A method for producing a rail, the method comprising subjecting a bloom to hot rolling to obtain a rail, wherein the bloom comprises a chemical composition containing, in mass%, C: 0.60 % or more and 0.85 % or less, Si: 0.10 % or more and 1.00 % or less, and Mn: 0.10 % or more and 1.30 % or less, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Cr: 1.50 % or less, V: 0.50 % or less, Cu: 0.50 %% or less, Ni: 0.50 % or less, Nb: 0.10 %% or less, Mo: 0.50 % or less, Al: 0.05 % or less, W: 0.50 % or less, B: 0.005 % or less, Ti: 0.05 % or less, Mg: 0.020 % or less, and Ca: 0.020 % or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, subjecting the rail to accelerated cooling under a set of conditions wherein a cooling start temperature of rail head, expressed as T1, is 750 °C or higher and 850 °C or lower, a cooling stop temperature of rail head, expressed as T2, is higher than 700 °C, and T1 - T2 is 20 °C or more, and then allowing the rail to be naturally cooled, wherein the average cooling rate of the surface temperature of the rail head during the accelerated cooling is 1.0 °C/s or higher and 10 °C/s or lower, and the average cooling rate of the surface temperature of the rail head in the process of allowing the rail to be naturally cooled is 0.2 °C/s or higher and 0.6 °C/s or lower. subjecting a bloom to hot rolling to obtain a rail, wherein the bloom comprises a chemical composition containing, in mass%, C: 0.60 % or more and 0.85 % or less, Si: 0.10 % or more and 1.00 % or less, and Mn: 0.10 % or more and 1.30 % or less, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Cr: 1.50 % or less, V: 0.50 % or less, Cu: 0.50 %% or less, Ni: 0.50 % or less, Nb: 0.10 %% or less, Mo: 0.50 % or less, Al: 0.05 % or less, W: 0.50 % or less, B: 0.005 % or less, Ti: 0.05 % or less, Mg: 0.020 % or less, and Ca: 0.020 % or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, C: 0.60 % or more and 0.85 % or less, Si: 0.10 % or more and 1.00 % or less, and Mn: 0.10 % or more and 1.30 % or less, and optionally at least one selected from the group consisting of Cr: 1.50 % or less, V: 0.50 % or less, Cu: 0.50 %% or less, Ni: 0.50 % or less, Nb: 0.10 %% or less, Mo: 0.50 % or less, Al: 0.05 % or less, W: 0.50 % or less, B: 0.005 % or less, Ti: 0.05 % or less, Mg: 0.020 % or less, and Ca: 0.020 % or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, subjecting the rail to accelerated cooling under a set of conditions wherein a cooling start temperature of rail head, expressed as T1, is 750 °C or higher and 850 °C or lower, a cooling stop temperature of rail head, expressed as T2, is higher than 700 °C, and T1 - T2 is 20 °C or more, and a cooling start temperature of rail head, expressed as T1, is 750 °C or higher and 850 °C or lower, a cooling stop temperature of rail head, expressed as T2, is higher than 700 °C, and T1 - T2 is 20 °C or more, and then allowing the rail to be naturally cooled, wherein the average cooling rate of the surface temperature of the rail head during the accelerated cooling is 1.0 °C/s or higher and 10 °C/s or lower, and the average cooling rate of the surface temperature of the rail head in the process of allowing the rail to be naturally cooled is 0.2 °C/s or higher and 0.6 °C/s or lower.