List of high-speed trains
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The following is a list of high-speed trains that have been, are, or will be in commercial service.
A high-speed train is generally defined as one which operates at speeds of over or at 125 mph (200 km/h), with a high level of service, and often comprising multi-powered elements.
In these tables, two or three 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. Finally, a third "Record" speed may also be listed if there is an official speed record accredited by UIC.
High-speed trains currently or soon in service[]
Name | Operators | Family | Manufacturer | Power supply | Maximum speed (km/h) | In Service |
Picture | ||
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Operated | Designed | Record | |||||||
Acela | Amtrak | TGV & LRC derived | Alstom Bombardier |
25 kV 60 Hz AC 12 kV 60 Hz AC 12 kV 25 Hz AC |
240 | 266 | 266 | 2000 - 2022 | |
Afrosiyob | Uzbekistan Railways | Talgo 250 | Talgo | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2011 | ||
AGV 575 | NTV | AGV | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
300 | 360 | 2012 | ||
Alfa Pendular | CP | Pendolino | Fiat Ferroviaria Adtranz Siemens |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 220[1] | 250 | 1999[1] | ||
Alvia Class 120, 121 (variable gauge) |
Renfe | CAF Cepia | CAF Alstom |
25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
250 | 250 | 2004 | ||
Alvia Class 130, 730 (variable gauge) |
Talgo 250 | Talgo Bombardier |
25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC Diesel [N 1] |
250 | 250 | 2007 | |||
Avant Class 104 | Pendolino | Alstom CAF |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2003 | |||
Avant Class 114 | New Pendolino | Alstom CAF |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2009 | |||
AVE Class 100 | TGV | GEC-Alsthom CAF |
25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
300 | 300 | 357 | 1992 | ||
AVE Class 102, 112 | Talgo 350 | Talgo Bombardier |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 300 | 350 | 365 | 2005 | ||
AVE Class 103 | Velaro | Siemens | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 310 | 380 | 403.7[2] | 2006 | ||
Avelia Liberty | Amtrak | TGV & New Pendolino derived | Alstom | 25 kV 60 Hz AC 12 kV 60 Hz AC 12 kV 25 Hz AC |
350[3] | 2021 | |||
Avelia Horizon | SNCF | TGV | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC |
350[4] | 2023 | |||
BR Class 43 (InterCity 125) |
Abellio ScotRail CrossCountry Network Rail |
HST | BREL | Diesel | 200 | 200 | 238 | 1976 | |
BR Class 91 (InterCity 225) |
London North Eastern Railway | APT | BREL Alstom |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 200 | 225 | 262 | 1988 | |
BR Class 180 Alstom Coradia | East Midlands Railway Grand Central |
Coradia | Alstom | Diesel | 200 | 200 | 2002 | ||
BR Class 220 | CrossCountry | Voyager | Bombardier | Diesel | 200 | 200 | 2001 | ||
BR Class 221 Bombardier Voyager | CrossCountry Avanti West Coast |
Bombardier | Diesel | 200 | 200 | 2002 | |||
BR Class 222 | East Midlands Railway | Bombardier | Diesel | 200 | 200 | 2004 | |||
BR Class 390 Alstom Pendolino | Avanti West Coast | Pendolino | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 200 | 225 | 248 | 2002 | |
BR Class 395 Javelin Hitachi AT300 | Southeastern | A-train | Hitachi Rail | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 750 V DC (3rd rail) |
225 | 225 | 252[5] | 2009 | |
BR Class 397 | TransPennine Express | CAF Civity | CAF | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 200 | 200 | 2019 | ||
BR Class 800 | Great Western Railway London North Eastern Railway |
A-train | Hitachi Rail | 25 kV 50 Hz AC Diesel |
200 | 225 | 2017 | ||
BR Class 801 | London North Eastern Railway | Hitachi Rail | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 200 | 225 | 2019 | |||
BR Class 802 | Great Western Railway Hull Trains TransPennine Express |
Hitachi Rail | 25 kV 50 Hz AC Diesel |
200 | 225 | 2018 | |||
BR Class 803 | Lumo | Hitachi Rail | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 225 | 2021 | ||||
BR Class 810 | East Midlands Railway | Hitachi Rail | 25 kV 50 Hz AC Diesel |
225 | 2022 | ||||
CRH1A & CRH1B | China Railway | Regina | Bombardier CSR Sifang |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 278 | 2007 | |
CRH1E | Zefiro | Bombardier CSR Sifang |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2009 | |||
CRH1A-A CRH1E-250 |
CSR Sifang | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2016 | ||||
CRH2A CRH2B CRH2E |
Shinkansen | Kawasaki CSR Sifang |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2007 | |||
CRH2E (New Batch, sleeper) | CSR Sifang | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2017 | ||||
CRH2C | CSR Sifang | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 300 | 350 | 350 | 2008 | |||
CRH3A | CNR Tangshan CNR Changchun |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2017 | ||||
CRH3C | Velaro | Siemens CNR Tangshan CNR Changchun |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 300 | 380 | 394.2 | 2008 | ||
CRH5A | New Pendolino | Alstom CNR Changchun |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2007 | |||
CRH5G | CNR Changchun | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2017 | ||||
CRH6A | CSR Sifang | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 200 | 220 | 2014 | ||||
CRH380A & AL | CRH2C derived | CSR Sifang | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 300 | 380 | 486.1 | 2010 | ||
CRH380B, BL & CL | Velaro | Siemens CNR Tangshan CNR Changchun |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 300 | 380 | 487.3 | 2011 | ||
CRH380D & DL | Zefiro | Bombardier CSR Sifang |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 300 | 380 | 483 | 2012 | ||
CR300AF | Fuxing | CRRC Sifang | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 300 | 2019 | |||
CR300BF | CRRC Changchun | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 300 | 2019 | ||||
CR400AF, -A & -B | CRRC Sifang | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 350[6] | 400 | 420 | 2017 | |||
CR400BF, -A & -B | CRRC Tangshan CRRC Changchun |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 350[7] | 400 | 420 | 2017 | |||
ED250 | PKP Intercity | New Pendolino | Alstom | 3 kV DC | 200 | 250 | 293[8] | 2014 | |
EMU-320 | Korail | KTX | Hyundai Rotem | 25 kV 60 Hz AC | 320 | 352 | 2021 | ||
ETR 460 | Trenitalia | Pendolino | Fiat Ferroviaria | 3 kV DC | 250 | 250 | 1994 | ||
ETR 470 | Fiat Ferroviaria | 3 kV DC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC |
200 | 200 | 1997 | ||||
ETR 480 / ETR 485 | Fiat Ferroviaria | 3 kV DC 25 kV 50 Hz AC |
250 | 250 | 1997 | ||||
ETR 500 (2nd gen) | Alstom Bombardier AnsaldoBreda |
25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC 1.5 kV DC (500F) |
300 | 300 | 362[9] | 2000 | |||
ETR 600 | New Pendolino | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
250 | 250 | 2008 | |||
ETR 610 | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
250 | 250 | 2008 | ||||
ETR 675 | NTV | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
250 | 250 | 2017 | |||
ETR 700 (initially known as V250) | Trenitalia (initially NS SNCB) |
AnsaldoBreda | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC 1.5 kV DC |
250 | 250 | 2012 - 2013 2019 |
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ETR 1000 (Frecciarossa 1000) | Trenitalia | Zefiro | Bombardier AnsaldoBreda |
25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC 1.5 kV DC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC |
300 | 400 | 393.8[10] | 2015 | |
BR Class 373 Eurostar e300 Alstom TGV TMST (initially known as BR Class 373 or TGV TMST) |
Eurostar IZY |
TGV | GEC-Alsthom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC 1.5 kV DC 750 KV DC (3rd rail, no longer in use) |
300 | 300 | 334.7 | 1993 | |
Eurostar e320 Siemens Velaro | Eurostar | Velaro | Siemens | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 3 kV DC 1.5 kV DC |
300 | 320 | 352 | 2015 | |
Flytoget Class 78 | Flytoget | Oaris | CAF | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 210 | 250 | 2020 | ||
GMB Class 71 | X 2000 derived | Adtranz Strømmens |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 210 | 210 | 1998 | |||
TrainOSE | Pendolino | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 200 | 200 | 2021 | |||
ICE 1 | DB | ICE | Siemens ABB AEG Krauss-Maffei Krupp Thyssen Henschel |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 280 | 280 | 310 | 1991 | |
ICE 2 | Siemens Adtranz |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 280 | 280 | 316 | 1996 | |||
ICE 3 Class 403, 406 | DB NS |
Siemens Bombardier |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 25 kV 50 Hz AC [N 2] 1.5 kV DC [N 3] 3 kV DC [N 3] |
320 | 380 | 368 | 2000 | ||
ICE 3 Class 407 | DB | Velaro | Siemens | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
320 | 380 | 2013 | ||
ICE T | DB ÖBB |
ICE (contains Pendolino technology) | Siemens Duewag Fiat Ferroviaria |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 230 | 230 | 255 | 2005 | |
ICE 4 | DB | ICE | Siemens Bombardier |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2017 | ||
Intercity Nieuwe Generatie | NS | Coradia Stream | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC 3 kV DC |
200 | 200 | 2021[11] | ||
KTX-I | Korail | TGV | Alstom Hyundai Rotem |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 305 | 330 | 2004 | ||
KTX-Eum | KTX | Hyundai Rotem | 25 kV 60 Hz AC | 260 | 286 | 2020 | |||
KTX-Sancheon | Hyundai Rotem | 25 kV 60 Hz AC | 305 | 330 | 2010 | ||||
NSB Class 73 | Vy | X 2000 derived | Adtranz Strømmens |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 210 | 210 | 1999 | ||
NSB Class 74/75 | FLIRT | Stadler Rail | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 200[12] | 200 | 2012 | |||
RABDe 500 | SBB | ICN | Alstom Bombardier |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 200 | 200 | 2000 | ||
RABe 501 | SMILE | Stadler Rail | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
250 | 275 | 2019 | |||
RABe 502 | TWINDEXX | Bombardier | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 200[13] | 200 | 2018 | |||
RABe 503 | New Pendolino | Alstom | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
250 | 250 | 2008 | |||
Regio 2N (Z 56500) |
SNCF | Omneo | Bombardier | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC |
200 | 200 | 2017 | ||
Sapsan | RZD | Velaro | Siemens | 3 kV DC 25 kV 50 Hz AC |
250 | 350 | 290 | 2009 | |
SAR push-pull train | SAR | CAF | Diesel | 200 | 200 | 2017 | |||
500 Series Shinkansen | JR West | Shinkansen | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 300 | 320 | 1997 | ||
700 Series Shinkansen | JR Central JR West |
Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 285 | 285 | 1999 | |||
N700 Series Shinkansen | JR Central JR Kyushu JR West |
Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 300 | 300 | 332[14] | 2007 | ||
N700A Series Shinkansen | JR Central JR West |
Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 300 | 300 | 2013 | |||
N700S Series Shinkansen | JR Central | Nippon Sharyo | 25 kV 60 Hz AC | 300 | 360 | 362[15] | 2020 | ||
N700S Series Shinkansen | Texas Central Railway | Nippon Sharyo | 25 kV 60 Hz AC | 330 | 360 | 2026 | |||
800 Series Shinkansen | JR Kyushu | Hitachi Rail | 25 kV 60 Hz AC | 260 | 285 | 2004 | |||
E2 Series Shinkansen | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo Tokyu Car |
25 kV 50/60 Hz AC | 275 | 275 | 362 | 1997 | ||
E3 Series Shinkansen | JR East | Kawasaki Tokyu Car |
20/25 kV 50 Hz AC | 275[16] | 275 | 1997 | |||
E4 Series Shinkansen | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 240 | 240 | 1997 | |||
E5 Series Shinkansen | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 320[16] | 320 | 2011 | |||
E5 Series Shinkansen | NHSRCL | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 320 | 320 | 2023 | |||
H5 Series Shinkansen | JR Hokkaido | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 320 | 320 | 2016 | |||
E6 Series Shinkansen | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
20/25 kV 50 Hz AC | 320[17] | 320 | 2013 | |||
E7 Series Shinkansen | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki J-TREC |
25 kV 50/60 Hz AC | 260[18] | 275[18] | 2014 | |||
W7 Series Shinkansen | JR West | Shinkansen | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo |
25 kV 50/60 Hz AC | 260[18] | 275[18] | 2015 | ||
E8 Series Shinkansen | JR East | Shinkansen | Kawasaki | 20/25 kV 50 Hz AC | 300 | 2024 | |||
Sm3 | VR | Pendolino | Fiat Ferroviaria Rautaruukki Transtech |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 220 | 220 | 242 | 1995 | |
Sm6 Allegro | Karelian Trains | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 3 kV DC |
220 | 220 | 2010 | |||
Talgo 350 SRO | SRO | Talgo 350 | Talgo Bombardier |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 300 | 350 | 2018[19] | ||
TCDD HT65000 | YHT | CAF Cepia | CAF | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 250 | 2009 | ||
TCDD HT80000 | Velaro | Siemens | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 250 | 300 | 2015 | |||
TGV Atlantique | SNCF | TGV | Alsthom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC |
300 | 300 | 515.3 | 1989 | |
TGV Réseau | GEC-Alsthom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC 3 kV DC |
320 | 320 | 1993 | ||||
TGV Duplex | GEC-Alsthom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC |
320 | 320 | 1995 | ||||
TGV Oceane | GEC-Alsthom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC |
320 | 320 | 2017 | ||||
TGV POS | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC |
320 | 320 | 574.8 | 2006 | |||
TGV Euroduplex | SNCF TGV Lyria ONCF |
Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC 3 kV DC |
320 | 320 | 2011 | |||
Thalys PBA | Thalys | GEC-Alsthom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC 3 kV DC |
320 | 320 | 1996 | |||
Thalys PBKA | GEC-Alsthom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC 3 kV DC |
300 | 320 | 1997 | ||||
THSR 700T | THSR | Shinkansen | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 300 | 315 | 315[20] | 2007 | |
Velaro D | Brightline West | Velaro | Siemens Mobility | 25 kV 60 Hz AC | 320 | 380 | 2024 | ||
X2 | SJ | X 2000 | Adtranz ABB |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 25 kV 50 Hz AC |
200 | 210 | 276 | 1989 | |
X3 | Arlanda Express | Coradia | GEC-Alsthom | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 200 | 205 | 1998 | ||
X40 | SJ | Alstom | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 200 | 200 | 2006 | |||
X50 - 55 | SJ Tågkompaniet Västtrafik Veolia Transport Upplands Lokaltrafik |
Regina | Bombardier | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 200 | 200 | 303 | 2000 | |
Z-TER | SNCF | Alstom Bombardier |
25 kV 50 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC |
200 | 200 | 2003 |
High-speed trains no longer in service[]
Name | Operators | Family | Manufacturer | Maximum speed (km/h) | In Service |
Picture | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operated | Designed | Record | ||||||
BR Class 370 | InterCity | APT | BREL | 200 | 250 | 261[21] | 1980-1986 | |
CRDJJ1 "Blue Arrow" | Guangshen Railway | Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co | 200 | 210 | 235.6 | 2000-2012 | ||
DJJ2 "China Star" | Qinshen railway | Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co | 200 | 270 | 321.5 | 2002-2006 | ||
DB Class 403 | DB | AEG BBC Siemens |
200 | 220 | 225 | 1972-1993 | ||
ER200 | RZD | RVR | 200 | 200 | 220 | 1984-2009 | ||
ETR 470 | SBB | Pendolino | Fiat Ferroviaria | 200 | 200 | 1997-2014 | ||
ETR 450 | Trenitalia | Fiat Ferroviaria | 250 | 280 | 1988-2015 | |||
ETR.500 (1st series) | Trenitalia | AnsaldoBreda Fiat Ferroviaria Tecnomasio Firema Trasporti |
250 | 300 | 321 | 1992-2007 | ||
ICE TD | DB DSB |
Siemens |
200 | 200 | 222 | 2001-2017 | ||
RENFE Class 490 | Renfe | Pendolino | GEC-Alsthom Fiat Ferrovaria |
220 | 220 | 1998-2014 | ||
TGV Sud-Est | SNCF | TGV | Alsthom | 300 | 300 | 380 | 1980-2020 | |
TGV Postal | SNCF (on behalf of La Poste) |
Alsthom | 270 | 270 | 1984-2015 | |||
0 Series Shinkansen | JNR JR Central JR West |
Shinkansen | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo Kisha Seizo |
220 | 220 | 1964-2008 | ||
100 Series Shinkansen | JNR JR Central JR West |
Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo Tokyu Car |
230 | 230 | 277.2 | 1985-2012 | ||
200 Series Shinkansen | JNR JR East |
Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo Tokyu Car |
240 (275 H sets) |
275 | 276.2[22] | 1982-2013 | ||
300 Series Shinkansen | JR Central JR West |
Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo |
270 | 270 | 325.7 | 1992-2012 | ||
400 Series Shinkansen | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Tokyu Car |
240 | 240 | 345 | 1992-2010 | ||
E1 Series Shinkansen | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
240 | 240 | 1994-2012 |
Experimental[]
Name | Operators | Family | Manufacturer | Power supply | Maximum speed (km/h) | In Service |
Picture | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Designed | Record | |||||||
300X | JR Central | Shinkansen | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nippon Sharyo |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 350 | 443[23] | 1994–2002 | |
ALFA-X | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 400 | 400[24] | 2019- | ||
Class 951 | JNR | Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 250 | 286[25] | 1969-1973 | ||
Class 961 | JNR | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo |
25 kV 50/60 Hz AC | 260 | 319[26] | 1973–1981 | ||
Class 962 | JNR
JR East |
Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo Tokyu Car |
25 kV 50/60 Hz AC | 210 | 1979–2003 | |||
Class 1000 | JNR | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Kinki Sharyo Nippon Sharyo Kisha Seizo |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 200 | 256[27] | 1962–1976 | ||
Fastech 360S | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 360 | 405[28] | 2005-2009 | ||
Fastech 360Z | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
20/25 kV 50 Hz AC | 360 | 405[28] | 2005-2009 | ||
STAR21 | JR East | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo |
25 kV 50 Hz AC | 350 | 425[29] | 1992–1998 | ||
WIN350 | JR West | Hitachi Rail Kawasaki |
25 kV 60 Hz AC | 350 | 350[30] | 1992–1995 | ||
HSR-350x | Korail | KTX | Hyundai Rotem | 25 kV 60 Hz AC | 385 | 352[31] | 2002-2008 | |
HEMU-430X | Korail | Hyundai Rotem | 25 kV 60 Hz AC | 430 | 421[32] | 2012-2017 | ||
BR APT-E | British Rail | APT | British Rail Research Division | Gas Turbine | 250 | 245[33] | 1972-1976 | |
ICE S | DB | ICE | Siemens Adtranz AEG |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 393[34] | 1996- | ||
ICE V | DB | Siemens AEG BBC Krauss-Maffei Krupp Thyssen Henschel |
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 407[35] | 1985–1998 | |||
Project V150 | SNCF | TGV | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC |
540 | 575[36] | 2007 | |
TGV 001 | SNCF | Alsthom
Brissonneau Turbomeca Jeumont-Schneider Creusot-Loire |
Gas turbine | 300 | 318 | 1972-1978 | ||
Modified unit 325 | SNCF | Alstom | 25 kV 50 Hz AC 1.5 kV DC |
515.3 | 1990 | |||
Schienenzeppelin | Franz Kruckenberg | Schienenzeppelin | Franz Kruckenberg | Petrol Engine | 230 | 1929-1939 | ||
Sokol | RZD | Sokol | RAO VSM | 3 kV DC
25 kV 50 Hz AC |
250[37] | 2000-2002 |
Conventionally wheeled locomotive-hauled[]
Locomotives are bolded, and hauled trailers written in italics. As trains can have multiple configurations on the same service, service name is used as an identifier.
Currently or soon in service[]
Service Name | Operators | Units | Family | Manufacturer | Hauled trailers | Power supply | Operated | Designed | Record | In Service |
Picture |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SBB-CFF-FFS Re 460 | SBB | Re 460 | Pininfarina SLM ABB | IC 2000 and United Wagon IV | 15kV | 115 | 115 | 1992-1996 | |||
BLS Re465 | BLS | Re 465 | SLM ABB | United Wagon III and fret wagon | 15kV | 18 | 18 | 1994-1997 | |||
DSB EuroCity (TBC) | DSB | Litra EB | Vectron | Siemens | Talgo VII | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 200[38] | 2023 | |||
Talgo 230 | Talgo 230 | Talgo | Talgo VII | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | |||||||
Railjet | ÖBB ČD |
ES64U2 | Taurus | Siemens | Siemens Viaggio Comfort | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
25 kV 50 Hz AC |
230 | 230 | 275[39] | 2008 | |
MARC Train | MARC | SC-44 & HHP-8 | Charger & HHP-8 | Siemens & Bombardier Transportation | Cummins QSK95 Diesel
12 kV 25 Hz AC 12.5 kV 60 Hz AC 25 kV 60 Hz AC |
201[citation needed] | 201 | 1986 | |||
München-Nürnberg-Express | DB | DB Class 102 | Škoda 109E | Škoda Transportation | Skoda Push-Pull sets | 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | 189 | 200 | 2021- | ||
Brightline | FECI | SCB-40 | Charger | Siemens | Siemens Venture | Cummins QSK95 Diesel | 201 | 201 | 2018 | ||
SNCB Intercity | SNCB | HLE 13 | Tractis | Alstom | SNCB I11 &
SNCB M6 & SNCB M7 &
|
1,5 kV DC
3 kV DC 25 kV 50 Hz AC |
200 | 200 | 1997 | ||
SNCB Intercity | SNCB | SNCB HLE 18 & HLE 19 | EuroSprinter | Siemens | SNCB I11 &
SNCB M6 &
|
1,5 kV DC
3 kV DC 25 kV 50 Hz AC |
200 | 200 | 2011 | ||
HellasSprinter | TrainOse | OSE Class 120 | Eurosprinter | Siemens | 25 kV 50 Hz AC | 200 | 200 | 1996 | |||
Regiojet | Regiojet | CD Class 388 | Traxx | Bombardier Transportation | 3 kV DC
15 kV 16.7 Hz AC 25 kV 50 Hz AC |
160 | 200 | 2021 | |||
Nevsky Express | RZD | Škoda 66E | Škoda | Tver works family | 3 kV DC | 200 | 200 | 2001 | |||
EP20 | EP20 | Transmashholding
Alstom VELNII |
3 kV DC
25 kV 50 Hz AC |
200 | 200 | 2012 | |||||
Strizh | RZD | EP20 | EP20 | Transmashholding
Alstom |
Talgo 9 | 3 kV DC
25 kV 50 Hz AC |
200 | 200 | 2015 |
Magnetically levitated[]
Currently or soon in service[]
Name | Operators | Family | Manufacturer | Power supply | Maximum speed (km/h) | In Service |
Picture | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operated | Designed | Record | |||||||
L0 Series Shinkansen | JR Central | Shinkansen | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nippon Sharyo |
Induction | 500 | 505 | 603[40] | 2027[41][42] | |
Shanghai Transrapid | SMTD | Transrapid | Siemens ThyssenKrupp |
Induction | 431 | 431 | 501[43] | 2004 |
Notes[]
- ^ Class 730
- ^ ICE 3M & ICE 3MF
- ^ Jump up to: a b ICE 3M
References[]
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- ^ http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/sncf-confirms-tgv-of-the-future-order.html
- ^ "Bullet train in milestone run on HS1". Railnews. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
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