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The Fastest Roller Coasters in Europe
European coasters ranked strictly by published top speed. One launched ride clears 180 km/h; everything below it climbs a lift hill or a top hat first.
Which parks hold the most records
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Red Force
Europe's tallest and fastest coaster, a 112 m top hat next door to (but separate from) PortAventura Park.
Top speed180 km/h - 2
Hyperion
Poland's giant hyper coaster, with an 85-degree first drop and sustained ejector airtime.
Top speed142 km/h - 3
Shambhala
A Himalayan-themed hyper coaster built around floater airtime and a splashdown finale.
Top speed134 km/h - 4
Silver Star
Europa-Park's Mercedes-backed hyper coaster, long the tallest coaster in Germany.
Top speed130 km/h - 5
Stealth
Britain's fastest coaster: 0–129 km/h in 1.9 seconds, then straight over a 62 m top hat.
Top speed129 km/h - 6
Zadra
Europe's tallest hybrid coaster, with three inversions and the steepest drop on the continent.
Top speed121 km/h - 7
Colossos — Kampf der Giganten
One of the tallest wooden coasters ever built, retracked in 2019 and running better than new.
Top speed120 km/h - 8
Taron
Two launches, 1,320 m of track and the most immersive rockwork of any coaster in Europe.
Top speed117 km/h - 9
Toutatis
France's fastest coaster, with three launches and a beyond-vertical drop over the Gaulish village.
Top speed107 km/h - 10
Taiga
Finland's launched Intamin, densely packed with inversions on a tiny urban footprint.
Top speed106 km/h - 11
Wodan Timbur Coaster
Europa-Park's Nordic woodie, fast and twisted with near-constant lateral pull.
Top speed100 km/h - 12
Helix
A hillside multi-launch with seven inversions and Scandinavia's best-paced layout.
Top speed100 km/h - 13
Untamed
A compact RMC conversion crammed with inversions, and the Netherlands' most intense coaster.
Top speed92 km/h - 14
Baron 1898
A dive coaster wrapped in a full ghost-story mine shaft — theming that outclasses its stats.
Top speed90 km/h - 15
Nemesis Reborn
Britain's most revered coaster: a terrain-hugging inverted layout retracked and relaunched in 2024.
Top speed80 km/h - 16
F.L.Y.
The world's first launched flying coaster, threaded through the rooftops of Rookburgh.
Top speed70 km/h - 17
Eurosat CanCan Coaster
An indoor coaster inside a geodesic dome, reborn in 2018 with a full Moulin Rouge overlay.
Top speed60 km/h
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