High-speed rail

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Eurostar and Thalys PBA TGVs side-by-side in the Paris-Gare du Nord. Eurostar trains connect London with Brussels and Paris through the Channel Tunnel. Thalys trains connect Paris with Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne.

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World speed record holding 581 km/h (361 mph) JR-Maglev in Yamanashi, Japan

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

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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.
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The German 1903 record holder
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Károly Zipernowsky (1853–1942) Hungarian mechanical and electrical engineer.
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1907 map showing the projected Chicago–New York Electric Air Line Railroad
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The German Fliegender Hamburger
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Burlington Zephyr passenger train
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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
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The French CC 7100, 1955 record holder
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The Odakyu 3000 series SE
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The original 0 series Shinkansen train. Introduced in 1964, it reached a speed of 210 km/h (130 mph).
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China Railway High-speed train passing through Shenzhou railway station in Hainan

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.

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[1] "General definitions of highspeed". International Union of Railways. Archived from the original on 2006-12-10. Retrieved 2007-05-02.

[2] "High-Speed Rail". Federal Railroad Administration. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2007-05-02.

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