List of railway test tracks
Railway test tracks and their facilities are used for rolling stock testing and certification. Railway test tracks around the world include:
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
- 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.
- Emsland test facility - The 31,8 km single track line runs between Dörpen and Lathen in Lower Saxony. The now defunct site was used to test Transrapid maglev trains but was closed in 2011 and is supposed to be demolished.
India
- 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 and to test the axle loads of up to 32.5 tonnes.
Italy
Japan
- Yamanashi test track – Maglev technology development for the future Chuo Shinkansen line.
- – Tōkaidō Shinkansen test track, since 1962 to 1964. From Ayase, Kanagawa to near Kamonomiya Station. 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, automated guideway transit and maglev High Speed Surface Transport.
Poland
- Newag – manufacturer's onsite test track.
- Test Track Centre near Żmigród – Operated by Railway Institute, Warsaw. 7.7 km standard gauge loop, 160 km/h maximum allowed speed.
Romania
- – 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, a circular test track in Shcherbinka, south of Moscow.
Singapore
- 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
- Olmedo - Medina del Campo test track 14.4km in length
United Kingdom
United States
- Maglev – AMT Test Track, Powder Springs, Georgia
- Transportation Technology Center – Four test tracks, total length, max speed, Pueblo, Colorado