Uzbekistan’s high-speed trains among top 20 fastest in the world

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan became only country of the Central Asia, which was included to Global High-Speed Train Ranking, which was developed by the researchers at the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering at the University of Rome "La Sapienza".

Uzbekistan took the 17^th place among 20 countries in the Global High-Speed Train Ranking.

In drawing up the ranking, the record speed of trains, operating speed, railway line coverage, population coverage and population expenditure per 1 km were taken into account. Uzbekistan bypassed countries such as Norway, the United States and Finland, which took the places between 18 and 20th places.

According to GoEuro, the record speed of high-speed trains in Uzbekistan is 255 km/h, and the operating speed is 250 km/h. The leaders of the ranking are Japan, South Korea and China.

In particular, according to the “Maximum Operating Speed” indicator, the maximum train speed achieved in safety conditions to achieve maximum throughput and efficiency), Uzbekistan ranked fourth (250 km/h), which, along with Turkey and the Russian Federation ), ahead of such countries as the USA (240 km/h), Austria (230 km/h), Sweden (200 km/h), Poland (200 km/h), etc.

The ranking was made on the data of the maximum record speed and operating speed. The criteria also includes data on the coverage of the railway infrastructure in the country, the access of the country’s population and the cost of travel.

The ranking shows that Asian countries are leaders when it comes to high-speed trains. Japan, with its incredible record for speed, high population coverage and speed, dominates the ranking. Surprisingly, compared to this, only 1.62% of tracks in South Korea are considered high-speed, but they cover more than 44% of the country’s population.

It should also be noted that China, with more than 66,298 km of railways, covered 29.22% of them with high-speed routes. However, these lines serve only 10.7% of their population.