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 "Operating speed" refers to the maximum speed reached by the train in commercial operations, while the column "Design speed" refers to the theoretical maximum speed in commercial operations as announced by the manufacturer.
High-speed trains (200 km/h or higher)
Name |
Operators |
Family |
Manufacturer |
Operating speed |
Design speed |
Service |
Records |
Picture |
Acela Express |
Amtrak |
TGV-derived |
Alstom
Bombardier |
240 km/h |
266 km/h |
2000 |
265 km/h |
 |
Afrosiyob |
Uzbekistan Railways |
Talgo 250 |
Talgo |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2011 |
255 km/h |
 |
Alfa Pendular |
CP |
Pendolino |
Fiat Ferroviaria
Siemens
Sorefame |
220 km/h [1] |
220 km/h |
1999[1] |
236.6 km/h |
 |
Alvia Class 120, 121
Variable gauge |
RENFE |
|
CAF
Alstom |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2004 |
|
 |
Alvia Class 130
Variable gauge |
RENFE |
Talgo 250 |
Talgo
Bombardier |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2007 |
|
 |
Avant Class 104 |
RENFE |
Pendolino |
Alstom
CAF |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2003 |
|
 |
Avant Class 114 |
RENFE |
New Pendolino |
Alstom
CAF |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2009 |
|
 |
AVE Class 100 |
RENFE |
TGV |
Alstom
CAF |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
1992 |
357 km/h |
 |
AVE Class 102, 112 |
RENFE |
Talgo 350 |
Talgo
Bombardier |
300 km/h |
350 km/h |
2005 |
365 km/h |
 |
AVE Class 103 |
RENFE |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
310 km/h |
350 km/h |
2006 |
403.7 km/h[2] |
 |
BR Class 43 (InterCity 125) |
CrossCountry
East Coast
East Midlands Trains
First Great Western
Grand Central Railway
Virgin Trains East Coast |
HST |
BREL |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
1976 |
238 km/h |
 |
BR Class 91 (InterCity 225) |
East Coast
Virgin Trains East Coast |
APT |
BREL
Alstom |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
1988 |
262 km/h |
 |
BR Class 180 |
First Great Western
Hull Trains
Grand Central Railway |
Alstom Coradia |
Alstom |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2002 |
|
 |
BR Class 220 |
CrossCountry |
Voyager |
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2001 |
|
 |
BR Class 221 |
CrossCountry
Virgin Trains |
Voyager |
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2002 |
|
 |
BR Class 222 |
East Midlands Trains |
Voyager |
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2004 |
|
 |
BR Class 390 |
Virgin Trains |
Pendolino |
Alstom |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
2002 |
248 km/h |
 |
BR Class 395 |
Southeastern |
Hitachi AT300 |
Hitachi |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
2009 |
252 km/h[3] |
 |
BR Class 800 |
First Great Western
Virgin Trains East Coast
Hull Trains |
Hitachi AT300 |
Hitachi |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
2017 |
|
 |
BR Class 801 |
First Great Western
Virgin Trains East Coast |
Hitachi AT300 |
Hitachi |
200 km/h |
225 km/h |
2017 |
|
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CRH1A & CRH1B |
China Railway Corporation |
Bombardier Regina |
Bombardier
Sifang |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2007 |
278 km/h |
 |
CRH1E |
China Railway Corporation |
Bombardier Zefiro |
Bombardier
Sifang |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2009 |
|
 |
CRH2A, CRH2B & CRH2E |
China Railway Corporation |
Shinkansen |
Kawasaki
Sifang |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2007 |
|
 |
CRH2C |
China Railway Corporation |
Shinkansen |
Sifang |
300 km/h |
350 km/h |
2008 |
|
 |
CRH3C |
China Railway Corporation |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens
Tangshan
Changchun |
300 km/h |
350 km/h |
2008 |
394.2 km/h |
 |
CRH5 |
China Railway Corporation |
New Pendolino |
Alstom
Changchun |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2007 |
|
 |
CRH6A |
China Railway Corporation |
|
Sifang |
200 km/h |
220 km/h |
2014 |
|
 |
CRH380A & AL |
China Railway Corporation |
Shinkansen-derived |
Sifang |
300 km/h |
380 km/h |
2010 |
486.1 km/h |
 |
CRH380B, BL & CL |
China Railway Corporation |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens
Tangshan
Changchun |
300 km/h |
380 km/h |
2011 |
487.3 km/h |
 |
CRH380D & DL |
China Railway Corporation |
Bombardier Zefiro |
Bombardier
Sifang |
300 km/h |
380 km/h |
2012 |
|
 |
ED250 |
PKP Intercity |
New Pendolino |
Alstom |
200 km/h |
250 km/h |
2014 |
291 km/h[4] |
 |
ETR 460 |
Trenitalia |
Pendolino |
Fiat Ferroviaria |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
1994 |
|
 |
ETR 470 |
Trenitalia |
Pendolino |
Fiat Ferroviaria |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
1997 |
|
 |
ETR 480 |
Trenitalia |
Pendolino |
Fiat Ferroviaria |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
1997 |
|
 |
ETR 500 |
Trenitalia |
|
Alstom
Bombardier
AnsaldoBreda |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
2000 |
362 km/h[5] |
 |
ETR 575 |
NTV |
AGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
360 km/h |
2012 |
|
 |
ETR 600 |
Trenitalia |
New Pendolino |
Alstom |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2008 |
|
 |
ETR 610 |
Trenitalia |
New Pendolino |
Alstom |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2008 |
|
 |
ETR 400 (Frecciarossa 1000) |
Trenitalia |
Bombardier Zefiro |
Bombardier
AnsaldoBreda |
300 km/h |
360 km/h |
2015 |
390.7 km/h[6] |
 |
Eurostar |
  Eurostar |
TGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
1993 |
334.7 km/h |
 |
Eurostar e320 |
  Eurostar |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
2015 |
352 km/h |
 |
IC4 |
DSB |
|
AnsaldoBreda |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2007 |
|
120px |
ICE 1 |
DB |
ICE |
Siemens,
ABB, AEG,
Krauss-Maffei, Krupp,
Thyssen-Henschel |
280 km/h |
280 km/h |
1991 |
310 km/h |
 |
ICE 2 |
DB |
ICE |
Siemens
Adtranz |
280 km/h |
280 km/h |
1996 |
316 km/h |
 |
ICE 3 Class 403, 406 |
DB
NS |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens
Bombardier |
320 km/h |
330 km/h |
2000 |
368 km/h |
120px |
ICE 3 Class 407 |
DB |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
2013 |
|
 |
ICE T |
DB
ÖBB |
Siemens Venturio |
Siemens
DÜWAG
Fiat Ferroviaria |
230 km/h |
230 km/h |
2005 |
255 km/h |
 |
ICE TD |
DB
DSB |
Siemens Venturio |
Siemens
DÜWAG
Fiat Ferroviaria |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2001 |
222 km/h |
 |
KTX-I |
Korail |
TGV-derived |
Alstom
Hyundai Rotem |
305 km/h |
330 km/h |
2004 |
|
120px |
KTX-Sancheon |
Korail |
Hanvit |
Hyundai Rotem |
305 km/h |
330 km/h |
2010 |
|
 |
KTX-III |
Korail |
Hanvit |
Hyundai Rotem |
305 km/h |
370 km/h |
2015 |
421 km/h |
 |
GMB Class 71 |
Flytoget |
X 2000 |
Adtranz
Strømmens |
210 km/h |
210 km/h |
1998 |
|
 |
NSB Class 73 |
NSB |
X 2000 |
Adtranz
Strømmens |
210 km/h |
210 km/h |
1999 |
|
 |
RABDe 500 |
SBB |
ICN |
Alstom
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2000 |
|
 |
RABe 503 |
SBB |
New Pendolino |
Alstom |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2008 |
|
 |
Railjet |
ÖBB
ČD |
Taurus |
Siemens |
230 km/h |
230 km/h |
2008 |
275 km/h[7] |
 |
Sapsan |
RZD |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
250 km/h |
350 km/h |
2009 |
290 km/h |
 |
500 Series Shinkansen |
JR West |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki
Kinki Sharyo
Nippon Sharyo |
300 km/h |
320 km/h |
1997 |
|
 |
700 Series Shinkansen |
JR Central
JR West |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki
Kinki Sharyo
Nippon Sharyo |
285 km/h |
285 km/h |
1999 |
|
120px |
N700 Series Shinkansen |
JR Central
JR Kyushu
JR West |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki
Kinki Sharyo
Nippon Sharyo |
300 km/h |
330 km/h |
2007 |
332 km/h |
 |
800 Series Shinkansen |
JR Kyushu |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi |
260 km/h |
285 km/h |
2004 |
|
120px |
E2 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki
Nippon Sharyo
Tokyu Car |
275 km/h |
275 km/h |
1997 |
362 km/h |
 |
E3 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Kawasaki
Tokyu Car |
275 km/h[8] |
275 km/h |
1997 |
|
 |
E4 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki |
240 km/h |
240 km/h |
1997 |
|
 |
E5 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki |
320 km/h[8] |
320 km/h |
2011 |
|
 |
H5 Series Shinkansen |
JR Hokkaido |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki |
- |
320 km/h |
2016 |
|
 |
E6 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki |
320 km/h[9] |
320 km/h |
2013 |
|
 |
E7 Series Shinkansen |
JR East |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki
J-TREC |
260 km/h[10] |
275 km/h[10] |
2014 |
|
 |
W7 Series Shinkansen |
JR West |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki
Kinki Sharyo |
260 km/h[10] |
275 km/h[10] |
2015 |
|
 |
Sm3 |
VR Group |
Pendolino |
FIAT Ferroviaria
Rautaruukki
Transtech |
220 km/h |
220 km/h |
1995 |
242 km/h |
 |
Sm6 |
 Karelian Trains |
Pendolino |
Alstom |
220 km/h |
220 km/h |
2010 |
|
 |
TCDD HT65000 |
TCDD |
|
CAF |
250 km/h |
250 km/h |
2009 |
|
 |
TCDD HT80000 |
TCDD |
Siemens Velaro |
Siemens |
250 km/h |
300 km/h |
2015 |
|
|
TGV Sud-Est |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
1981 |
380 km/h |
 |
TGV Atlantique |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
1989 |
515.3 km/h |
 |
TGV Réseau |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
1993 |
|
 |
TGV Duplex |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
1995 |
|
 |
TGV POS |
SNCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
2006 |
574.8 km/h |
 |
TGV Euroduplex |
SNCF
ONCF |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
2011 |
|
 |
Thalys PBA |
   Thalys |
TGV |
Alstom |
320 km/h |
320 km/h |
1996 |
|
 |
Thalys PBKA |
   Thalys |
TGV |
Alstom |
300 km/h |
320 km/h |
1997 |
|
 |
THSR 700T |
THSR |
Shinkansen |
Hitachi
Kawasaki
Nippon Sharyo |
300 km/h |
300 km/h |
2007 |
|
 |
X2 |
SJ |
X 2000 |
Adtranz
ABB |
200 km/h |
210 km/h |
1989 |
276 km/h |
 |
X3 |
Arlanda Express |
Coradia |
Alstom |
205 km/h |
205 km/h |
1998 |
|
 |
X40 |
SJ |
Coradia |
Alstom |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2006 |
|
 |
X50 - 55 |
SJ
Tågkompaniet
Västtrafik
Veolia Transport
Upplands Lokaltrafik |
Regina |
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2000 |
303 km/h |
 |
Z-TER |
SNCF |
|
Alstom
Bombardier |
200 km/h |
200 km/h |
2003 |
|
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Technologies |
|
High-speed trains |
350 km/h
(217 mph)
or more |
|
300–349 km/h
(186–217 mph) |
- Renfe Class 100, 101, 102, 103
- Alstom AGV
- China Railway Hexie CRH2C, 3C, 380A / MTR CRH380A, 380B, 380C, 380D
- ETR 500
- ETR 400
- Eurostar e300; e320
- ICE 3
- KTX-I, II (Sancheon), KTX-Cheongryong
- Oaris
- Shinkansen Series 500, N700, N700S, E5/H5, E6, E8
- AVRIL
- TGV Sud-Est (refurbished), Atlantique, Réseau, Duplex, POS, 2N2, M (Avelia Horizon)
- TCDD HT80000
- Thalys PBA, PBKA
- THSR 700T
- Siemens Velaro
|
250–299 km/h
(155–186 mph) |
- Avelia Liberty
- China Star, DJF2, China Railway Hexie CRH1A, 1B, 1E, 2A, 2B, 2E, 2G, 3A, 5A, 5E, 5G, China Railway Fuxing CR300AF, CR300BF
- ICE 1, 2, 4 (ICx)
- KTX-Eum
- New Pendolino
- Renfe Class 120, 121, 130
- Sapsan
- SBB RABe 501, RABe 503
- Shinkansen Series 200, 300, 700, 800, E2, E3, E7/W7
- TCDD HT65000
- TGV Sud-Est (original), La Poste
- V250
|
200–249 km/h
(124–155 mph) |
- Acela
- ACS-64
- Adelante
- APT
- China Railway DJJ1, China Railway Hexie CRH6, China Railway Fuxing CR200J
- ER200
- HHP-8
- IC4
- ICNG
- InterCity 125, 225
- ICE T, TD, ICE L
- Javelin
- NSB Class 71 (Flytoget)
- NSB Class 73
- NSB Class 74
- Pendolino
- Railjet
- Regina
- Shinkansen series 0, 100, 400, E1, E4
- SBB RABDe 500
- Re 460
- SC-44
- SCB-40
- X 2000, SJ X40
- Z-TER (Z 21500)
- Sokol
- British Rail Classes 800, 801, 802, 803, 805, 807, 810
- Talgo XXI
- Voyager/Meridian
- X3
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High-speed railway line |
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By countries and territories
planned networks in italics |
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Experimental and prototype high-speed trains
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France |
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France & Germany |
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Germany |
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Japan |
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South Korea |
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Russia & USSR |
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United Kingdom |
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USA & Canada |
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