11-07-2015, 02:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-07-2015, 02:46 PM by BuildingScout.)
(11-07-2015, 02:02 PM)Canard Wrote: To clarify BuildingScout's statement above:
The UK has 1 "Official" 300 km/h+ line called "High Speed 1" which runs from St. Pancras in London to the channel tunnel entrance.
Correct, they also have two more forthcoming extensions: HS2 (to Birmingham first and then on to Manchester and Leeds) and a still in the works HS3 (Liverpool-Hull) extension. Both of these are supposed to reach similar speeds to High Speed 1 (HS1), all other lines are faster trains but not true HSRs.