Railway test tracks include:
China edit
Czech Republic edit
France edit
- 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 edit
- Wegberg-Wildenrath Test and Validation Centre – Near Wildenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia. Several loops of standard gauge and metre gauge track with various electrification systems.
India edit
- Construction for Indian Railways' first test track is underway in Jodhpur division, Rajasthan. The 60 km track is being built to conduct tests for Semi-high-speed rail and high-speed rail (200-220 km/h) and to test the axle loads of up to 32.5 tonnes.[1]
Italy edit
Japan edit
- Yamanashi test track – Maglev technology development for the future Chuo Shinkansen line.
- Tōkaidō Shinkansen Model Line – Tōkaidō Shinkansen test track, since 1962 to 1964. From Ayase, Kanagawa to near Kamonomiya Station (Odawara, Kanagawa). About 30 km long. It was incorporated into the main line.
- MIHARA Test Center – A railway test centre used by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to test rolling stock for conventional rail (including light rail transit), automated guideway transit (especially the Mitsubishi Crystal Mover) and maglev High Speed Surface Transport.[2]
Poland edit
- Newag – manufacturer's onsite test track.[3]
- Test Track Centre near Żmigród – Operated by Railway Institute, Warsaw. 7.7 km standard gauge loop, 160 km/h maximum allowed speed.
Romania edit
- Railway Testing Center Faurei – Total length of lines: 20,2 km, maximum speed 200 km/h.
Russia edit
- Moscow Monorail – 2.8 km operational, experimental monorail line.
- ru:Экспериментальная кольцевая железная дорога ВНИИЖТ – VNIIZhT test range, a 6-kilometre-long (3.7 mi) circular test track in Shcherbinka, south of Moscow.
Singapore edit
- Integrated Train Testing Centre – future integrated testing facility for all new and existing MRT lines due to open in stages from end-2022 to 2024.
Spain edit
- Olmedo - Medina del Campo test track 14.4km in length
The test track is built on the site of a closed broad gauge (1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in)) line.
United Kingdom edit
United States edit
- Maglev – AMT Test Track, Powder Springs, Georgia
- Transportation Technology Center – Four test tracks, total length 48 miles (77 km), max speed (one of the tracks) 165 mph (266 km/h), Pueblo, Colorado[6]
References edit
- ^ "Indian Railways' New High-Speed Test Track Near Phulera To Be Ready By 2023 End". railpost.in. 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Substantial Enhancement & Utilization of "MIHARA(Multipurpose Integrated Highly-Advanced Railway Applications) Test Center"" (PDF). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
- ^ "New test track at NEWAG". Newag. 26 November 2020.
- ^ Phillips, Lauren (8 June 2022). "Global rail test hub is all set for 2025 completion". Western Mail. p. 26. ISSN 0307-5214.
- ^ Sherratt, Philip (September 2022). "A test centre with a view". Modern Railways. Vol. 79, no. 888. Stamford: Key Publishing. p. 68. ISSN 0026-8356.
- ^ "On-Site Track at TTCI". TTCI.