United States High-Speed Rail Network (ESPLAR)

The **United States High-Speed Rail Network** in the Evanshire Super Pro League of Auto Racing Universe is the national dedicated high-speed rail service of the United States, operated by the United States High Speed Rail Authority (USHSRA). It was officially established in 2004 as the combination of the California and Cascadia Railway Districts, although it only has jurisdiction over the High Speed Rail areas of the two mentioned Railway Districts. (WIP)

In 2012, the USHSRA officially declared the creation of the following Railway Distrcts for High-Speed Rail operation:

* Great Plains Railway District, covering Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska.
* Deseret and Rockies Railway District, covering Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.
* Texas Railway District, covering Texas and Oklahoma.
* Great Lakes Railway District, covering Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
* Delta Railway District, covering Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. Unofficially it is known in Missouri as the Ozarks Railway District
* Cumberland Railway District, covering Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
* Winegrass Railway District, covering Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
* South Atlantic Railway District, covering North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.
* Mid Atlantic Railway District, covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
* New England Railway District, covering Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
* Alaska Railway District, covering Alaska.

The creation of the 11 new railway districts coincided with rapid development and public approval of brand new high speed rail projects across the United States with the overwhelming success of the California and Cascadia High Speed Rail lines. Over the next 10 years, over 10 high speed rail lines are currently in progress of completion, with another 10 expected to begin construction in the next 5 years from 2023. The lines under construction are:

* Deseret High Speed Railway, from Los Angeles to Denver via Las Vegas and St. George.
* Southwest High Speed Railway
* Great Southern High Speed Railway, from Los Angeles to Miami.
* Great Plains High Speed Railway, from Denver to Chicago.
* Great Lakes High Speed Railway, divided into 5 segments; from Minneapolis to Milwaukee, from Milwaukee to Detroit via Chicago and Lansing, from Chicago to Cleveland via Fort Wayne and Toledo, from Detroit to Sault Ste. Marie, and Chicago to St. Louis.
* Appalachian High Speed Railway, divided into 2 segments in 6 stages, from St. Louis to Pittsburgh, and from St. Louis to Washington, DC via Nashville and Roanoke. The stage from St. Louis to Indianapolis is delayed to 2024 due to the destruction of Terre Haute HSR Station via a tornado in 2022.
* Atlantic High Speed Railway, an extension of the Northeast Corridor. Construction is in progress from Boston to Augusta, Maine, and from Washington DC to Atlanta via Richmond, Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, and Greenville-Spartanburg.
* Florida High Speed Railway, from Miami to Atlanta via Jacksonville. An extension to Tallahassee is under construction as part of the Great Southern High Speed Railway.
* Texas High Speed Railway, from Corpus Christi to Oklahoma City via San Antonio, Austin, Waco and Fort Worth, and Houston to Oklahoma City via Dallas. Both segments meet at Denton and continue northward.

Under the USHSRA label, the railway districts currently operate numerous train sets derived from foreign high speed train designs including the Shinkansen and TGV. However, beginning in 2025, the new Capitol trains, the first being the CAX50 for the California High Speed Railway, will become the standard high speed trainset model, with the CGPX1 for the Great Plains High Speed Railway expected to break all speed records with an expected operational speed of 450kph.