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Russia hardly has high speed rail, it's just one line (Moscow to St. Petersburg) and top speed is just 200 km/h for most of the line.
by badpun 2y ago
Russia hardly has high speed rail, it's just one line (Moscow to St. Petersburg) and top speed is just 200 km/h for most of the line.
- LAC-Tech 2y ago2.5 times faster than any train in my wealthy, western country.
- aetherson 2y agoI don't know which wealthy, western country you live in, but to be clear in the US Acela trains get up to 150 mph (241 kmh) -- admittedly in a short section, but with other sections that have a top speed of 135 mph (217 kmh). The entire route from Washington to New York has an average speed (including stops) of 90mph (140 kmh). Should Acela be faster? Probably! But people should be clear-eyed about what the reality of the situation is.
- sokoloff 2y agoThat might be the average scheduled speed, but it’s not my average experienced speed on Acela, with about half the trips seeing significant delays from schedule.
- LAC-Tech 2y agoNew Zealand. You know that place americans fantasize about moving to when the newly elected president has the wrong colour tie. Trains are 80km/h max.
- gcanyon 2y agoAnd high speed in India is apparently 100mph/160kph.