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I don't think too many survivors are expected if a train derails at 280 km/h?

• dheera 7y ago
  High speed trains don't derail that often if built well. Modern high speed rail systems have better safety records than planes. China's high speed rail system has had 1 accident with 40 deaths out of several billion passenger kilometers of trips, and that was involving a slower, older technology. The latest, fastest trains in China have not had any accidents to date. Japan's Shinkansen has had 2 derailments in half a century of operation, one due to an earthquake and one due to inclement weather. Both incidents had zero injuries. The European systems have had notably higher accident rates but still surpass the safety records of planes.