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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China <-Bling, Bling? O RLY? Edit: Some more propaganda

• bayesian_horse 4y ago
  Yes, their high-speed rail is bling-bling. It's too expensive for most people. Much of the building materials have been substituted for substandard materials so somebody can steal the difference.
• bayesian_horse 4y ago
  Have you ever heard of the Transrapid? That was a technology that already worked decades ago, but hasn't been put into widespread use for various reasons. China has already overbuilt its highspeed rail system. China really doesn't need another solution for a problem it doesn't have.
  • LargoLasskhyfv 4y ago
    Yes I have :-) I'm German and once lived near one proposed track, meant as an upgrade to an already existing, heavily used main track, planned with many stops over short distances. Edit: Maybe they could use this to overbuild their already existing net with a dozen to two dozen strategically located stations, as an overlay of hyperhubs, and use the interconnections to conventional HSR as spokes which branch off of these. To make it even more competitive to air travel, especially for longer distances.
    • bayesian_horse 4y ago
      You assume they'd built those connections where they are needed most. That's not how it works in China... You assume that company is giving an accurate picture of what it has achieved. That's not how it works in China...