High-speed rail
High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal rail traffic. Early Shinkansen trains had a top speed of 200 km/h (120 mph), which is the world's first high-speed rail. Various definitions are used in different countries.
According to the European Union, high-speed trains must run at least 200 km/h (120 mph) on existing lines, and at least 250 km/h (160 mph) on newly built ones.
According to the United States Federal Railroad Administration, they should go above 90 mph (140 km/h) but there is no single standard, and lower speeds can be required by local constraints.[1][2]
As of 2020, speeds of 300 km/h (190 mph) to 350 km/h (220 mph) are common in regular operation.[source?]
High-speed Rail Media
A pair of Italian FS' ETR 500 at Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station. The version ETR 500 Y1 achieved 362 km/h (225 mph) on the Bologna-Florence line on 4 February 2009, a new world speed record in a tunnel.
The German 1903 record holder
Károly Zipernowsky (1853–1942) Hungarian mechanical and electrical engineer.
1907 map showing the projected Chicago–New York Electric Air Line Railroad
The German Fliegender Hamburger
Burlington Zephyr passenger train
The original Italian ETR 200 trainset of the speed world record (203 km/h or 126 mph) in 1938, now preserved as historical train, was re-numbered ETR 232 in the 1960s
The French CC 7100, 1955 record holder
The original 0 series Shinkansen train. Introduced in 1964, it reached a speed of 210 km/h (130 mph).
China Railway High-speed train passing through Shenzhou railway station in Hainan
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References
- ↑ "General definitions of highspeed". International Union of Railways. Archived from the original on 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
- ↑ "High-Speed Rail". Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
