SNCF's V150 TGV Sets the World Rail Speed Record at 574.8 km/h

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  SNCF Sets the Rail World Speed Record at 331 km/h

  Facture, Gironde, FranceSNCF

  

  03/28/1955 - 03/29/1955CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE71.5 years agoFrench railway history sources (docrail.fr^[2], Wikipedia’s^[3] SNCF Class CC 7100 article) date the 331 km/h record run to March 28-29, 1955, crediting both the CC 7107 and BB 9004.

  France's SNCF pushed two modified electric locomotives to a then-world rail speed record of 331 km/h (206 mph) on a test track near Facture on March 28-29, 1955. An Infrastructural Game Changer cites the run as the moment fast trains overtook cars and planes.

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• Transport06/23/2017@ThePinGang

  France Aims to Transport Passengers on High-Speed Driverless Trains by 2023

  SNCF

  

  Starts 01/01/2023UNVERIFIED73% CONFIDENCE3.7 years ago

  The French government-owned railway, SNCF's project “drone trains” plans to put driverless trains on tracks by 2023.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Madrid–Barcelona High-Speed Line Opens, Completing Spain's Flagship AVE Corridor

  Barcelona Sants railway station, Barcelona, SpainAdif

  

  Starts 02/20/2008CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE18.6 years agoWikipedia's^[3] Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line article gives 20 February 2008 as the date the complete line opened, after the Madrid–Zaragoza–Lleida section opened in October 2003.

  Adif's Madrid–Barcelona high-speed line opened in full on 20 February 2008, cutting the 621km journey to about 2 hours 30 minutes and becoming the backbone of the AVE network that engineering crews are now upgrading for 350km/h running.

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Opens

  Mumbai, IndiaNational High Speed Rail Corporation Limited

  

  Starts 08/15/2028ESTIMATED62% CONFIDENCEin 1.9 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…i to Ahmedabad trip to about two hours. Estimated date.…"

  India's first high-speed line, 508 km of Japanese Shinkansen technology cutting the Mumbai to Ahmedabad trip to about two hours. Estimated date.

  ₹1.6T

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Grand Paris Express Line 15 South Opens

  Paris, FranceSociété des Grands Projets

  

  Starts 10/01/2026ESTIMATED58% CONFIDENCEin 8 daysGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…omated orbital metro ring around Paris. Estimated date.…"

  The first stretch of Europe's largest transport project: a 33 km automated orbital metro ring around Paris. Estimated date.

  €42B

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Namo Bharat's Delhi-Meerut Corridor Opens End to End

  Sarai Kale Khan, New Delhi, IndiaNational Capital Region Transport Corporation

  

  Starts 02/22/2026DELAYED14 months late40% CONFIDENCE213 days agoThe article's timeline reads "February 2026: Entire stretch of the RRTS from Sarai Kale Khan to Modipuram becomes operational on 22 February 2026."^[1]

  The 82.15 km semi-high-speed corridor from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram in Meerut, with 16 stations, two depots and Alstom trainsets running at 160 km/h, became fully operational, covering the distance in under an hour. Deutsche Bahn's Indian subsidiary runs it for the National Capital Region Transport Corporation.

  ₹302.7B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Brightline West Breaks Ground on US High-Speed Rail

  Brightline West, Las Vegas, Nevada, USABrightline West

  

  Starts 04/22/2024CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Brightline West^[3] officially broke ground on April 22, 2024, on the nation's first true high-speed rail system."

  Brightline West broke ground on a 218-mile electric high-speed line between Las Vegas and Southern California, aiming to become America's first true bullet train.

  $12B

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Brightline West Las Vegas to Los Angeles

  Las Vegas, NevadaBrightline

  

  Starts 12/01/2028ESTIMATED63% CONFIDENCEin 2.2 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…e high-speed line down the I-15 median, aiming to run Las Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga in about two hou…"

  A 350 km/h private high-speed line down the I-15 median, aiming to run Las Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga in about two hours. Estimated date.

  $21.5B

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• Transport09/14/2026@ThePinGang

  Mont Cenis Base Tunnel Opens

  Val-Cenis, Savoie, FranceTELT

  

  Starts 12/31/2033SCHEDULED84% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: the base tunnel "is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2033"; telt.eu^[2] confirms "La date d'achèvement est prévue en 2033", a year later than the earlier 2032 target.

  At 57.5 km, the Mont Cenis Base Tunnel will be the world's longest rail tunnel, carrying the new Lyon–Turin railway under the Alps between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France, and Susa, Italy.

  €11.1B

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Vietnam's North-South High-Speed Railway Breaks Ground

  Hanoi, Vietnam

  

  Starts 12/31/2027DELAYED12 months late64% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsGroundbreaking was originally targeted for 2026 but has since slipped. Given as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "Vietnam is targeting the start of construction in December 2027."

  Vietnam is set to break ground on a $67BN, 1,541km high-speed line linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the largest infrastructure project in the country's history.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  CDG Express Starts Running From Gare de l'Est to Roissy

  Gare de l'Est, 10th arrondissement, Paris, FranceSNCF

  

  Starts 03/28/2027DELAYED20.5 years late63% CONFIDENCEin 186 daysThe project's own history page says "When it enters service on 28 March 2027, the CDG Express^[1][2] will realise a vision first imagined more than 30 years ago".

  The 32 km non-stop link will run every 15 minutes from 5am to midnight between Gare de l'Est and Charles de Gaulle Airport, a 20-minute trip, operated by Hello Paris, a Keolis and RATP Dev joint venture. The infrastructure company, owned in equal shares by Groupe ADP, SNCF Reseau and Banque des Territoires, says it financed the entire project without public subsidies, and CAF France of Alsace supplied the trainsets.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Egypt Signs $4.5BN Contract for Its First High-Speed Rail Line

  Ain Sokhna, Suez, EgyptSiemens Mobility

  

  Starts 09/01/2021CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE5.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Siemens-led consortium was awarded a $4.5 billion contract to build the lines from Ain Sokhna to Marsa Matruh and to Alexandria in September 2021".

  A Siemens-led consortium signed a $4.5 billion contract to build Egypt's first electrified high-speed rail line, aiming to replace one of the world's deadliest rail networks.

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