Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run

Post by claudius » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 11:31 AM UTC

0b0001 wrote: post #17

dustinmoris wrote: post #9

When 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.

Post by _-___________-_ » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 11:32 AM UTC

dustinmoris wrote: post #9

When 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…

Post by salty_biscuits » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 11:35 AM UTC

raaaaraaaa2 wrote: post #13

dustinmoris wrote: post #9

When 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.

Post by _-___________-_ » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 11:38 AM UTC

hos234 wrote: post #23

dustinmoris wrote: post #9

When 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 doesn't make much sense to hook up Europe the same way because the population density in most parts of the map is no where close to China. Compare it with India and you will see the same number of stations/trains/bus routes all subsidized and dirt cheap (compared to Europe), but far below in any other standard (naturally because they are poorer).

Post by sdwa » Tue, Oct 22, 2019, 11:41 AM UTC

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dustinmoris wrote: post #9

When 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…

Having lived and worked in China for several years recently, and continuing to regularly visit, I agree with almost everything you said except for the "huge efforts in creating a fair [...] system for everyone". I saw no evidence of any such effort to create a fair system. For example, China's rule of law is effectively driven by power and connections, not on evidence and fairness, and the effect of this extends thro…