Source: International Union of Railways

Development of High Speed Train Traffic, Europe and Japan, 1965-2007

Japan saw the first comprehensive development of a high speed train system along the Tokyo - Osaka corridor in 1964. By the 1990s the usage of the system has peaked, in part because of competition from air transport and limited economic growth. Europe has a significant adoption of high speed train services since the 1990s with new corridors such as Paris - Amsterdam and Paris - London. Close to a half of all the world's high speed passengers-km are now occurring in Europe. South Korea is the latest country to build a high speed rail system along the Seoul - Pusan corridor, which was inaugurated in 2004.

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