A Review of China’s High-Speed Trains versus the US and UK’s

Zsofia Nguyen

doi:10.32976/stratfuz.2025.18

Authors

Zsofia Nguyen University of Sopron

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32976/stratfuz.2025.18

Keywords:

High-Speed Train, Government Support, Transport Industry

Abstract

This comprehensive review paper explores the impacts of China's leading position in developing high-speed trains compared to the US and UK. The study uses multiple research papers to present insights into the development of high-speed trains across Japan, France, Germany, and China as a role model and to draw lessons for countries that follow. The main findings have suggested that government support contributed significantly to the development of these countries’ high-speed train networks. But in contrast, politics in Britain and the United States were divided and inconsistent, making the development of this transport industry problematic, overdelays, and uneconomical.

Author Biography

Zsofia Nguyen, University of Sopron

István Széchenyi Economics and Management Doctoral School

PhD student

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