High Speed Trains

Country

Key Cities & Routes

Avg. Speed (km/hr.)/Max. Speed (km/hr.)

Key Wireless Technologies Used

TGV-POS (SNCF)

France

Basel, Zurich, Vallorbe, Lausanne

320/574.8

ETCS-2/Satellite

CRH380A & AL (China Railway Corporation)

China

Shanghai-Hangzhou

Shanghai-Nanjing

300/487.3

GSM-R

AVE Class 103 (RENFE)

Spain

Madrid, Taragona

310/403.7

GSM-R (ETCS-2)

ICE 3 class 403, 406 (Deutsche Bahn, Nederlandse Spoorwegen)

Germany

Frankfurt, Paris

330/368

GSM-R, Radiating cable (LCX), Wi-Fi

ETR 500 (Trenitalia)

Italy

Rome, Naples, Florence, Bologna

300/362

Radiating cables, Wi-Fi, GSM-R

KTX-I

South Korea

Seoul, Busan

330

ATC (Automatic Train Control), Wi-Fi

Eurostar (GNER, SNCF)

France, Spain, England

Brussels, Lille, London.

300/334.7

Wi-Fi, WIMAX, ETCS-2

N700 Shinkansen (JR West, JR Central, JR Kyushu)

Japan

Tokyo, Osaka, Tokaido-Sanyo

275/332

LCX

THSR 700T

Taiwan, China

Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung

300

RoF, WIMAX

Acela (Amtrak)

USA

Washington, Baltimore, New York

240/265

Wi-Fi, GSM-R

Pendolino

Finland

Helsinki, Tampere

250

Flash-OFDM, WIMAX