List of high-speed trains

The following is a list of high-speed trains, limited to conventional wheeled trains, that have been, are, or will be in commercial service.

A high-speed train is one intended for regular operations at speeds of over 200 km/h (125 mph), with a high level of service, and generally comprising multi-powered elements. Standard locomotive-hauled trains, often able to reach 200 km/h, such as French Corail or German IC trains, unconventional trains, such as maglev and transrapid, and prototypes are excluded.

In these tables, two maximum speeds are given: the column "Operated" refers to the maximum speed reached by the train in commercial operations, while the column "Design" refers to the theoretical maximum speed in commercial operations as announced by the manufacturer. In some cases, a third "Record" speed is also listed.

High-speed trains (200 km/h or higher)
Name	Operators	Family	Manufacturer	Maximum speed (km/h)			Service	Picture
Name	Operators	Family	Manufacturer	Operated	Design	Record	Service	Picture

Acela Express	Amtrak	TGV derived	Alstom Bombardier	240	266	265	2000
Avelia Liberty	Amtrak	TGV derived	Alstom		350^[1]		2021
Afrosiyob	Uzbekistan Railways	Talgo 250	Talgo	250	250	255	2011
Alfa Pendular	CP	Pendolino	Fiat Ferroviaria Siemens Sorefame	220^[2]	220	236.6	1999^[2]
Alvia Class 120, 121 (variable gauge)	RENFE		CAF Alstom	250	250	250 !	2004
Alvia Class 130 (variable gauge)	RENFE	Talgo 250	Talgo Bombardier	250	250	250 !	2007
Avant Class 104	RENFE	Pendolino	Alstom CAF	250	250	250 !	2003
Avant Class 114	RENFE	New Pendolino	Alstom CAF	250	250	250 !	2009
AVE Class 100	RENFE	TGV	Alstom CAF	300	300	357	1992
AVE Class 102, 112	RENFE	Talgo 350	Talgo Bombardier	300	350	365	2005
AVE Class 103	RENFE	Velaro	Siemens	310	350	403.7^[3]	2006
BR Class 43 (InterCity 125)	CrossCountry East Midlands Trains Great Western Railway Grand Central Railway Virgin Trains East Coast	HST	BREL	200	200	238	1976
BR Class 91 (InterCity 225)	Virgin Trains East Coast	APT	BREL Alstom	200	225	262	1988
BR Class 180	Great Western Railway Hull Trains Grand Central Railway	Coradia	Alstom	200	200	200 !	2002
BR Class 220	CrossCountry	Voyager	Bombardier	200	200	200 !	2001
BR Class 221	CrossCountry Virgin Trains		Bombardier	200	200	200 !	2002
BR Class 222	East Midlands Trains		Bombardier	200	200	200 !	2004
BR Class 390	Virgin Trains	Pendolino	Alstom	200	225	248	2002
BR Class 395	Southeastern	A-train	Hitachi	225	225	252^[4]	2009
BR Class 800	Great Western Railway Virgin Trains East Coast Hull Trains	A-train	Hitachi	200	225	225 !	2017
BR Class 801	Great Western Railway Virgin Trains East Coast	A-train	Hitachi	200	225	225 !	2017
CRH1A & CRH1B	China Railway	Regina	Bombardier Sifang	250	250	278	2007
CRH1E	China Railway	Zefiro	Bombardier Sifang	250	250	250 !	2009
CRH2A CRH2B CRH2E	China Railway	Shinkansen	Kawasaki Sifang	250	250	250 !	2007
CRH2C	China Railway	Shinkansen	Sifang	300	350	350 !	2008
CRH3C	China Railway	Velaro	Siemens Tangshan Changchun	300	350	394.2	2008
CRH5	China Railway	New Pendolino	Alstom Changchun	250	250	250 !	2007
CRH6A	China Railway		Sifang	200	220	220 !	2014
CRH380A & AL	China Railway	Shinkansen derived^[5]	Sifang Kawasaki (patents)	300	380	486.1	2010
CRH380B, BL & CL	China Railway	Velaro	Siemens Tangshan Changchun	300	380	487.3	2011
CRH380D & DL	China Railway	Zefiro	Bombardier Sifang	300	380	380 !	2012
ED250	PKP Intercity	New Pendolino	Alstom	200	250	291^[6]	2014
AGV 575	NTV	AGV	Alstom	300	360	360 !	2012
ETR 460	Trenitalia	Pendolino	Fiat Ferroviaria	250	250	250 !	1994
ETR 470	Trenitalia		Fiat Ferroviaria	200	200	200 !	1997
ETR 480	Trenitalia		Fiat Ferroviaria	250	250	250 !	1997
ETR 500	Trenitalia		Alstom Bombardier AnsaldoBreda	300	300	362^[7]	2000
ETR 600	Trenitalia	New Pendolino	Alstom	250	250	250 !	2008
ETR 610	Trenitalia	New Pendolino	Alstom	250	250	250 !	2008
ETR 1000	Trenitalia	Zefiro	Bombardier AnsaldoBreda	300	360	393.8^[8]	2015
Eurostar	Eurostar	TGV	Alstom	300	300	334.7	1993
Eurostar e320	Eurostar	Velaro	Siemens	320	320	352	2015
IC4	DSB		AnsaldoBreda	200	200	200 !	2007
ICE 1	DB	ICE	Siemens, ABB, AEG, Krauss-Maffei, Krupp, Thyssen-Henschel	280	280	310	1991
ICE 2	DB	ICE	Siemens Adtranz	280	280	316	1996
ICE 3 Class 403, 406	DB NS	Velaro	Siemens Bombardier	320	330	368	2000
ICE 3 Class 407	DB	Velaro	Siemens	320	320	320 !	2013
ICE T	DB ÖBB	Siemens Venturio	Siemens DÜWAG Fiat Ferroviaria	230	230	255	2005
ICE TD	DB DSB	Siemens Venturio	Siemens DÜWAG Fiat Ferroviaria	200	200	222	2001
KTX-I	Korail	TGV-derived	Alstom Hyundai Rotem	305	330	330 !	2004
KTX-Sancheon	Korail	Hanvit	Hyundai Rotem	305	330	330 !	2010
KTX-III	Korail	Hanvit	Hyundai Rotem	305	370	421	2015
GMB Class 71	Flytoget	X 2000	Adtranz Strømmens	210	210	210 !	1998
NSB Class 73	NSB	X 2000	Adtranz Strømmens	210	210	210 !	1999
RABDe 500	SBB	ICN	Alstom Bombardier	200	200	200 !	2000
RABe 503	SBB	New Pendolino	Alstom	250	250	250 !	2008
Railjet	ÖBB ČD	Taurus	Siemens	230	230	275^[9]	2008
Sapsan	RZD	Velaro	Siemens	250	350	290	2009
500 Series Shinkansen	JR West	Shinkansen	Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo	300	320	320 !	1997
700 Series Shinkansen	JR Central JR West		Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo	285	285	285 !	1999
N700 Series Shinkansen	JR Central JR Kyushu JR West		Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo	300	330	332^[10]	2007
800 Series Shinkansen	JR Kyushu		Hitachi	260	285	285 !	2004
E2 Series Shinkansen	JR East		Hitachi Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo Tokyu Car	275	275	362	1997
E3 Series Shinkansen	JR East		Kawasaki Tokyu Car	275^[11]	275	275 !	1997
E4 Series Shinkansen	JR East		Hitachi Kawasaki	240	240	240 !	1997
E5 Series Shinkansen	JR East		Hitachi Kawasaki	320^[11]	320	320 !	2011
H5 Series Shinkansen	JR Hokkaido		Hitachi Kawasaki	320	320	320 !	2016
E6 Series Shinkansen	JR East		Hitachi Kawasaki	320^[12]	320	320 !	2013
E7 Series Shinkansen	JR East		Hitachi Kawasaki J-TREC	260^[13]	275^[13]	275 !	2014
W7 Series Shinkansen	JR West		Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo	260^[13]	275^[13]	275 !	2015
Sm3	VR Group	Pendolino	FIAT Ferroviaria Rautaruukki Transtech	220	220	242	1995
Sm6	Karelian Trains	Pendolino	Alstom	220	220	220 !	2010
TCDD HT65000	TCDD		CAF	250	250	250 !	2009
TCDD HT80000	TCDD	Velaro	Siemens	250	300	300 !	2015
TGV Sud-Est	SNCF	TGV	Alstom	300	300	380	1981
TGV Atlantique	SNCF		Alstom	300	300	515.3	1989
TGV Réseau	SNCF		Alstom	320	320	320 !	1993
TGV Duplex	SNCF		Alstom	320	320	320 !	1995
TGV POS	SNCF		Alstom	320	320	574.8	2006
TGV Euroduplex	SNCF ONCF		Alstom	320	320	320 !	2011
Thalys PBA	Thalys		Alstom	320	320	320 !	1996
Thalys PBKA	Thalys		Alstom	300	320	320 !	1997
THSR 700T	THSR	Shinkansen	Hitachi Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo	300	300	300 !	2007
X2	SJ	X 2000	Adtranz ABB	200	210	276	1989
X3	Arlanda Express	Coradia	Alstom	205	205	205 !	1998
X40	SJ	Coradia	Alstom	200	200	200 !	2006
X50 - 55	SJ Tågkompaniet Västtrafik Veolia Transport Upplands Lokaltrafik	Regina	Bombardier	200	200	303	2000
Z-TER	SNCF		Alstom Bombardier	200	200	200 !	2003

No longer in service
Name	Operators	Family	Manufacturer	Maximum speed (km/h)			Service	Picture
Name	Operators	Family	Manufacturer	Normal	Design	Record	Service	Picture

BR Class 370	InterCity	APT	BREL	200	250	261^[14]	1980–1986
ER200	RZD		RVR	200	200	220	1984–2009
ETR 470	SBB	Pendolino	Fiat Ferroviaria	200	200	200 !	1997–2014
ETR 450	Trenitalia	Pendolino	Fiat Ferroviaria	200	280	280 !	1988-2015
ETR.500 (1st series)	Trenitalia		AnsaldoBreda Fiat Ferroviaria Tecnomasio Firema Trasporti	250	300	319	1992–2007
0 Series Shinkansen	JNR JR Central JR West	Shinkansen	Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo Kisha	220	220	220 !	1964–2008
100 Series Shinkansen	JNR JR Central JR West		Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo Tokyu Car	230	230	230 !	1985–2012
200 Series Shinkansen	JNR JR East		Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo Tokyu Car	240	275	275 !	1982–2013
300 Series Shinkansen	JR Central JR West		Hitachi Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo	270	270	325.7	1992–2012
400 Series Shinkansen	JR East		Hitachi Kawasaki Tokyu Car	240	240	345	1992–2010
E1 Series Shinkansen	JR East		Hitachi Kawasaki	240	240	240 !	1994–2012
V250	NS NMBS/SNCB		AnsaldoBreda	250	250	250 !	2012–2013

References[edit]

^ http://www.alstom.com/Global/Transport/Resources/Documents/brochure2014/Avelia%20Liberty%20-%20Amtrak%20-%20Case%20study%20-%20English.pdf?epslanguage=en-GB
^ ^a ^b "Automotoras Eléctricas Série: 4000 (4001-4010 e 4051-4060) :: CP :: (Versão Portuguesa)". Série 4000: CP official website (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2014-06-29.
^ "Ficha de 9-103-005-5" (in Spanish). Listado del Material Ferroviario Español. Retrieved January 16, 2009.
^ "Bullet train in milestone run on HS1". Railnews. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2012-01-04. an earlier successful 'overspeed' test to check train stability and ride on 18th April, when the train achieved a maximum speed of 252 km/h
^ Unsafe at any speed? China has applied for patents for its high-speed trains, but the technology may have been pirated from the Japanesealjazeera.com
^ 291 km/h – Pendolino sets new record by Dyspozytor
^ "In galleria il nuovo record di velocità italiano" (in Italian). Ferrovie.it. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
^ "Il Frecciarossa 1000 è ancora da record" (in Italian). Ferrovie.it. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
^ oe24.at - ÖBB-Zug "railjet" mit Geschwindigkeitsrekord
^ 東海道新幹線、３３２キロで試験運転　各国関係者にＰＲ [Test run at 332 km/h on the Tokaido Shinkansen]. Asahi.com (in Japanese). Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "320-kph Hayabusa matches world speed record". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^ ２０１４年３月ダイヤ改正について [March 2014 timetable revision details] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 20 December 2013. p. 1. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "E7系新幹線電車" [E7 series shinkansen EMU]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54 no. 634. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. February 2014. pp. 9–13.
^ "Train smashes speed record". BBC News. 2003-07-30. Retrieved 2010-06-02.

[1] ttp://www.alstom.com/Global/Transport/Resources/Documents/brochure2014/Avelia%20Liberty%20-%20Amtrak%20-%20Case%20study%20-%20English.pdf?epslanguage=en-GB

[Alfa_Pendular-2] "Automotoras Eléctricas Série: 4000 (4001-4010 e 4051-4060) :: CP :: (Versão Portuguesa)". Série 4000: CP official website (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2014-06-29.

[AVE_103_max-3] "Ficha de 9-103-005-5" (in Spanish). Listado del Material Ferroviario Español. Retrieved January 16, 2009.

[4] "Bullet train in milestone run on HS1". Railnews. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2012-01-04. an earlier successful 'overspeed' test to check train stability and ride on 18th April, when the train achieved a maximum speed of 252 km/h

[-5] Unsafe at any speed? China has applied for patents for its high-speed trains, but the technology may have been pirated from the Japanesealjazeera.com

[Pendolino-sets-record-6] 291 km/h – Pendolino sets new record by Dyspozytor

[Record-Frecciarossa-7] "In galleria il nuovo record di velocità italiano" (in Italian). Ferrovie.it. Retrieved 2015-11-24.

[Record-Frecciarossa-1000-8] "Il Frecciarossa 1000 è ancora da record" (in Italian). Ferrovie.it. Retrieved 2016-02-28.

[9] 24.at - ÖBB-Zug "railjet" mit Geschwindigkeitsrekord

[10] 東海道新幹線、３３２キロで試験運転　各国関係者にＰＲ [Test run at 332 km/h on the Tokaido Shinkansen]. Asahi.com (in Japanese). Japan: The Asahi Shimbun Company. 17 November 2009. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

[jt20130317-11] "320-kph Hayabusa matches world speed record". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2013.

[jreast20131220-12] ２０１４年３月ダイヤ改正について [March 2014 timetable revision details] (pdf). News release (in Japanese). Japan: East Japan Railway Company. 20 December 2013. p. 1. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

[railfan634-13] "E7系新幹線電車" [E7 series shinkansen EMU]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Vol. 54 no. 634. Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. February 2014. pp. 9–13.

[14] "Train smashes speed record". BBC News. 2003-07-30. Retrieved 2010-06-02.

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v t e Experimental and prototype high-speed trains

France	Aérotrain AGV (Elisa, Pégase) TGV 001 TGV 2N TGV 88 TGV P V150

France & Germany	Eurotrain

Germany	DB Class 403 ICE S InterCityExperimental Rohr UTACV Schienenzeppelin Transrapid

Japan	300X Class 1000 Shinkansen Class 951 Shinkansen Class 961 Shinkansen Class 962 Shinkansen Fastech 360 Gauge Change Train SCMaglev STAR21 WIN350

South Korea	HEMU-430X HSR-350x

Russia & USSR	Aerowagon SVL Sokol TEP80

United Kingdom	Advanced Passenger Train British Rail APT-E RTV 31

USA & Canada	Budd Jet Car (Black Beetle) Budd Silverliner Garrett LIMRV Grumman TACRV JetTrain Rohr UTACV

See also: Category:Experimental and prototype high-speed trains High-speed rail List of high speed trains

List of high-speed trains

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