page_title: High-speed rail
section_title: Speed
hierarchical_section_title: High-speed rail / Records / Speed
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Rame TGV 4402 (Record du monde de vitesse) en service commercial, le 18 juin 2007 à Paris-Est
context_page_description: High-speed rail is a type of rail transport that runs significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks. While there is no single standard that applies worldwide, new lines in excess of 250 kilometres per hour and existing lines in excess of 200 kilometres per hour are widely considered to be high-speed. The first high-speed rail system, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, began operations in Japan in 1964 and was widely known as the bullet train. High-speed trains mostly operate on standard gauge tracks of continuously welded rail on grade-separated right-of-way that incorporates a large turning radius in its design, however certain regions with wider legacy railways, such as Russia have sought to develop a high speed railway network in broad gauge.
  Several countries have built and developed high-speed rail infrastructure to connect major cities, including Belgium, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, The Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and Uzbekistan.
context_section_description: There are several definitions of "maximum speed":
  The maximum speed at which a train is allowed to run by law or policy in daily service (MOR)
  The maximum speed at which an unmodified train is proved to be capable of running
  The maximum speed at which specially modified train is proved to be capable of running
caption: V150 train, modified TGV, conventional world speed record holder (574.8 km/h or 357.2 mph)
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