574km/h is the record on steel rails set by a french TGV with some slight modifications from the in service version.
Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
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Re: Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
#12When I travelled to China for the first time I've spent one month there travelling across the entire country via their highspeed train network. It's amazing, all major places are so well connected and the trains are really cheap, offer 1st, 2nd, 3rd and business class acommodating all various budgets and comfort styles and they run really smoothly and are amazingly on time! After departure it doesn't take more than a…
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Re: Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
#13When I travelled to China for the first time I've spent one month there travelling across the entire country via their highspeed train network. It's amazing, all major places are so well connected and the trains are really cheap, offer 1st, 2nd, 3rd and business class acommodating all various budgets and comfort styles and they run really smoothly and are amazingly on time! After departure it doesn't take more than a…
it's impressive. Major improvement would be if all travelers in chinese trains would use headphones if they want to listen music or play games. Personally I love silence in Japanese trains - everybody is polite and silent.
Re: Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
#14When I travelled to China for the first time I've spent one month there travelling across the entire country via their highspeed train network. It's amazing, all major places are so well connected and the trains are really cheap, offer 1st, 2nd, 3rd and business class acommodating all various budgets and comfort styles and they run really smoothly and are amazingly on time! After departure it doesn't take more than a…
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Re: Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
#15The train reached its record speed but 385km/h is nowhere near a record. China Daily is a state-owned newspaper.
They will travel (with passenger) with 385km/h. That would be a new record. Until now the fastest travel with 350km/h. But of course the "top speed" without passenger is much much higher.
Source? Article says top design speed is 350km/h.
Re: Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
#16The train reached its record speed but 385km/h is nowhere near a record. China Daily is a state-owned newspaper.
They will travel (with passenger) with 385km/h. That would be a new record. Until now the fastest travel with 350km/h. But of course the "top speed" without passenger is much much higher.
I think this speed is just for headlines, morjority of trains on the line run at 250km/h, because it's a lot cheaper than running them at 350km/h.
Re: Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
#17When I travelled to China for the first time I've spent one month there travelling across the entire country via their highspeed train network. It's amazing, all major places are so well connected and the trains are really cheap, offer 1st, 2nd, 3rd and business class acommodating all various budgets and comfort styles and they run really smoothly and are amazingly on time! After departure it doesn't take more than a…
Even with the current train connections, it would be a great improvement to book a single ticket for multi-country journeys.
Right now, I need a ticket for Germany, France and Spain to get to Barcelona. If any of the trains runs late and I miss a train, I'd have to buy a new ticket for the connecting train.
So a single booking agency with guaranteed connecting trains would be great.
Re: Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
They will travel (with passenger) with 385km/h. That would be a new record. Until now the fastest travel with 350km/h. But of course the "top speed" without passenger is much much higher.
Source? Article says top design speed is 350km/h.
World records:
>The world record for a conventional wheeled passenger train is held by France's TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse), set in 2007 when it reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on a 140 km section of track.[1]
>Japan's experimental maglev train L0 Series achieved 603 km/h (375 mph) on a 42.8 km magnetic levitation track in 2015
I daresay it might be a record for China.
Re: Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Source? Article says top design speed is 350km/h.
World records: >The world record for a conventional wheeled passenger train is held by France's TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse), set in 2007 when it reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on a 140 km section of track.[1] >Japan's experimental maglev train L0 Series achieved 603 km/h (375 mph) on a 42.8 km magnetic levitation track in 2015 I daresay it might be a record for China.
Not even a record for China. Seems to be a record just for that train, or that train on that track, or something. Hard to say...
Re: Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run
#20I don't envy the guy with the job of getting this right.
The last train wreck in China is still being talked about. Not because of the tragedy of the accident, but because of how it became emblematic of corruption and cover-ups and realities that are "unpatriotic" to say out loud. I guarantee any problems with this train line and you are sure to see someone bought up on "corruption charges".