An overview of high-speed railway lines in revenue service around the world at the end of 2010 and new links envisaged

This article provides an overview of high-speed railway lines, addressing countries which have at least one railway line in revenue service on which, for at least one type of train, both have a maximum speed of V sub max greater than or equal to 200 km/h; and a commercial speed between two stations of V sub c greater than or equal to 150 km/h. Each country is given a table with the following categories: length, year of start of operation, and maximum velocity, as well as, if applicable, a paragraph describing new links envisioned. Countries included are as follows: Japan, France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain, The United Kingdom, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, USA, South Korea, Taiwan and China.

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• Authors:
  • Demiridis, Nikolaos
  • Pyrgidis, Christos
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 13-16
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Descriptive statistics; High speed rail; Length; Network links; Velocity
• Geographic Terms: Belgium; China; Finland; France; Germany; Italy; Japan; Netherlands; South Korea; Spain; Sweden; Taiwan; Turkey; United Kingdom; United States
• Subject Areas: Railroads; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01371063
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 25 2012 9:31AM