High-speed Rail
"High-speed":
- new lines above 250 km/h (155 mph)
- upgraded lines in excess of 200 km/h (124 mph)
List of HSR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_lines
Canada is the only G7 country that does not have any high-speed rail.
US
- California High Speed Rail (2029+):
- San Francisco / Sacramento - Los Angeles / San Diego
- Brightline:
- Miami - West Palm Beach - Orlando (2023) - Tampa
- up to 125 mph (200 km/h)
- Brightline West (2026):
- Los Angeles - Victorville - Las Vegas
- 200 mph (320 km/h)
- https://www.gobrightline.com/brightline-west
- Texas Central (3 stations, 240 mi, 2026):
- Dallas - Houston https://www.texascentral.com/
- 205 mph (330 km/h)
- Cascadia High-Speed Rail
- Eugene – Portland - Seattle - Vancouver
Asia
- China: the largest High Speed Rail network.
- Japan:
- Chuo Shinkansen, Maglev High-Speed Rail, Tokyo - Nagoya (2027) - Osaka (2045)
- Indonesia: Jakarta - Bandung - Semarang
- Thailand:
- Northeastern HSR: Bangkok (Bang Sue) - Nakhon Ratchasima (2026) - Nong Khai (2029, to Laos)
- Eastern HSR: DMK Airport - Bangkok (Bang Sue) - BKK Airport - Pattya - U-Tapao (UTP) Airport (2027) - Trat (2037)
- Saudi Arabia: Haramain High-Speed Railway
- Route: Medina - King Abdullah Economic City - JED Airport - Jeddah - Mecca
- Trains: Talgo 350 SRO
- Max speed: 300 km/h (190 mph)
- Length: 453 km.
- Turkey:
- Ankara – Istanbul
- Ankara – Konya
- Uzbekistan:
- Tashkent – Samarkand
Europe
- France TGV
- Germany ICE
- Spanin AVE
- the longest HSR network in Europe, and the second longest in the world, after China's.
- Italy FRECCE
- UK:
- HS1: London (St Pancras) - Brussels / Paris / Amsterdam
- HS2: London - Birmingham (2029/2033) - Leeds - Manchester
- Eurostar
- Thalys: France/Belgium/Netherlands, France/Belgium/Germany
- Russia:
- Saint Petersburg – Moscow, Russian gauge, Max speeds of 250 km/h, Sapsan (Siemens Velaro)
- Moscow – Kazan
Europe High Sped Rail Map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:High_Speed_Railroad_Map_of_Europe.svg
Africa
- Morocco: Al Boraq
- Tangier (Strait of Gibraltar) - Kenitra - Rabat (the capital) - Casablanca (the economic capital) - Marrakech - Agadir
- The first of its kind on the African continent