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I apologize but I do not understand your post. Are you saying LA to San Francisco is 350 miles and currently a 90 minute train ride (233mph) - contrasted again

by jat850 16y ago

I apologize but I do not understand your post. Are you saying LA to San Francisco is 350 miles and currently a 90 minute train ride (233mph) - contrasted against Beijing to Shanghai (205mph). So the high speed rail in China is slower? I realize I must have misunderstood something here. Also, I don't know California geography very well, nor the existing modes/means of transportation between those two locations. Can you clarify the point of your post here?

melling 16y ago
I was explaining how long it should take using high-speed rail. The person to which I was responding stated that the trip would be 4 hours instead of 7. High-speed rails go around 200mph, however the next gen Chinese will be around 230mph.
- hugh3 16y ago
  Terrain-dependent, obviously. California has rather a lot of mountains.
  - melling 16y ago
    The 820 miles between Beijing and Shanghai has mountains, rivers, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing–Shanghai_High-Speed_Railway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing–Shanghai_High-Speed_Rai...