High Speed Rail Timelines

five years earlier (or press a) --- five years later (or press s)
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East Asia
2020 map Europe
2020 map
Northeast US
2020 map Uzbekistan
2020 map Saudi Arabia
2020 map

five years earlier (or press a) --- five years later (or press s)

Based on weekday service at the end of the year in question, excluding seasonal and less-than-daily services.
Scale: ≈ 1000 km (approximately 0.25 CSS pixels per km)

Lines are coloured based on the speed of the fastest service using them, measured by average scheduled speed between consecutive stops.

150-175km/h 175-200km/h 200-225km/h 225-250km/h 250-275km/h 275-300km/h 300-325km/h thru-running onto lower-speed lines

Please send any corrections or questions to threestationsquare at gmail dot com.

See also: historic rapid transit timelines - miscellaneous timelines and maps

By Alexander Rapp (CC-BY-SA) based on map data by OpenStreetMap contributors and historical sources.