High-speed railway line
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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| High-speed trains (category) | 300 km/h (186 mph) or more |
- AGV
- AVE Class 100, 102, 103
- CRH 2C, 3C, 380A, 380B, 380C, 380D
- ETR 500
- Eurostar TGV
- Eurostar Velaro
- ETR 1000
- ICE 3
- KTX-I, II (Sancheon)
- Oaris
- Shinkansen Series 500, N700, E5, E6, H5, L0
- AVRIL
- TGV Sud-Est (refurbished), Atlantique, Réseau, Duplex, POS, 2N2
- Thalys PBA, PBKA
- THSR 700T
- Transrapid
- Shanghai Maglev Train
- Velaro
- Bombardier Zefiro
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| 250–299 km/h (155–186 mph) |
- China Railways CRH 1A, 1B, 1E, 2A, 2B, 2E
- New Pendolino
- ICE 1, 2
- RENFE Class 120, 121, 130
- Sapsan
- Shinkansen Series 200, 300, 700, 800, E2, E3, E7, W7
- TCDD HT65000
- TGV Sud-Est (original), La Poste
- V250
- Zefiro 250
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| 200–249 km/h (124–155 mph) | |
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| Experimental and prototype high-speed trains (category) |
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| High-speed railway line (category) |
- List of high-speed rail lines
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planned networks in italics | |
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| Asia | China (Mainland) | (* Indicates overlap with conventional services)
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| United Kingdom | |
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