high-speed rail
type of rail network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail
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Summary
high-speed rail is a train and rail category[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of train and rail category entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,873 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: railway system[3]
- Has use: rail transport[4], inter-city rail[5], climate change mitigation[6]
- Commons category: High speed trains[7]
- Unicode character: 🚄[8]
- Country of origin: Japan[9]
- Has part(s): High-speed rail in Morocco[10], high-speed rail in France[11], high-speed rail in the United Kingdom[12], High-speed rail in the United States[13], Indonesian High Speed railway[14], High-speed rail in South Korea[15], Taiwan High Speed Rail[16], high-speed rail in Turkey[17], High speed rail in Uzbekistan[18], high-speed rail in Belgium[19], high-speed rail in Finland[20], high-speed rail in Denmark[21], high-speed rail in Germany[22], high-speed rail in Italy[23]
- Inception: 1964[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:High-speed rail[25]
- Commons gallery: High speed trains[26]
- Track gauge: standard-gauge railway[27], 1520 mm track gauge[28]
- Topic has template: Template:High-speed rail[29]
- Has characteristic: speed[30], grade separation[31]
- Different from: high-speed train[32], higher-speed rail[33]
- Uses: electricity[34]
- Does not have part: narrow-gauge railway[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
- Model item: Tōkaidō Shinkansen[37]
Why It Matters
high-speed rail has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]