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Countries with the Longest High Speed Rail Networks

Can you name the countries which have the longest lengths of railway with speeds of at least 200 km/h?
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System Length
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45,000 km
China
4,327 km
Spain
3,977 km
France
3,521 km
Germany
2,727 km
Japan
2,020 km
Italy
1.927 km
United Kingdom
1,282 km
South Korea
1,313 km
Turkey
1,120 km
Finland
860 km
Sweden
741 km
Uzbekistan
735 km
United States
700 km
Greece
650 km
Russia
449 km
Saudi Arabia
332 km
Taiwan
254 km
Austria
227 km
Portugal
224 km
Poland
sumguy
+18
Level 84
Feb 13, 2018
Like everyone, I got everything but Uzbekistan. That's a big drop from second least to least guessed! (82% to 18% at the moment)
samiamco
+17
Level 69
Feb 13, 2018
I don't think any of us expected Uzbekistan!
Difluzi
+24
Level 80
Feb 14, 2018
I even wanted to type it but after Kazachstan i said nah to myself :(
travelfan
+5
Level 67
Feb 15, 2018
Indeed. When I saw it I was like "wow, now that is random".
Djilas
+12
Level 82
Feb 20, 2018
Same here, Kazakhstan has fast Talgo trains but apparently they don't go over 200, so I didn't try others. However, Uzbekistan has much larger population despite much smaller size, and even that is mostly concentrated in the east.
SJT
+15
Level 84
Jun 16, 2018
Bizarrely I did this quiz straight after finishing a journey from Samarkand to Bukhara on the Afrosiyob - the Uzbek version of the bullet train. Very comfortable it is too.
GeographyGeek42
+4
Level 66
Jun 17, 2018
I knew it from a Wendover Productions video.
JoanSR
+25
Level 74
Oct 14, 2018
nobody expects the Uzbekistan Railways
blizzrd33
+5
Level 79
Jun 17, 2019
well played
kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Feb 14, 2018
wow, 25,000 km
Maladroit
+1
Level 51
Feb 15, 2018
it's very far
kalbahamut
+7
Level 82
Jun 18, 2019
And they've added 6,000 km more in the past year!?
JackintheBox
+5
Level 79
Mar 16, 2024
Now they've added 20,000 km!!
Difluzi
+14
Level 80
Feb 14, 2018
I wanted to type Uzbekistan but after i tried Kazachstan i decided not to...
travelfan
+13
Level 67
Feb 15, 2018
After Kazakhstan didn't work I didn't even bother trying any of the central asian countries.
ubsaral
+12
Level 85
Feb 14, 2018
There was a YouTube video about Why the railroad system in USA is bad that made by Wendover Production. In that video It mentions USA has less high speed train tracks than Poland, Turkey and Uzbekistan. I'm from Turkey so I knew it, I can guess Poland too but I owe Uzbekistan to that video. Thanks Wendover Production :) Btw link is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbEfzuCLoAQ
tbd123
+7
Level 47
Feb 15, 2018
At 200 km/h you cover the entire Danish high speed network in about 90 seconds!
FinlandForever19
+11
Level 80
Feb 15, 2018
The US is a joke. Freaking Uzbekistan has more high speed rails than the we do.
DrWatson
+8
Level 72
Feb 15, 2018
Makes sense. Our cities are very spread out, and flying and driving are cheap.
Djilas
+18
Level 82
Feb 20, 2018
There are some very concentrated parts though, with huge traffic jams and busy air corridors, where high speed rail would absolutely make sense: SF-LA, DC-Boston at least, possibly Florida and later Chicago-NYC, Seattle-Vancouver, ...
GreenFriday
+3
Level 85
Mar 17, 2024
Exactly, a high speed train stopping at Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Hartford, Providence and Boston could easily work.
TheBest420
+1
Level 51
Apr 6, 2024
I think they are making one from la to vegas
ALA02
+4
Level 62
Aug 7, 2019
In Europe all high speed lines are connected up so a train could theoretically go from London to southern Italy at 300 kph. This is like the length of the east coast of the usa.
Jorissie
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Level 88
Mar 7, 2018
That's because of the cheap Oil. Flying and driving is a lot cheaper. For instance, driving in The Netherlands means paying more than 2 dollars per liter for gas, cars are more expensive and there's loads of traffic.
jkabq
+9
Level 61
Jun 16, 2018
Many Americans prefer the independence of driving themselves no matter what the inconvenience.
Laosmouse
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Level 45
Oct 15, 2023
I can't even imagine a scenario where I would use a high speed line. I live in New England, and I mostly travel to Florida and Texas. Both of those trips would take 10+ hours.

On a plane: I leave in the morning, I arrive in the morning.

Anything more local and I hop on the interstate, and when you factor in parking, boarding, not having a car at my destination, and other things, I would never want to take a train, anyway.

ReyFer
+1
Level 64
Feb 15, 2018
what about Saudi Arabia? they have just started one to Mecca
Djilas
+3
Level 82
Feb 20, 2018
Apparently not finished yet.
yorksguy1865
+1
Level 35
May 10, 2018
Uzbekistan? Random!!
Wincent
+1
Level 53
Jun 29, 2023
I got it because I read articles about Chinese helping Uzbekistan build railways.
PjotrL
+2
Level 74
May 22, 2018
Portugal and Greece have lines over 200 km/h as well:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Europe#/media/File:High_Speed_Railroad_Map_of_Europe.svg

MarsLife
+4
Level 51
Mar 7, 2022
Greece doesn't. Trains can go up to 160 km/h.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 60
Apr 8, 2024
They made it on the quiz now, 2 years later.
TWM03
+1
Level 70
Jun 16, 2018
Given that there has been a lot of political focus on HS2 in the UK, I am surprised to see the UK so high up on this list. Other than HS1 (London to Dover) where are the other high-speed rail lines?
TWM03
+1
Level 70
Jun 16, 2018
Ah, I've just checked the source and found out that some older major lines have been upgraded to go at faster speeds, such as the line linking London and Glasgow.
ChaosLord
+5
Level 74
Jun 17, 2018
The main lines in the UK are operated at 200kph, with leeway to upgrade to 225. HS2 is planned to operate at speeds of up to 400kph.
charlsie289
+1
Level 47
Mar 29, 2020
The main trunk routes (ECML, WCML, GWR, MML) have 160-200kp/h line speeds and could be further upgraded with in-cab signalling. Both the ECML and GWR were built with gentle curves over relatively flat land, with the ECML nicknamed the 'race track'. This map is really good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Europe#/media/File:High_Speed_Railroad_Map_of_Europe.svg
JonOfKent
+1
Level 56
Apr 27, 2020
200km/h is only 145 mph or so. It's not what we would call "high speed". I was surprised too! Even the APT in the '70s was built to run at 170mph (250km/h).
Tyacke
+2
Level 61
Nov 1, 2020
200kph =125mph. 1km = 5/8mile. 200/8x5=125.

Before privatisation of the railways, British Rail were operating Inter-City 125 services between many large cities from 1976. In fact, even before that, the Mallard broke the steam train record at 126 mph (203kph) way back in 1938.

JonOfKent
+1
Level 56
Mar 16, 2024
Oh yes. Even slower than I thought! A 1930s idea of "high speed".
SWATkun
+3
Level 60
Jun 16, 2018
Is the Acela Express stopped now or the distance from Washington to Boston is only 44km ?
communisteggplant
+4
Level 73
Jun 16, 2018
I assume that only 44 km are graded as high speed rail. The areas around the cities especially have significantly lower posted speed limits.
takdobre
+1
Level 64
Jun 16, 2018
Indeed, Portugal, the line Porto-Lisbon speed goes up to 220-230, In Greece as well, and in fact Liechtenstein indeed also has a highspeed railwa, though it does not stop there. Would you please confirm it? thanks a lot...regards
MarsLife
+1
Level 51
Mar 7, 2022
For Greece it doesn't. The speed limit is 160 km/h.
MsKingBean89
+1
Level 61
Jun 16, 2018
The 600km one completely threw me off. I would never have guessed it. The only thing standing between me and that perfect score!
cornflakesfu
+1
Level 86
Jun 16, 2018
Even if this quiz had been 10 minutes long, I probably still would not have guessed the United States. Derp.
jayhiatt
+3
Level 70
Jun 16, 2018
I'm not surprised at how low the U.S. is, but it is a bit ridiculous that Taiwan, a country half the size of West Virginia by area has nearly 8 times the length of high speed rail as the entire U.S. And unlike the comparably-sized European countries, Taiwan is an island, so it's not even rail lines connecting to other countries.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Jun 16, 2018
It's a car culture.
Tramp
+6
Level 76
Jun 17, 2019
East Asian countries in general tend to invest a lot of money into infrastructure
Elan
+1
Level 65
Jun 16, 2018
I got all but Uzbekistan, just like everyone else
KRQC2000
+1
Level 48
Jun 17, 2018
Finished the quiz with Taiwan with one second left. I was expecting Uzbekistan since I went there three years ago and took a high-speed train during my visit.
lazarff
+5
Level 68
Jun 17, 2018
Glad to see Uzbekistan!
peslac
+1
Level 29
Jun 18, 2018
Well, I missed Korea and Uzbekistan. Though I would have never guessed the latter!
xarnac
+17
Level 73
Jun 18, 2018
Somewhat surprised to see the UK on here as, being a regular rail user in Britain, I rarely experience speeds higher than 10mph. And that's if the train even turns up at all.
scrumpyone
+1
Level 45
Jun 19, 2018
Thanks Xarnac, made my day :)
GeoMan
+3
Level 57
May 26, 2021
Geoff Marshall does not like this comment ;-)
priamos
+1
Level 62
Apr 30, 2019
Hmm. Maybe this quiz should be updated? New countries have been added to the list, notably Morocco.
CardinalSin
+2
Level 77
Jul 6, 2019
Really? I've been travelling on Moroccan railways recently and not yet met anything that goes that fast.
ChaosLord
+3
Level 74
Aug 8, 2022
The Al-Boraq line to Tangier. You know, it's been around for a couple of years now.
SWATkun
+1
Level 60
Jun 6, 2019
Statistics needed to be updated along with the addition of Morocco and Saudi Arabia
Nix01
+1
Level 46
Jun 18, 2019
why isn't Hong Kong included in this list?
DannyWozza
+11
Level 94
Jun 18, 2019
Really? Level 33 (at the time of writing) and you ask that question... Or were you fishing and I took the bait?!?
rphxx
+1
Level 71
Mar 19, 2024
Hong Kong has around 30 km.
RobNobody
+1
Level 76
Apr 6, 2024
Also it's not a country.
regalragabash
+4
Level 38
Jun 19, 2019
5 seconds before time runs out

"Ahh five left, can't think... Lets chuck down a random country which has no chance of being on there."

Brain: Uzbekistan

Georockstar
+1
Level 59
Jan 9, 2021
Lol...
Georockstar
+1
Level 59
Jan 9, 2021
Uzbekistan??? Never imagined such a random answer....😂
Findlay
+3
Level 82
Oct 3, 2021
Wow, China has more than the rest of the world combined. Plus they're rolling out maglev lines...which aren't particularly cost-effective, but are pretty cool.
Jared0309
+1
Level 76
Nov 14, 2021
Tbh, kinda surprised Australia doesn't have more considering the vastness of the Outback, and that most of the time people are just passing through it to the next big city... seems like a great opportunity to build a train
NielsDeNoob
+2
Level 65
Jan 13, 2022
Domestic flights between cities are quicker, cheaper and easier.
pejoo
+6
Level 55
Jan 22, 2022
Domestic flights between close cities are usually neither quicker nor easier than high speed train trips. They are sometimes cheaper though, but not everywhere.
kitsims
+2
Level 82
Mar 16, 2024
There’s pretty much no such thing as ‘close cities’ in Australia. All the main cities are far enough apart to make air travel more appealing than train - possibly with the exception of Sydney/Canberra.
MarsLife
+2
Level 51
Mar 7, 2022
Greece shouldn't be in this list. The speed limit is 160 km/h.
Silkseaweed
+3
Level 49
Aug 17, 2022
As someone who has travelled in high-speed trains in China, Japan,Spain, and France, I can assure you Greece does not have a high-speed train, it just doesn't have the tracks for it.
lokishoplite
+2
Level 66
Dec 13, 2022
I am pretty sure the data for this is all over the place. Mixes theoretical and practical velocity.
miningaway
+1
Level 76
May 18, 2023
We absolutely suck so much at high speed rail, so much that we barely have anything.
protector441
+4
Level 48
Jul 24, 2023
It is so sad not to see my country Czechia with at least one stupid main corridor of 60 km here. All other normal countries around us like Austria, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium and Netherlands are doing perfectly. Just us have to completely waste this opportunity of being in the centre of Europe.
rphxx
+1
Level 71
Mar 19, 2024
Czechia does have lots of highspeed-rail projects currently under construction though. Last year the HSR from Prague to Ceske Budejovice via Tabor was completed. Your country is doing much better than lots of other countries in the area (like Poland or Slovakia)
SuperPotato2000
+2
Level 53
Oct 7, 2023
Serbia should be on the list by now I think
rphxx
+1
Level 71
Mar 19, 2024
most of serbias rail network doesnt even operate above 70 km/h, if there are even trains running. The only 200 km/h part in all of Serbia is a short section between Belgrade and Novi Sad.
thatmapguy
+3
Level 63
Nov 7, 2023
Indonesia should be on the list as per latest data
rphxx
+1
Level 71
Mar 19, 2024
those 160 km on Java are not enough.
JTest54
+9
Level 59
Nov 21, 2023
Uzbekistan jumpscare
chopsticks
+3
Level 68
Feb 6, 2024
I have absolutely no idea why I even tried to guess Uzbekistan... but I'm happy I did.
Wooglefurf
+1
Level 67
Mar 17, 2024
I believe Morocco should be on here with 323 km?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Boraq

Carry
+1
Level 63
Mar 18, 2024
I don't know how up to date the info on wikipedia is but it seems like only a part of the track (186 km) runs at a top speed of 320 km/h. The rest of the line was rated for 160 km/h when service began, with a "planned upgrade" to 220 km/h. The source only counts the 186 km.
Remster
+1
Level 77
Mar 17, 2024
Uzbekistan was my first guess.
Winnifred
+1
Level 50
Mar 19, 2024
Yup missed Uzbekistan. I tried every other country in Europe instead lol
giommaso
+1
Level 72
Mar 19, 2024
I'd like to understand where exactly are 1900+ km of high-speed railroads in the UK. I've lived there until 2017 and by then the only working line was the one London-Paris, so less than 200 km in the UK.

I know it was "being built", but it was about 600 km, and I've heard nothing about it being currently working, so I'm a bit puzzled on the source.

rphxx
+1
Level 71
Mar 19, 2024
London-Folkestone (Eurostar), London-Bath, London-Bristol, London-Newcastle, Luton-Wellingborough, Birmingham-Derby and Wolverhampton-Stafford. A few other short sections among the major routes also are 200+ km/h. Though I still doubt that all of those add up to 1900 km. Maybe if you include London-Birmingham under construction.
giommaso
+1
Level 72
Mar 20, 2024
Interesting... But do trains actually go 200+ km/h on those tracks?

When I checked 7 years ago how long did it take to go to places like Newcastle from London (where I was living), there was no option that was comparable to taking a plane, factoring in the "door-to-door" time.

This isn't the case in more developed countries in Europe like Spain, Italy or France, where moving from major destinations (say Naples to Florence, Marseilles to Lyon, Valladolid to Bilbao, or anywhere from the capital cities) takes remarkably less by train than by plane.

What's the situation now?

giommaso
+1
Level 72
Mar 20, 2024
Looks like - at least the London-Newcastle - is now better than taking a plane, as for speed. 3 h for 400 km isn't the fastest, but then again it's not that bad (Rome to Milan is similar, 3:00 h for 480 km, Paris to Marseilles is 3:20 h for 650 km, Madrid to Barcelona is 2:30 for 500 km, as a comparison).
purplejack
+1
Level 50
Apr 6, 2024
My guess is that the figure includes lines where the trains don't actually always go that speed, but high speed on that line is possible. Delays and congestion on the line make it impossible for all trains to achieve high speed travel.
rphxx
+1
Level 71
Mar 19, 2024
Greece does not have this much HSR over 200 km/h. Apart from two relatively short sections (on the routes of Athens-Lamia and Athens-Patras), the highest speeds in the country are 160 km/h, sometimes 180 km/h.
shaniquanderson
+1
Level 56
Mar 27, 2024
did not expect uzbekistan to be on the list... especially that high up...
TheQuizPerson
+1
Level 40
Apr 6, 2024
18/20. Did better than I thought I was going to do but once I figured out that they were mainly in Eastern Asia and mainland Europe it got easier. Did not expect Uzbekistan.
MartinRenteria
+1
Level 56
Apr 6, 2024
China has 17,000 km more than all the other countries on this list combined.
iPad33
+1
Level 62
Apr 6, 2024
The 20% of people who got Uzbekistan are either train fanatics or from Uzbekistan
KlmlK
+1
Level 28
Apr 6, 2024
Countries with longest high-speed railway ❌

Countries with high-speed railway✅

gengarca
+1
Level 21
Apr 6, 2024
I got all except for Taiwan. Nice quiz!
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