High-speed rail (HSR) has developed in Europe as an increasingly popular and efficient means of transport. The first high-speed rail lines on the continent...
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High-speed rail in China The high-speed rail (HSR) network in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is the world's longest and most extensively used –...
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California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority...
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high-speed rail lines. As of June 2021, the French high-speed rail network comprises 2,800 km (1,740 mi) of tracks, making it one of the largest in Europe...
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Turkish State Railways (TCDD) started building high-speed rail lines in 2003. TCDD has branded its high-speed service as Yüksek Hızlı Tren (YHT) which currently...
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considered as a higher speed or semi-high speed rail line. As of 2024[update], India does not have any operational high-speed rail lines capable of supporting...
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have been proposed for high-speed rail in Canada, the only G7 country that does not have any high-speed/higher-speed rail lines. In the press and popular...
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Although Thailand has no operational high-speed rail lines, the country is planning a large high-speed rail network connecting its major cities. The first...
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High-speed rail High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail...
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Plans for high-speed rail in the United States date back to the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965. Various state and federal proposals have...
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passenger high-speed rail operator in Spain, but private companies such as Ouigo España and Iryo compete on the Madrid–Barcelona and other routes in accordance...
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High-speed rail in Europe High-speed rail in Germany High-speed rail in Austria High-speed rail in France High-speed rail in Italy Rail transport in Switzerland...
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Interoperability and high speed rail in Europe are current issues. Overall only about 18% of European cargo moves by railway; in some countries, such...
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The Trans-European high-speed rail network (TEN-R), together with the Trans-European conventional rail network, make up the Trans-European Rail network...
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High-speed rail in the United Kingdom is provided on five upgraded railway lines running at top speeds of 125 mph (200 km/h) and one purpose-built high-speed...
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High-speed rail in Australia has been under investigation since the early 1980s. Every federal government since this time has investigated the feasibility...
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This is a list of planned, or proposed, high-speed rail projects by country. Although a number of countries have conducted preliminary feasibility studies...
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Although Finland has no dedicated high-speed rail lines, sections of its rail network are capable of running speeds of up to 220 km/h (137 mph). The Finnish...
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Higher-speed rail (HrSR), also known as high-performance rail, higher-performance rail, semi-high-speed rail or almost-high-speed rail, is the jargon...
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High-speed rail in Italy consists of two lines connecting most of the country's major cities. The first line connects Turin to Salerno via Milan, Bologna...
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High-speed rail service in South Korea began with the construction of a high-speed line from Seoul to Busan in 1992, and was inspired by Japan's Shinkansen...
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former plans to create a high speed railway network from Stockholm to Gothenburg and Malmö via Jönköping. High-speed rail in Europe — Berlin Transportation...
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Belgium's high-speed rail network provides mostly international connections from Brussels to France, Germany and The Netherlands. The high-speed network...
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High-speed rail is emerging in Russia as an increasingly popular means of transport, where it is twice as fast as the regular express trains between Moscow...
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Egypt has no operational high-speed rail links, but a project was launched in 2018 to construct three such lines with a total length of about 2,000 kilometres...
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top speeds of 220 km/h (135 mph) connects much of Portugal. In February 2009, the government of Portugal announced plans to build a high-speed rail line...
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Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) is a proposed railway project to link Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Singapore via a high-speed rail line. It was first...
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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...
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formed part of the plans. Rail transport in Great Britain High-speed rail in the United Kingdom High-speed rail in Europe UK Ultraspeed, a rejected proposal...
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operational in 2028. High-speed rail in Europe High-speed rail in Switzerland High-speed rail in Germany High-speed rail in Italy Rail transport in Austria...
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