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High speed railway line

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High-speed railway line

A high-speed railway line is a railway line specially built or updated to allow trains to run at over 200 km/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.

By country

The following table gives an overview of high speed rail in service or under construction by country. For a complete country overview see the particulair country's list below.

It shows all high speed lines (speed of 200 km/h (120 mph) or over) in service and under construction listed by country. Based on UIC figures (International Union of Railways), it has been updated with other sources.

References

High-speed railway line Wikipedia