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Privately owned multi-system locomotive designed for freight and passenger trains near the Danish-German border. Rail transport in Europe has diverse technological standards, operating concepts, and infrastructures. Common features are the widespread use of standard-gauge rail, high operational safety and a high share of electrification.
An ETR 500 train running on the Florence–Rome high-speed line near Arezzo, Italy, the first high-speed railway opened in Europe. [6] The earliest high-speed rail line built in Europe was the Italian "Direttissima", the Florence–Rome high-speed railway 254 km (158 mi) in 1977. The top speed on the line was 250 km/h (160 mph), giving an end ...
This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...
585. Papua New Guinea. Had numerous plantation and mining railways, all closed by the early 1990s. Line from Lae to Vanimo proposed (see Transport in Papua New Guinea ). 598. Rwanda. Had industrial lines, out of use since the 1990s. Lines to Uganda and/or Tanzania (see Isaka–Kigali Standard Gauge Railway) proposed. 646.
It connects Western Russia to the Russian Far East, [8] and is the longest railway line in the world, [9] with a length of over 9,289 kilometres (5,772 miles). The railway starts from Russia's capital Moscow, which is the largest city in Europe, and ends at Vladivostok, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
The Trans-Siberian Railway, [ a] historically known as the Great Siberian Route[ b] and often shortened to Transsib, [ c] is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. [ 1] Spanning a length of over 9,289 kilometers (5,772 miles), it is the longest railway line in the world. [ 2]
The Rhätische Bahn (RhB) is the longest metre-gauge railway in Switzerland, linking Arosa, Disentis, Davos, St. Moritz in the high Alps, and Tirano in Italy with Chur, a rail junction with the SBB. It passes through the upper Rhine Valley and several side valleys, as well as the Engadine, the upper valley of the river Inn.
Less than 200km/h (124mph) (if dashed line: important international line where there is however currently no passenger traffic) 1 The map depicts the actual operational high-speed instead of the designed one which may be higher. Deutsch (de): Europäisches Hochgeschwindigkeitsbahnnetz 1. 310-320 km/h. 270-300 km/h.