European high-speed railway lines

Name: European high-speed railway lines
Creator: OpenStreetMap
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/

Compare mapped high-speed railway tracks across Europe. Inspect recorded track names and speed limits where the source supplies them.

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This map contains 34,438 mapped records for European high-speed railway lines. OpenStreetMap coverage depends on local contributors.
The map includes active rail tracks explicitly marked as high speed in the selected European countries. Sidings, spurs, and yards are excluded. Only records with usable line geometry are included. Coverage includes European countries within 34° to 72° north and 25° west to 45° east. Turkey and land east of this window are not included.
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The OpenStreetMap snapshot date is 2026-09-14T23:18:35Z. The dataset was prepared on 15 September 2026.
Only active rail tracks with the high-speed tag are included. Construction and disused tracks are absent. Tag coverage varies by country.
Line and boundary detail is reduced by up to 0.0001 degrees for map display. Use the source for detailed measurements.

Licence: ODbL 1.0

The download includes all 34,438 features as lines. Coordinates use longitude and latitude in WGS84.

The preparation date is when we prepared this dataset. Read the source notes for the dates covered by the data.

GeoJSON fields 7

name: Source name or reference. If neither is available, the display name contains the feature type and source ID.
source_url: Link to the original OpenStreetMap object.
ref: Reference or route number recorded by the source.
operator: Operator recorded by the source.
maxspeed: Recorded track speed limit, including source units when supplied.
network: Route network recorded by the source.
website: Website recorded by the source.