Trains - 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 - Tampa (Future)
  • up to 125 mph (200 km/h)
• Brightline West (2028):
  • Los Angeles (Rancho Cucamonga) - Victorville - Las Vegas
  • 200 mph (320 km/h)
  • https://www.gobrightline.com/brightline-west
• Texas Central (3 stations, 240 mi):
  • 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: The original plan to extend the line all the way to Manchester and Leeds has been canceled. The project is now focused on building the line between London and the West Midlands, with a new connection to the existing West Coast Main Line at Handsacre, Staffordshire.
• Eurostar: serving UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands
  • Thalys: now integrated with Eurostar.
• 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