List of railway test tracks
Railway test tracks include:
Tracks by country
China
Czech Republic
France
- Centre d'essais ferroviaires - Near Alstom Valenciennes factory site in Raismes, includes 2.75 km for testing at 100 km/h, a 1.85 km loop for endurance testing at 80 km/h, and a loop for testing driverless trains.
Germany
- Test and validation centre, Wegberg-Wildenrath - Near Wildenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Several loops of standard gauge and metre gauge track with various electrification systems.
Japan
- Yamanashi test track - Maglev technology development for the future Chuo Shinkansen line.
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen Model Line (ja:モデル線) - Tōkaidō Shinkansen test track, since 1962 to 1964. From Ayase, Kanagawa to near Kamonomiya Station (Odawara, Kanagawa). Long about 30Km. It was incorporated into the main line.
Poland
- Test Track Centre near Żmigród - Operated by Warsaw Railway Institute. 7.7 km standard gauge loop, 160 km/h maximum allowed speed
Romania
- Railway Testing Center Faurei - Total length of lines: 20,2 km, maximum speed 200 km/h.
Russia
- Moscow_Monorail - 2.8 km operational, experimental monorail line.
- ru:Экспериментальная_кольцевая_железная_дорога_ВНИИЖТ - VNIIZhT test range.
United Kingdom
United States
- Maglev - AMT Test Track – Powder Springs, Georgia
- Transportation Technology Center, Inc. - operated by Association of American Railroads - Pueblo, Colorado[1]
References
- ^ "Test Tracks". TTCI. Retrieved January 7, 2017.