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The 10 Countries With the Most High-Speed Rail |
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The UIC released its 2025 High-Speed Rail Atlas in June. China runs 47,800 km of it — more than twice the rest of the world combined. At the end of December, China crossed 50,000 km. |
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Source: UIC High-Speed Rail Atlas 2025 (June 2026). Km of line in operation, 2024 network data. China passed 50,000 km at end-2025 (Xinhua). |
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China built its first high-speed line in 2008, between Beijing and Tianjin. Seventeen years later it runs 47,800 km — about 70% of the world's total. The rest of the planet, combined, runs under 20,000. The gap is the story. Spain is second in the world with 3,993 km. China's network is twelve times larger. Every European country added together is a rounding error next to it. The UIC counts any line built or upgraded for 200 km/h. That lifts Finland and Sweden into the top ten, ahead of Italy — on upgraded track, not bullet trains. |
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The absences are predictable. India has 1.4 billion people and zero km in operation. Its first line, Mumbai to Ahmedabad, opens in 2027. The United States runs 735 km — shorter than China's Beijing–Shanghai line alone. High-speed rail clusters in Europe and East Asia. Eight of the top ten sit there. Africa has one line, Morocco's 186 km. The Americas have almost none. Money and geography explain most of it. Dense corridors and state budgets build track. Car-first countries and empty distances don't. China has both the cities and the will. |
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47,800 km China's high-speed network in 2024. More than twice every other country on Earth combined. |
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50,000 km China crossed this at the end of 2025, seventeen years after its first line opened. |
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12x China's network is about twelve times the size of Spain's, the world's second-largest. |
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0 km India's high-speed rail in operation. Its first line, 508 km, is due to open in 2027. |
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735 km The entire US high-speed network. China's Beijing–Shanghai line alone runs 1,318 km. |
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The next UIC atlas lands in 2027. Watch three things. China is pushing toward 60,000 km and testing 400 km/h trains. India opens its first section in 2027. The US keeps building in California, slowly. The gap at the top isn't closing. We'll be watching. |
