List of high-speed trains
The following is a list of high-speed trains, limited to conventional wheeled trains, that have been, are, or will be in commercial service.
A high-speed train is one intended for regular operations at speeds of over 200 km/h (125 mph), with a high level of service, and generally comprising multi-powered elements. Standard locomotive-hauled trains, often able to reach 200 km/h, such as French Corail or German IC trains, unconventional trains, such as maglev and transrapid, and prototypes are excluded.
In these tables, two maximum speeds are given: the column "Operating speed" refers to the maximum speed reached by the train in commercial operations, while the column "Design speed" refers to the theoretical maximum speed in commercial operations as announced by the manufacturer.
High-speed trains (200 km/h or higher)
Name |
Operators |
Family |
Manufacturer |
Operating speed |
Design speed |
Service |
Records |
Picture |
Acela Express |
Amtrak |
TGV-derived |
Alstom Bombardier |
240 km/h |
266 km/h |
2000 |
265 km/h |
|
Afrosiyob |
Uzbekistan Railways |
Talgo 250 |
Talgo |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2011 |
255 km/h |
|
Alfa Pendular |
CP |
Pendolino |
Fiat Ferroviaria Siemens Sorefame |
220 km/h [1] |
220 km/h |
1999[1] |
236.6 km/h |
|
Alvia Class 120, 121 Variable gauge |
RENFE |
|
CAF Alstom |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2004 |
|
|
Alvia Class 130 Variable gauge |
RENFE |
Talgo 250 |
Talgo Bombardier |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2007 |
|
|
Avant Class 104 |
RENFE |
Pendolino |
Alstom CAF |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2003 |
|
|
Avant Class 114 |
RENFE |
New Pendolino |
Alstom CAF |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2009 |
|
|
AVE Class 100 |
RENFE |
TGV |
Alstom CAF |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
1992 |
357 km/h |
|
AVE Class 102, 112 |
RENFE |
Talgo 350 |
Talgo Bombardier |
300 km/h |
350 km/h |
2005 |
365 km/h |
|
AVE Class 103 |
RENFE |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
310 km/h |
350 km/h |
2006 |
403.7 km/h[2] |
|
BR Class 43 (InterCity 125) |
CrossCountry East Coast East Midlands Trains First Great Western Grand Central Railway Virgin Trains East Coast |
HST |
BREL |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
1976 |
238 km/h |
|
BR Class 91 (InterCity 225) |
East Coast Virgin Trains East Coast |
APT |
BREL Alstom |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
1988 |
262 km/h |
|
BR Class 180 |
First Great Western Hull Trains Grand Central Railway |
Alstom Coradia |
Alstom |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2002 |
|
|
BR Class 220 |
CrossCountry |
Voyager |
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2001 |
|
|
BR Class 221 |
CrossCountry Virgin Trains |
Voyager |
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2002 |
|
|
BR Class 222 |
East Midlands Trains |
Voyager |
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2004 |
|
|
BR Class 390 |
Virgin Trains |
Pendolino |
Alstom |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
2002 |
248 km/h |
|
BR Class 395 |
Southeastern |
Hitachi AT300 |
Hitachi |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
2009 |
252 km/h[3] |
|
BR Class 800 |
First Great Western Virgin Trains East Coast Hull Trains |
Hitachi AT300 |
Hitachi |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
2017 |
|
|
BR Class 801 |
First Great Western Virgin Trains East Coast |
Hitachi AT300 |
Hitachi |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
2017 |
|
|
CRH1A & CRH1B |
China Railway Corporation |
Bombardier Regina |
Bombardier Sifang |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2007 |
278 km/h |
|
CRH1E |
China Railway Corporation |
Bombardier Zefiro |
Bombardier Sifang |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2009 |
|
|
CRH2A, CRH2B & CRH2E |
China Railway Corporation |
Shinkansen |
Kawasaki Sifang |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2007 |
|
|
CRH2C |
China Railway Corporation |
Shinkansen |
Sifang |
300 km/h |
350 km/h |
2008 |
|
|
CRH3C |
China Railway Corporation |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens Tangshan Changchun |
300 km/h |
350 km/h |
2008 |
394.2 km/h |
|
CRH5 |
China Railway Corporation |
New Pendolino |
Alstom Changchun |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2007 |
|
|
CRH6A |
China Railway Corporation |
|
Sifang |
200 km/h |
220 km/h |
2014 |
|
|
CRH380A & AL |
China Railway Corporation |
Shinkansen-derived |
Sifang |
300 km/h |
380 km/h |
2010 |
486.1 km/h |
|
CRH380B, BL & CL |
China Railway Corporation |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens Tangshan Changchun |
300 km/h |
380 km/h |
2011 |
487.3 km/h |
|
CRH380D & DL |
China Railway Corporation |
Bombardier Zefiro |
Bombardier Sifang |
300 km/h |
380 km/h |
2012 |
|
|
ED250 |
PKP Intercity |
New Pendolino |
Alstom |
200 km/h |
250 km/h |
2014 |
291 km/h[4] |
|
ETR 460 |
Trenitalia |
Pendolino |
Fiat Ferroviaria |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
1994 |
|
|
ETR 470 |
Trenitalia |
Pendolino |
Fiat Ferroviaria |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
1997 |
|
|
ETR 480 |
Trenitalia |
Pendolino |
Fiat Ferroviaria |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
1997 |
|
|
ETR 500 |
Trenitalia |
|
Alstom Bombardier AnsaldoBreda |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
2000 |
362 km/h[5] |
|
ETR 575 |
NTV |
AGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
360 km/h |
2012 |
|
|
ETR 600 |
Trenitalia |
New Pendolino |
Alstom |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2008 |
|
|
ETR 610 |
Trenitalia |
New Pendolino |
Alstom |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2008 |
|
|
ETR 400 (Frecciarossa 1000) |
Trenitalia |
Bombardier Zefiro |
Bombardier AnsaldoBreda |
300 km/h |
360 km/h |
2015 |
390.7 km/h[6] |
|
Eurostar |
Eurostar |
TGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
1993 |
334.7 km/h |
|
Eurostar e320 |
Eurostar |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
2015 |
352 km/h |
|
IC4 |
DSB |
|
AnsaldoBreda |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2007 |
|
|
ICE 1 |
DB |
ICE |
Siemens, ABB, AEG, Krauss-Maffei, Krupp, Thyssen-Henschel |
280 km/h |
280 km/h |
1991 |
310 km/h |
|
ICE 2 |
DB |
ICE |
Siemens Adtranz |
280 km/h |
280 km/h |
1996 |
316 km/h |
|
ICE 3 Class 403, 406 |
DB NS |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens Bombardier |
320 km/h |
330 km/h |
2000 |
368 km/h |
|
ICE 3 Class 407 |
DB |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
2013 |
|
|
ICE T |
DB ĂBB |
Siemens Venturio |
Siemens DĂWAG Fiat Ferroviaria |
230 km/h |
230 km/h |
2005 |
255 km/h |
|
ICE TD |
DB DSB |
Siemens Venturio |
Siemens DĂWAG Fiat Ferroviaria |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2001 |
222 km/h |
|
KTX-I |
Korail |
TGV-derived |
Alstom Hyundai Rotem |
305 km/h |
330 km/h |
2004 |
|
|
KTX-Sancheon |
Korail |
Hanvit |
Hyundai Rotem |
305 km/h |
330 km/h |
2010 |
|
|
KTX-III |
Korail |
Hanvit |
Hyundai Rotem |
305 km/h |
370 km/h |
2015 |
421 km/h |
|
GMB Class 71 |
Flytoget |
X 2000 |
Adtranz StrĂžmmens |
210 km/h |
210 km/h |
1998 |
|
|
NSB Class 73 |
NSB |
X 2000 |
Adtranz StrĂžmmens |
210 km/h |
210 km/h |
1999 |
|
|
RABDe 500 |
SBB |
ICN |
Alstom Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2000 |
|
|
RABe 503 |
SBB |
New Pendolino |
Alstom |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2008 |
|
|
Railjet |
ĂBB ÄD |
Taurus |
Siemens |
230 km/h |
230 km/h |
2008 |
275 km/h[7] |
|
Sapsan |
RZD |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
250 km/h |
350 km/h |
2009 |
290 km/h |
|
500 Series Shinkansen |
JR West |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo |
300 km/h |
320 km/h |
1997 |
|
|
700 Series Shinkansen |
JR Central JR West |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo |
285 km/h |
285 km/h |
1999 |
|
|
N700 Series Shinkansen |
JR Central JR Kyushu JR West |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo |
300 km/h |
330 km/h |
2007 |
332 km/h |
|
800 Series Shinkansen |
JR Kyushu |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi |
260 km/h |
285 km/h |
2004 |
|
|
E2 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo Tokyu Car |
275 km/h |
275 km/h |
1997 |
362 km/h |
|
E3 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Kawasaki Tokyu Car |
275 km/h[8] |
275 km/h |
1997 |
|
|
E4 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki |
240 km/h |
240 km/h |
1997 |
|
|
E5 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki |
320 km/h[8] |
320 km/h |
2011 |
|
|
H5 Series Shinkansen |
JR Hokkaido |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki |
- |
320 km/h |
2016 |
|
|
E6 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki |
320 km/h[9] |
320 km/h |
2013 |
|
|
E7 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki J-TREC |
260 km/h[10] |
275 km/h[10] |
2014 |
|
|
W7 Series Shinkansen |
JR West |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo |
260 km/h[10] |
275 km/h[10] |
2015 |
|
|
Sm3 |
VR Group |
Pendolino |
FIAT Ferroviaria Rautaruukki Transtech |
220 km/h |
220 km/h |
1995 |
242 km/h |
|
Sm6 |
Karelian Trains |
Pendolino |
Alstom |
220 km/h |
220 km/h |
2010 |
|
|
TCDD HT65000 |
TCDD |
|
CAF |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2009 |
|
|
TCDD HT80000 |
TCDD |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
250 km/h |
300 km/h |
2015 |
|
|
TGV Sud-Est |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
1981 |
380 km/h |
|
TGV Atlantique |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
1989 |
515.3 km/h |
|
TGV RĂ©seau |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
1993 |
|
|
TGV Duplex |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
1995 |
|
|
TGV POS |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
2006 |
574.8 km/h |
|
TGV Euroduplex |
SNCF ONCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
2011 |
|
|
Thalys PBA |
Thalys |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
1996 |
|
|
Thalys PBKA |
Thalys |
TGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
320 km/h |
1997 |
|
|
THSR 700T |
THSR |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
2007 |
|
|
X2 |
SJ |
X 2000 |
Adtranz ABB |
200 km/h |
210 km/h |
1989 |
276 km/h |
|
X3 |
Arlanda Express |
Coradia |
Alstom |
205 km/h |
205 km/h |
1998 |
|
|
X40 |
SJ |
Coradia |
Alstom |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2006 |
|
|
X50 - 55 |
SJ TĂ„gkompaniet VĂ€sttrafik Veolia Transport Upplands Lokaltrafik |
Regina |
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2000 |
303 km/h |
|
Z-TER |
SNCF |
|
Alstom Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2003 |
|
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References
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| High-speed trains (category) | 300 km/h (186 mph) or more |
- AGV
- AVE Class 100, 102, 103
- China Railways CR2C, 3C, 380A, 380B, 380C, 380D
- ETR 500
- Eurostar e300; e320
- ETR 1000
- ICE 3
- KTX-I, II (Sancheon)
- Oaris
- Shinkansen Series 500, N700, E5, E6, H5, L0
- AVRIL
- TGV Sud-Est (refurbished), Atlantique, RĂ©seau, Duplex, POS, 2N2
- TCDD HT80000
- Thalys PBA, PBKA
- THSR 700T
- Transrapid
- Shanghai Maglev Train
- Velaro
- Bombardier Zefiro
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| 250â299 km/h (155â186 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 Fyra
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| 200â249 km/h (124â155 mph) | |
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| Experimental and prototype high-speed trains (category) |
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planned networks in italics | |
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