High-Speed Railways in the BRICS Countries

Today, about 59,000 km of specialised high-speed railway lines are in operation worldwide, about 20,000 km are under construction, and more than 50,000 km are planned to be commissioned. The maximum commercial speed of passenger trains has increased to 350 km/h. The world’s first high-speed freight trains have been designed and put into trial operation. Mastering advanced technologies in the field of high-speed railway transport, as before, is an indicator of the country’s development level. The construction of high-speed lines (HSL), along with others, solves an important problem on a global scale — it makes a significant contribution to environmental protection.

We used the materials of reports and papers published on foreign information platforms; the results of the research work of Russian scientists and engineers in the field of increasing train speeds.

In the BRICS countries, construction and design work on high-speed railways is underway, but given the unique conditions of each country, the pace of development is different. China is the leader of scientific progress in this sector of the railway industry, which attracts the attention of the world scientific community, including the Russian one.

In Russia, according to the Transport Strategy up to 2030 with a forecast for the period up to 2035, it is envisaged to develop a network of high-speed railway lines with the unification of the largest agglomerations of the European part of the country into zones of two-hour accessibility.

It is necessary to continue study and improve knowledge in the field of high-speed railway transport development.

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