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They call trains traveling at 200Kph "high speed" in my country but the Japanese run them at twice those speeds. It's a tiny country so it doesn't matter that
by Yeul 3y ago
They call trains traveling at 200Kph "high speed" in my country but the Japanese run them at twice those speeds.
It's a tiny country so it doesn't matter that much but if in the future we want to replace airplanes we need to do better.
- masklinn 3y agoNit: closer to 1.5, the Shinkansen generally run at 300 or slightly below (the N700S series which started service in 2020 runs at 300 in Taiwan and on Sanyo Shinkansen, but 285 on Tokaido Shinkansen, and 260 on Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen, it does have a design speed of 360). Japan currently has only one line rated above 300, and it’s Tohoku at 320 (and only until Morioka, though this is getting upgraded, and the line might get re-rated to 360 in its entirety once that’s done and if ALFA-X succeeds). AFAIK the only production non-maglev trains designed for 400 are the Chinese CR400 (“fuxing”) and they’re currently operated at 350.
- em-bee 3y agothey do that in germany too. it's ridiculous. wikipedia has a good overview of the reality: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_Europe
- screye 3y ago> tiny country Japan spans the length of the US, and has more than 100 million people in it. Tiny isn't exactly what I'd call it.
- masklinn 3y agoI think by "tiny country" Yeul means their own country rather than japan.