The first high-speed rail lines and services were built in the 1980s and 1990s as national projects. Countries … See more

The Trans-European high-speed rail network is one of a number of the European Union's Trans-European transport networks. It was defined by the Council Directive 96/48/EC of 23 July 1996.
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The Magistrale for Europe (MoE) is an initiative to promote railway expansion between Paris and Bratislava/Budapest, passing Strasbourg and Munich. Founded in 1990, the initiative is supported by numerous … See more

Denmark is currently building two high-speed corridors: an international corridor linking Sweden to Germany through Copenhagen South, and a national corridor aiming to reduce travel times between the five bigges… See more

Turkey started building high-speed rail lines in 2003 aiming a double-track high-speed rail network through the country allowing a maximum speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) Only the planned line between Istanbul, Edirne… See more

In early 2000s has the Croatian parliament passed a bill to build its first high-speed line, a new Botovo–Zagreb–Rijeka line, which would with later upgrades allow maximum speed of 250 km/h. The plan was to start buil… See more