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| 19th century || Railways originate in Europe during the Industrial Revolution. Since the very beginning, the speed of passengers trains is an essential argument to compete, not necessarily with other transport modes but among the different companies. The speed on rails also constitute an evidence of technological development of the most advanced countries at that time.<ref name="HIGH SPEED RAIL HISTORY"/> | | 19th century || Railways originate in Europe during the Industrial Revolution. Since the very beginning, the speed of passengers trains is an essential argument to compete, not necessarily with other transport modes but among the different companies. The speed on rails also constitute an evidence of technological development of the most advanced countries at that time.<ref name="HIGH SPEED RAIL HISTORY"/> | ||
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| + | | 1950s || Japanese railway engineers begin their own extensive research and development on high speed rail, aiming to improve rail transportation for the densely populated and rapidly growing Tokyo–Osaka corridor.<ref name="High-Speed Rail and Sustainability: Decision-making and the Political Economy of Investment"/> | ||
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| 1964 < || The Japanese {{w|Shinkansen}} becomes the first high speed system in the world, marking a new era of modern transport. | | 1964 < || The Japanese {{w|Shinkansen}} becomes the first high speed system in the world, marking a new era of modern transport. | ||
Revision as of 23:15, 26 December 2017
This is a timeline of high-speed rail.
Contents
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary |
|---|---|
| 19th century | Railways originate in Europe during the Industrial Revolution. Since the very beginning, the speed of passengers trains is an essential argument to compete, not necessarily with other transport modes but among the different companies. The speed on rails also constitute an evidence of technological development of the most advanced countries at that time.[1] |
| 1950s | Japanese railway engineers begin their own extensive research and development on high speed rail, aiming to improve rail transportation for the densely populated and rapidly growing Tokyo–Osaka corridor.[2] |
| 1964 < | The Japanese Shinkansen becomes the first high speed system in the world, marking a new era of modern transport. |
Full timeline
| Year | Event type | Present day country/location | |
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| 1829 | The “Rocket” locomotive from George Stephenson reaches 50 km/h representing a true high speed consideration for railways at the time.[1] | ||
| 1854 | Railways reach 130 km/h.[1] | ||
| 1891 | Engineer Károly Zipernowsky proposes a high-speed line Vienna–Budapest, bound for electric railcars at 250km/h. | Austria, Hungary | |
| 1893 | Dr. Wellington Adams proposes an air-line from Chicago to Saint Louis of 406 km At a speed of only 160 km/h. | United States | |
| 1899 | The Prussian state railway joins with ten electrical and engineering firms and electrified 72km of military owned railway between Marienfelde and Zossen in actual Germany. The line used three-phase current at 10 kilovolts and 45 Hz. | Germany | |
| 1903 | The Siemens & Halske-equipped railcar sa speed of 206.7 km/h on 23th October, and on 27 October the AEG-equipped railcar achieves 210.2 km/h.[3][1] | Germany | |
| 1964 (October 1) | Japan opens the world's first high-speed rail line, between Tokyo and Osaka, in time for the 1964 Olympics. The Shinkansen (新幹線, new trunk line) is the first high speed system in the world.[1] | Japan | |
| 1978 | Italy is credited with Europe's first high-speed line, the "Direttissima", opening between Rome and Florence.[2] | Italy | |
| 1981 (September 27) | The National French Railway Company starts the operation of the first high speed line TGV (French: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"), between Paris and Lyon, at 260km/h. The TGV is the first European high speed train.[1] | France | |
| 1988 | "Pendolino" in Italy and ICE in Germany.[1] | ||
| 1989 | The TGV "Atlantique" becomes the first train to operate regularly at 300 km/h.[1] | France | |
| 1992 | AVE in Spain.[1] | Spain | |
| 1997 | High speed in Belgium.[1] | Belgium | |
| 2003 | HS1 in the United Kingdom.[1] | United Kingdom | |
| 2004 | KTX in South Korea.[1] | South Korea | |
| 2007 | 574.8 km/h world speed record in France.[1] | France | |
| 2007 | Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation.[1] | Taiwan | |
| 2008 | CRH in China.[1] | China | |
| 2009 | High speed in the Netherlands.[1] | Netherlands | |
| 2009 | High speed in Turkey.[1] | Turkey | |
| 2015 | Statistics | High speed lines worldwide extend over almost 30,000 kilometres.[1] | |
| 2016 | Extension | China has 22,000 kilometres (14,000 miles) of HSR as of end December 2016, accounting for two-thirds of the world's total.[4] | China |
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[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] For visual data: [7] [8] [9] For visual data: [10] [11] [12] Book: (table included) Book (see page 86):[13] Book: [14] Book: [15] Book: [16] Book: [17] with table
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See also
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References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 "HIGH SPEED RAIL HISTORY". uic.org. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pérez Henríquez,, Blas Luis; Deakin, Elizabeth. High-Speed Rail and Sustainability: Decision-making and the Political Economy of Investment. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ↑ Sith Sastrasinh, "Electrical Train Marienfelde–Zossen in 1901", 21 January 2000, WorldRailFans. Accessed 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "China's high speed railway exceeds 20,000 km". chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
