Rail

A rail comprising steel composition including, by mass %:

• C:
• 0.75 to 1.20%;
• Si:
• 0.10 to 2.00%;
• Mn:
• 0.10 to 2.00%;
• Cr:
• 0 to 2.00%;
• Mo:
• 0 to 0.50%;
• Co:
• 0 to 1.00%;
• B:
• 0 to 0.0050%;
• Cu:
• 0 to 1.00%;
• Ni:
• 0 to 1.00%;
• V:
• 0 to 0.50%;
• Nb:
• 0 to 0.050%;
• Ti:
• 0 to 0.0500%;
• Mg:
• 0 to 0.0200%;
• Ca:
• 0 to 0.0200%;
• REM:
• 0 to 0.0500%;
• Zr:
• 0 to 0.0200%;
• N:
• 0 to 0.0200%;
• Al:
• 0 to 1.00%;
• P:
• 0.0250% or less;
• S:
• 0.0250% or less;
• and
• a remainder including Fe and impurities,
• wherein 90 area % or greater of a metallographic structure in a cross section of a rail web portion is a pearlite structure,
• a minimum value of a hardness in the cross section of the rail web portion is Hv 300 or greater, and
• a difference between a maximum value and the minimum value of the hardness in the cross section of the rail web portion is Hv 40 or less.