# Train speeds conversions
Conversions that are "close enough" to be easy to remember


| km/h | mph | Application |
| -------- | -------- | - |
| 120km/h | 75mph | Some older DMUs, Most Locos |
| 160km/h | 100mph | Most modern DMUs |
| 180km/h | 110mph | Some modern EMUs |
| 200km/h | 125mph | Most intercity trains |
| 225km/h | 140mph | "higher speed" intercity trains |
| 240km/h | 150mph | American northeast corridor operating speed |
| 250km/h | 155mph | Most other country's higher speed rail |
| 300km/h | 185mph | Older high speed rail |
| 320km/h | 200mph | Most high speed rail operating speed |
| 350km/h | 215mph | Modern high speed operations in China |
| 360km/h | 220mph | State of the art high speed train max speed |