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DescriptionHigh Speed Railroad Map of Europe.svg	English (en): High-speed railway network in Europe¹ 310-320km/h (192-198mph) 270-300km/h (167-186mph) 240-260km/h (149-162mph) 200-230km/h (124-142mph) Under construction/Upgrading (dashed lines) Less than 200km/h (124mph) (if dashed line: important international line where there is however currently no passenger traffic) ¹ The map depicts the actual operational high-speed instead of the designed one which may be higher. Deutsch (de): Europäisches Hochgeschwindigkeitsbahnnetz¹ 310-320 km/h 270-300 km/h 240-260 km/h 200-230 km/h Im Bau/Ausbau (Strichlinien) Weniger als 200 km/h ¹ Die Karte zeigt die Betriebshöchstgeschwindigkeit anstatt der für die Linie ausgelegten Höchstgeschwindigkeit, welche höher sein kann. español (es): Red de ferrocarriles de alta velocidad europea¹ 310-320 km/h 270-300 km/h 240-260 km/h 200-230 km/h En construcción (líneas rayadas) Menos de 200 km/h ¹ El mapa sólo incluye la máxima velocidad comercial de las vías. suomi (fi): Euroopan suurnopeusrataverkosto¹ 310-320 km/h 270-300 km/h 240-260 km/h 200-230 km/h Rakenteilla (katkoviivalliset) Alle 200 km/h ¹ Kartassa on esitetty toteutuvien operointinopeuksien sijasta teoreettiset ratojen huippunopeudet, jotka saattavat olla todellisia liikennöintinopeuksia korkeampia. français (fr): Réseau ferré européen à grande vitesse¹ 310-320 km/h 270-300 km/h 240-260 km/h 200-230 km/h En construction (pointillés) Moins de 200 km/h (si pointillés: ligne internationale d'importance mais actuellement sans trafic voyageurs) ¹ Seules les vitesses pratiquées sur les lignes sont prises en compte, pas les vitesses supportées ou théoriques. Türkçe (tr): Avrupa'da yüksek hızlı demiryolu ağı¹ 310-320km/s 270-300km/s 240-260km/s 200-230km/s İnşa halinde (çizgili yerler) 200km/s'den az ¹ Harita teorik hız yerine fiili işletme hızını yansıtmaktadır. Teorik hız fiili hızdan daha yüksek olabilir. polski (pl): Mapa linii wysokich prędkości w Europie¹ 310-320km/h 270-300km/h 240-260km/h 200-230km/h W budowie/modernizacji Mniej niż 200km/h (ważne linie międzynarodowe z czasowo zawieszonym ruchem zaznaczono linią przerywaną) ¹ Mapa przedstawia rzeczywistą maksymalną prędkość eksploatacyjną zamiast prędkości projektowanej, która może być wyższa. Ελληνικά (el): Το σιδηροδρομικό δίκτυο υπερταχείας στην Ευρώπη 310-320 km/h 270-300 km/h 240-260 km/h 200-230 km/h υπό κατασκευή (διακεκομμένη γραμμή) κάτω από 200 km/h italiano (it): Rete ferroviaria ad alta velocità europea¹ 310-320 km/h 270-300 km/h 240-260 km/h 200-230 km/h In construzione (linee tratteggiate) Meno di 200 km/h ¹ La mappa considera la velocità operativa massima, non la velocità massima nominale. Nederlands (nl): Het Europese netwerk van hogesnelheidslijnen¹ 310-320 km/u 270-300 km/u 240-260 km/u 200-230 km/u In aanbouw (stippellijnen) Minder dan 200 km/u ¹ De kaart geeft de feitelijke operationele snelheid aan in plaats van de ontworpen snelheid, die soms hoger ligt. čeština (cs): Vysokorychlostní železniční síť v Evropě¹ 310-320km/h 270-300km/h 240-260km/h 200-230km/h Ve výstavbě (přerušovaná čára) Méně než 200km/h ¹ Mapa zobrazuje aktuální provozní rychlost místo projektované, která může být vyšší. slovenčina (sk): Vysokorychlostná železničná sieť v Európe¹ 310-320km/h 270-300km/h 240-260km/h 200-230km/h Vo výstavbe (prerušovaná čiara) Menej ako 200km/h (prerušovaná čiara: dôležitá medzinárodná trať v súčasnosti bez osobnej dopravy) ¹ Mapa zobrazuje aktuálnu prevádzkovú rýchlosť namiesto projektovanej, ktorá môže byť vyššia русский (ru): Высокоскоростная железнодорожная сеть в Европе¹ 310—320 км/ч (192—198 миль в час) 270—300 км/ч (167—186 миль в час) 240—260 км/ч (149—162 миль в час) 200—230 км/ч (124—142 миль в час) Строится / Модернизируется (пунктирные линии) Менее 200 км / ч (124 миль в час) (пунктирная линия: важная международная линия, где в настоящее время нет пассажирских перевозок) ¹ На карте отражена фактическая рабочая скорость, а не запланированная, которая может быть выше. 日本語 (ja): 2017年のヨーロッパの高速鉄道ネットワーク¹ 310-320km/h (192-198mph) 270-300km/h (167-186mph) 240-260km/h (149-162mph) 200-230km/h (124-142mph) 建設中/改良工事中 (破線) 200km/h未満 (124mph) (破線の場合: 旅客営業を行わない主要国際路線) ¹ この地図は実際に運行されている高速鉄道を元に描かれている。 Deutsch: Kartennetzentwurf: ETRS89-LAEA projektion (EPSG:3035), Projektionszentrum 10° E / 52° N. English: Map projection: ETRS89-LAEA (EPSG:3035), projection center 10° E / 52° N. Español: Proyección cartográfica: ETRS89-LAEA (EPSG:3035), centro de proyección 10° E / 52° N. Français : Projection cartographique: ETRS89-LAEA (EPSG:3035), centre de projection 10° E / 52° N. Русский: Картографическая проекция ETRS89-LAEA (EPSG:3035), проекционный центр 10° E / 52° N. 日本語：投影法: ETRS89-LAEA (EPSG:3035), 投影中心 10° E / 52° N.
Date	2014-12-25, last revision 2023-04
Source	This file was derived from: High Speed Railroad Map of Europe 2015.svg & Own work using: Background Geographical shapes from File:Europe laea location map.svg Meridian and circles from File:Europe natural laea location map.jpg Multiple countries Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T): Passenger railway map of Europe, core and comprehensive networks (updated Feb. 2019) (using exactly the same geographical projection as this map). TEN-T corridors maps. High Speed database & maps on the International Union of Railways (UIC) website. OpenStreetmap, transport layer: railways geographical paths (the geographical projection of the map is however different than this map, making the shapes a little different). Railteam Alliance interactive network map. European Transport Open data (Inspire Geoportal) Maps of railway networks, bueker.net: very detailed maps of many railway networks with the type of tracks (single/double/electrified, etc.). Most of the maps are however not updated since 2010. hochgeschwindigkeitszuege.com ("High-speed trains") : maps from ICE network but also from the routes taken by high-speed trains in The Netherlands, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Austria, Italy, Spain, etc. South-East Europe: File:Railway map of South East Europe.png Austria ÖBB Network map Baltic states: Rail Baltica Lithuania Map on the Lithuanian railways official website. On Commons: File:Lithuania_Railways_System.svg Latvia: On Commons: File:Latvia railways frequency of commuter trains 2016.svg Belgium "The high-speed network", on the Infrabel website (archive). Upgrade Gent-Brussels to 200 km/h : Belgian railway line 50A (NL) Denmark Finland official interactive map, with speeds. PDF map. France Nominal maximum speeds on SNCF Open Data. SNCF réseau railway maps, including a nominal maximum speeds map (however this map warns that it is not the reference, the reference being the database mentioned above. For instance this map is missing the 200 km/h sections on the Paris - Clermont-Ferrand line, which are in the database) map of the LGV Le Mans - Rennes Germany DB Netze interactive map : interactive network map from Deutsche Bahn netze, speed (Streckenmerkmale->Geschwindigkeit) can be selected and showed with colors on the map. "Geo Strecke" ("geo route") on Deutsche Bahn Opendata: Deutsche Bahn railways data including all railway sections, geographical information, speed limits, etc. There is no graphical view but the strecken_polyline.dbf database file can be viewed with OpenOffice. Lines under construction (new or upgrade): Portal of the construction projects from the Deutsche Bahn Nürnberg – Berlin Bauprojekte & "Verkehrsprojekt Deutsche Einheit Nr. 8, Bahnmagistrale Nürnberg – Erfurt – Leipzig/Halle – Berlin" : construction of the Nuremberg–Erfurt high-speed railway, includes a new 300 km/h section Ebensfeld-Erfurt (VDE 8.2), completed in Dec. 2017, and an upgrading section Nürnberg-Ebensfeld (VDE 8.1) to 230 km/h, still under work as of November 2022. POS Northern Branch: ABS Saarbrücken – Ludwigshafen, upgrade to 200km/h on the Mannheim–Saarbrücken railway, structural upgrade was completed in 2019 but the ETCS signaling which will allow operating speed of up to 200 km/h is expected to be in place by the end of 2025. "Bahnprojekt Stuttgart–Ulm" on deutschebahn.com & project website : new 250 km/h line Stuttgart-Ulm, expected completion in 2026, part of the Stuttgart–Augsburg new and upgraded railway project. Berlin – Dresden, upgrade to 200 km/h of the Berlin–Dresden railway, an upgrade of 125 km to 200 km/h should be completed by the end of 2028, including 70 km already completed in 2020. Karlsruhe – Basel : [1] : sites of the Karlsruhe–Basel high-speed railway, on which are currently under construction for speed up to 250 km/h part of the Karlsruhe–Rastatt section (sections 1.1 & 1.2), planned completion in 2026, the remaining parts of the Basel-Buggingen section (sections 9.0, 9.2 & 9.3), planned completion in 2025 (9.0) and 2028 (9.2 & 9.3, which are not high-speed), while part of the Buggingen-Kenzingen section (section 8.4) is in "approved" status and will include upgrade to speed up to 250 km/h (sections 8.0 to 8.3 will be limited to 160 km/h), planned completion end of 2031. Leipzig – Dresden, upgrade of the Leipzig–Dresden railway, construction in progress on the section Riesa–Dresden for speeds up to 200 km/h. Bahn für Europa (Railways for Europe): includes an interactive map with all the European corridors and all the ongoing construction projects in Germany, plus links to the dedicated Deutsche Bahn websites. On commons : File:ICE Network.png, File:ICEtracks.svg, File:Karte_IC-,_EC-_und_ICE-Strecken_Deutschland.png (these 3 maps are using a different geographical projections than the European map so the shape of Germany is slightly different), File:Bahn-Streckenkarte Deutschland-06-2010.png. Greece Ergose website, ERGA OSE SA being the subsidiary of the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) in charge of the railway projects (ERGA means "roadworks", "buiding projects", in Greek). Hungary and Serbia : Budapest - Beograd line upgrade to 200 km/h. Italy Network maps Naples - Bari high speed line official site Brescia - Padova lines: Verona - Padova official site (doubling existing line) ; Brescia - Verona official site (new line) ; Status in 2022 Norway Map of the network Follo Line (Oslo-Ski): Oslo-Ski new line (2016 presentation), planned completion 2021, delayed. Poland On the Polish railways (PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe) official website: maps (en English), maps (in Polish, more up-to-date). These maps include a map of the maximum speeds on the operated railway lines. On the SISKOM website: Railways in Poland, includes a map of modernizations and new lines by period (in Polish, file from 2009) and the Master plan for 2030 (2008) (See the network map of speeds for 2030, page 81). Linie kolejowe dużych prędkości (High speed rail lines), includes linii dużych prędkości (High-speed lines), 2007 where on page 13 is a map of high-speed in Europe, existing (new or modernised) and projected lines for 2020. Portugal Comboios de Portugal, network map Infraestruturas de Portugal, Rede Ferroviaria (Infrastructures of Portugal, railway network) Russia High-speed rail in Russia on the official Russian High-speed rail website (in Russian) Prospects for the development of high speed movement in Russia on the RZD website (in Russian) Press-release from RZD with map of the high-speed rail projects (2013) same map higher resolution Official site of the Moscow-Kazan highspeed line (RU version with more info & updates) Various maps in the RZD annual reports: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Map of the railway electrification in Russia in 2010 Detailed railway maps on the Transgarant website Saint-Petersbourg - Moscow railway line (Железнодорожная линия Санкт-Петербург — Москва) : Russian Wikipedia article which indicates the speeds on this line. Spain Spanish railway network map (ADIF) WFS de la Red de Transporte Ferroviario de Adif (Spain transport Open data) Network statements (Declaración sobre la red) (see the map "3 Map RFIG" on page 7 of the Maps of the General Interest Railway Network 2023 which shows the maximum speeds). Sweden Sweden railway transport network design speed (open data): on geodata.se (with viewer) on dataportal.se on the European Inspire Geoportal (with viewer and legend) Timetables and maps on the Sweden railways (Statens Järnvägar) website. Underlag till linjebok Switzerland Network map Turkey Network map (but may not be updated frequently e.g. in August 2023 it still showed the line east from Ankara in purple meaning "under construction" when it should be orange "high speed") Ukraine Ukrainian railways map on the Transgarant («Трансгарант») website from the Fesco group. Украинские железные дороги, Программа внедрения скоростного движения поездов (Ukrainian Railways, Program for the introduction of high-speed train traffic) (in Russian) United Kingdom Rail speed maps in the United Kingdom can be found on the NetworkRail website, there is one map for each of the 8 routes (regions), in PDF documents called "Network Specification": Anglia (PDF), LNE and East Midlands(PDF), LNW(PDF), Scotland(PDF), South-East (PDF) , Wales(PDF), Wessex(PDF), Western(PDF). "Route plans" on NetworkRail archives See also the HS1 website for the High-Speed 1. General maps can be found on the National Rail website. And many other sources including other articles from Wikipedia and their sources.
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11:05, 24 April 2023	1,038 × 834 (1.59 MB)	Carfois	Spain: corrected the operating speed on the Madrid-Barcelona-Figueres line (see File:Velocidades_máximas_Madrid-Frontera_Francesa.jpg and https://www.openrailwaymap.org/)
21:54, 23 April 2023	1,038 × 834 (1.59 MB)	Carfois	Germany: corrected the upgrading section between Karlsruhe and Ramstatt (it is smaller than was previously drawn) \| Germany: Made a few grey lines (< 200 km/h) thiner (forgotten in last update)
19:13, 23 April 2023	1,038 × 834 (1.59 MB)	Carfois	Better positioning of some city labels
18:36, 23 April 2023	1,038 × 834 (1.59 MB)	Carfois	Spain: between Léon and Oviedo, only the Léon - Pola de Lena section is under construction. \| France: Made grey lines (< 200 km/h) thiner in Corsica (forgotten in last update)
17:38, 23 April 2023	1,038 × 834 (1.59 MB)	Carfois	Made grey lines (< 200 km/h) thiner (thickness 1.8) \| Made dotted green lines larger (thickness 2.503, same as other high-speed lines) \| Added Niš city point
23:12, 26 March 2023	1,038 × 834 (1.59 MB)	Carfois	Added a white background for the seas
22:59, 26 March 2023	1,038 × 834 (1.59 MB)	Carfois	Updated the legend (added "Other railways (not high-speed):", see discussion page)
00:25, 26 March 2023	1,038 × 834 (1.59 MB)	Carfois	Monforte del Cid - Beniel was inaugurated on 1 February 2021. Beniel - Murcia (16 km) was inaugurated on 19 December 2022. The operational speed of this line is 300 km/h. \| The operational speed on Albacete - Alicante/Alacant is 300 km/h \| Valencia-Vandellós speed is 220 km/h, Vandellós-Tarragona is 200 km/h (see UIC high-speed Atlas 2022) \| There is no ongoing high-speed construction on the Albacete - Murcia line. \| Removed also inexistant construction on some other Spanish lines.
10:29, 31 July 2022	1,038 × 834 (1.67 MB)	Emturan	Yerköy city point and label is added. Yerköy-Kayseri high speed rail line construction has been started at 23 July 2022. Expected completion year is 2026.
10:26, 31 July 2022	1,038 × 834 (1.59 MB)	Emturan	Reverted to version as of 12:40, 23 July 2022 (UTC)