Countries Building the Most High-Speed Rail 2026
About This Dataset
Countries Building the Most High-Speed Rail 2026
Kilometres of high-speed railway physically under construction in September 2026. Approved and planned routes that have not broken ground are excluded, so the chart shows committed building work rather than announcements. The same 250 km/h new-build and 200 km/h upgrade definition applies as for lines already open.
Analysis
China is building 19,600 km, 65.3% of the 30,016 km under construction on this chart and 10.3 times the 1,910 km of Turkey. Ranks two to twelve are close together, running from 497.6 km to 1,910 km. 5 of the 12 countries have more track under construction than they currently operate: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Russia and the United States.
Key Findings
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China leads in High-Speed Rail Under Construction (km) with 19,600 in 2026.
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Average High-Speed Rail Under Construction (km) in 2026: 2,501 · median: 974.
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Gap in 2026: China is 39.4× larger than Japan.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, List of high-speed railway lines
- Coverage
- 12 entities · 2026 · 12 observations
- Measure
- High-Speed Rail Under Construction (km)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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