The country boasts over 40,000 kilometers (24,855 miles) of operational high-speed rail lines, according to a 2023 report from the International Union of Railways.

Newsweek has mapped high-speed rail systems around the world, drawing on data from the International Union of Railways, supplemented with additional sources.. China continues to lead the world in ...

Railway is an essential part in China's transportation system, and the government plans to build a grid of high-speed railways with four east-west lines and four north-south lines by 2020.

Over the past decade, China has built the world’s largest dedicated high-speed rail network, revolutionizing long-distance travel across this vast and diverse nation. Find out how they built so ...

QINGDAO, China—When the Japanese and European companies that pioneered high-speed rail agreed to build trains for China, they thought they'd be getting access to a booming new market, billions ...

Other countries — most notably, China, which now has a robust high-speed rail network that spans nearly 28,000 miles of track — have invested heavily in high-speed rail.

Their new report may be the only high-speed rail document ever produced without a mouthwatering map tying up the country’s major cities. Instead, it has some recommendations on how to actually ...

XpressWest, a private U.S. company, on Thursday said a venture with China Railway International to build a high-speed rail line to link Southern California with Las Vegas won’t proceed ...

China continues to lead the world in high-speed rail development, boasting the largest network globally with over 40,000 kilometers (24,855 miles) of operational high-speed rail lines, according ...

Railway is an essential part in China's transportation system, and the government plans to build a grid of high-speed railways with four east-west lines and four north-south lines by 2020.