A, 5A, 5E, 5G, China Railway Fuxing CR300AF, CR300BF
- ICE 1, 2, 4 (ICx)
- KTX-Eum
- New Pendolino
- Renfe Class 120, 121, 130
- Sapsan
- SBB RABe 501, RABe 503
- Shinkansen Series 200, 300, 700, 800, E2, E3, E7/W7
- TCDD HT65000
- TGV Sud-Est (original), La Poste
- V250
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200–249 km/h
(124–155 mph) |
- Acela
- ACS-64
- Adelante
- APT
- China Railway DJJ1, China Railway Hexie CRH6, China Railway Fuxing CR200J
- ER200
- HHP-8
- IC4
- ICNG
- InterCity 125, 225
- ICE T, TD, ICE L
- Javelin
- NSB Class 71 (Flytoget)
- NSB Class 73
- NSB Class 74
- Pendolino
- Railjet
- Regina
- Shinkansen series 0, 100, 400, E1, E4
- SBB RABDe 500
- Re 460
- SC-44
- SCB-40
- X 2000, SJ X40
- Z-TER (Z 21500)
- Sokol
- British Rail Classes 800, 801, 802, 803, 805, 807, 810
- Talgo XXI
- Voyager/Meridian
- X3
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High-speed railway line |
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By countries and territories
planned networks in italics |
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High-speed railway lines
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Africa |
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Asia |
China
(Mainland)
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(* Indicates overlap with conventional services)
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Japan
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South Korea
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Taiwan
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Turkey
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Europe |
Belgium
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France
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Germany
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Italy
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Netherlands
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Norway
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Spain
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United Kingdom
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North America |
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South America |
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