Rail and method for manufacturing same

A rail comprising a chemical composition containing

• C:
• 0.70 mass % or more and 0.85 mass % or less,
• Si:
• 0.79 mass % or more and 1.20 mass % or less,
• Mn:
• 0.20 mass % or more and 1.00 mass % or less,
• P:
• 0.035 mass % or less,
• S:
• 0.012 mass % or less,
• Cr:
• 0.40 mass % or more and 1.30 mass % or less, and
• at least one selected from the group consisting of
• Nb:
• 0.017 mass % or more and 0.05 mass % or less,
• Al:
• 0.015 mass % or more and 0.07 mass % or less, and
• Ti:
• 0.02 mass % or more and 0.05 mass % or less,
• where the chemical composition satisfies the following formula (1)
• 0.30≤[% Si]/10+[% Mn]/6+[% Cr]/3≤0.55 (1)
• where [% M] is the content in mass % of the element M in the chemical composition, the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein
• Vickers hardness of a region between a position where a depth from a surface of a rail head is 0.5 mm and a position where the depth is 25 mm is 370 HV or more and less than 520 HV, a total area ratio of a pearlite microstructure and a bainite microstructure in the region is 98% or more, and an area ratio of the bainite microstructure in the region is more than 5% and less than 20%.