here are the fast average operating speed of some of the United States, East Asian & Europe HSR to start the topic

United States
Acela Express
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Acela Express Washington D.C–Boston 734 km 240km/h 116km/h

Japan


Japanese Shinkansen
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Sanyō Shinkansen Shin Osaka-Hakata 553.7 km 300km/h 224.47km/h
Tōhoku Shinkansen Tokyo-Hachinohe 631.9 km 275km/h 215.42km/h
Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo-Shin Osaka 515.4 km 270km/h 213.27km/h
Kyūshū Shinkansen Kagoshima-Chūō 137.6 km 260km/h 235.89km/h
(Kagoshima Route)
Nagano Shinkansen Takasaki-Nagano 117.4 km 260km/h 146.75km/h
Jōetsu Shinkansen Omiya-Niigata 300.8 km 240km/h 200.53km/h


Japanese Mini-shinkansen (upgrade existing line)
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Akita Shinkansen Morioka-Akita 127.3 km 275 & 130km/h 90.93km/h
Yamagata Shinkansen Fukushima-Shinjō 148.6 km 275 & 130km/h 84.11km/h

China


Chinese HSR
IHR- Intercity High-Speed Rail
PDL- Passenger Designated Line
PFL- Mixed passenger & freight HSR line

Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Wuguang PDL Wuhan-Guagnzhou 968 km 350km/h 296.33km/h
Huning HSR Shanghai-Nanjing 296 km 350km/h 243.29km/h
Jingjin IHR Beijing-Tianjin 120 km 350km/h 240km/h
Zhengxi PDL Zhengzhou-Xi'an 455 km 350km/h 231.36km/h
Wenfu PFL Wenzhou-Fuzhou 298.4 km 250km/h 208.19km/h
Yongtaiwen PFL Ningbo-Wenzhou 268 km 250km/h 206.15km/h
Shitai PDL Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan 225 km 250km/h 204.55km/h
Fuxia PFL Fuzhou-Xiamen 274.9 km 250km/h 198.72km/h
Qinshen PDL Qinhuangdao-Shenyang 405 km 250km/h 197.56km/h
Hening PFL Hefei-Nanjing 156 km 250km/h 173.33km/h
Hewu PFL Hankou-Hefei 351 km 250km/h 172.62km/h
Jiaoji PDL Qingdao-Jinan 362.5 km 250km/h 161.11km/h
Dacheng PFL Suining-Chengdu 148 km 200km/h 153.1km/h
(Suining-Chengdu Route)
Chengguan IHR Chengdu-Qingchengshan 67 km 200km/h 134km/h


Chinese upgrade conventional railways

Line Route Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Jingguang line Beijing-Hankou 1205 km 200km/h 134.39km/h
(Beijing-Hankou Route)
Jingguang line Wuchang-Changsha 362 km 200km/h 114.92km/h
(Wuchang-Changsha Route)
Jingha line Beijing-Harbin 1249 km 200km/h 157.77km/h
Jingha line Tianjin-Qinhuangdao 285 km 200km/h 123.91km/h
(Tianjin-Qinhuangdao Route)
Jinghu line Beijing-Shanghai 1463 km 200km/h 142.27km/h
Hukun line Shanghai-Changsha 1177 km 200km/h 147.43km/h
(Shanghai-Liling Route,Liling-Changsha Runs at Jinghu Line)
Longhai line Shanghai-Zhengzhou 998 km 200km/h 148.22km/h
(Pixian-Zhengzhou Route, Shanghai-Pixian Runs at Jinghu line)
Longhai line Baoji-Xi'an 173 km 200km/h 133.08km/h
(Baoji-Xi'an Route)
Guangshan line Guangzhou-Shenzhen 139 km 200km/h 160.38km/h

South Korea


Korean KTX

HSR lines
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Gyeongbu line Seoul-Daegu 293.1 km 350km/h 177.64km/h
(Seoul - Daegu Route)

upgrade existing line
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Gyeongbu line Daegu-Busan 148.6 km 200km/h 146.16km/h
(Daegu-Busan Route)

Taiwan


Taiwan THSR
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
THSR Taipei-Zuoying 339.284 300km/h 251.32km/h

Germany


German ICE
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Route No.472 Cologne–Frankfurt 173.6 km 300km/h 168km/h
Route No.900,901 & 990 Nuremberg–Munich 170.8 km 300km/h 162.67km/h
Route No.770 Mannheim–Stuttgart 106.9 km 280km/h 178.17km/h
Route No.351 Hanover–Würzburg 327.4 km 280km/h 166.47km/h
Route No.301 & 349 Hannover–Berlin 255.4 km 250km/h 157.98km/h
Route No.480 Cologne–Aachen 70.2 km 250km/h 131.63km/h

France
French TGV
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
LGV Est Paris–Metz 324.1 km 350km/h 228.78km/h
LGV Rh?ne-Alpes & Lyon–Marseille 321 km 320km/h 214km/h
LGV Méditerranée
LGV Sud-Est Paris–Lyon 425 km 300km/h 217.95km/h
LGV Atlantique Paris-Le Mans 202 km 300km/h 224.44km/h
LGV Atlantique Paris-Tours 221 km 300km/h 213.87km/h
LGV Nord Paris-Lille 226 km 300km/h 229.83km/h

Belgium

Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
HSL 2 Liège-Brussels 95 km 300km/h 146.15km/h

Spain
Spain LAV
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Madrid-Valladolid HSL Madrid-Valladolid 179.6 km 350km/h 192.43km/h
Madrid–Sevilla HSL Madrid–Sevilla 471.8 km 300km/h 202.2km/h
Madrid–Barcelona HSL Madrid–Barcelona 620.9 km 300km/h 248.36km/h
Madrid–Barcelona HSL Madrid-Málaga 512.5 km 300km/h 205km/h
(Madrid–Cordoba Route)
& Cordoba-Málaga HSL
Madrid-Toledo HSL Madrid-Toledo 75 km 270km/h 150km/h

Italy
Italy HSL
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Turin–Milan HSL Turin–Milan 148 km 300km/h 148km/h
Florence–Rome HSL Florence–Rome 315 km 300km/h 196.88km/h
Rome–Naples HSL Rome–Naples 204.6 km 300km/h 175.37km/h
Milan–Bologna HSL Milan–Bologna 214.69 km 300km/h 198.18km/h
Bologna–Florence HSL Bologna–Florence 78.5 km 270km/h 127.3km/h

Russia
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Moscow–Saint Petersburg Moscow–St Petersburg 649.7 km 200km/h 144.38km/h

Eorupe International
Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
LGV Nord and HSL 1 Paris-Brussels 376 km 300km/h 265.41km/h
Route No.472 & HSL 3 Liège – Köln 227.8 km 300km/h 224.07km/h
HSL-Zuid & HSL 4 Amsterdam-Brussels 199 km 300km/h 114.81km/h
HS1, Channel Tunnel London-Paris 495 km 300km/h 241.46km/h
& LGV Nord
HS1, Channel Tunnel London-Brussels 439 km 300km/h 253.73km/h
LGV Nord & HSL 1

Turkey

Line Section Length Designed Fastest Average
Speed Operating Speed
Ankara – Istanbul Ankara - Eskişehir 245 km 250km/h 184.75km/h

From Moroccan Forum : High-Speed Railway Networks around The World (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1173105&page=6) (p6)

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1204/tgv305c.jpg
http://lgv-pocl.fr/cartes-et-documents-2/

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r257/sotavento/Mapinhas/WesternEurope14.jpg

HSR Lines accross Europe

http://a.imageshack.us/img37/5012/highspeedrailroadmapeur.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/8/14/1250260450859/High-speed-rail-graphic-002.jpg

The figures of the last map come from : IUC
http://www.uic.org/IMG/pdf/20100521_a1_high_speed_lines_in_the_world.pdf

Les données de ce graphique viennent de http://www.uic.org/IMG/pdf/20100521_a1_high_speed_lines_in_the_world.pdf


Europe

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Asie

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Reste du monde

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Les 680km au Maroc correspondent à Tanger-Marrakech. L'IUC inclut les voies à plus de 200km/h comme voie pour train à grande vitesse.

Messieurs, le service TGV de 750km et selon l'UIC un service de 750km de HSL. :cheers:

i wonder when the first real hsr in eastern bloc will emerge
i mean, other than russia

i wonder when the first real hsr in eastern bloc will emerge
i mean, other than russia

I think in Poland. According to IUC it will be in 2015.