Countries with the Most High-Speed Rail

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High-speed rail (250+ km/h) represents the pinnacle of railway technology and infrastructure investment. China's unprecedented HSR expansion since 2008 has created a network larger than all other countries combined.

#	Name	Value	Description
1	China	45,000 km	More high-speed rail than the rest of the world combined, built in just 15 years since 2008.
2	Spain	3,966 km	Europe's largest HSR network connecting Madrid with Barcelona, Seville, Malaga, Valencia, and the coast.
3	France	2,800 km	Pioneer of European HSR since the first LGV Sud-Est in 1981, connecting Paris with all major cities.
4	Japan	3,081 km	The Shinkansen network that invented high-speed rail in 1964 continues to expand to Hokkaido and beyond.
5	Germany	1,571 km	ICE Neubaustrecke (NBS) lines including Cologne-Frankfurt, the most heavily used German HSR segment.
6	Italy	921 km	The Turin-Milan-Rome-Naples AV corridor serves Europe's first open-access HSR market (Trenitalia vs Italo).
7	Turkey	1,213 km	Rapidly growing YHT network with the Ankara-Istanbul, Ankara-Konya, and Ankara-Sivas lines.
8	South Korea	893 km	KTX network connecting Seoul-Busan and Seoul-Mokpo with further extensions under construction.
9	Saudi Arabia	449 km	Haramain HSR connecting Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah and King Abdullah Economic City.
10	United Kingdom	113 km	HS1 (Channel Tunnel Rail Link) connecting London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel at up to 300 km/h.

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Ranked by total length of dedicated high-speed rail lines in operation (designed for speeds of 250 km/h or above).

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Unit	HSR km

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