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Title: China claims new world record for fastest train Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 26, 2010, 13:08:48 Video report, from the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11625540):
Quote Officials in China say they have set the world record for the fastest train travelling at 262 miles per hour. Two bullet trains travelled between Shanghai's western suburb of Hongqiao and Hangzhou to inaugurate a new high speed rail line, clocking up the record breaking speed along the way. Title: Re: China claims new world record for fastest train Post by: JayMac on October 26, 2010, 13:39:10 Not even close. Shanghai's Maglev Train runs in service up to 268 mph.
France's TGV has a record of 357.2 mph Japan's JR-Maglev has a record of 361 mph The Chinese need to clarify the conditions. They may have broken the record for the fastest 'unmodified conventional wheel/rail' train. Title: Re: China claims new world record for fastest train Post by: SDS on October 26, 2010, 14:56:51 BBC wrong as usual.
quote from wiki. The world record for conventional high-speed rail is held by the V150, a specially configured version of Alstom's TGV which clocked 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on a test run. The world speed record for Maglev is held by the japanese experimental MLX01: 581 km/h (361 mph). Title: Re: China claims new world record for fastest train Post by: JayMac on October 26, 2010, 15:04:49 BBC wrong as usual. BBC were quoting 'officials in China....' The video report also says '...it looks like...' So a little unfair to criticise the BBC for being wrong. Title: Re: China claims new world record for fastest train Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on October 29, 2010, 11:52:36 oh god now were quoting wiki as accurate ::)
Title: Re: China claims new world record for fastest train Post by: Brucey on October 29, 2010, 11:54:45 oh god now were quoting wiki as accurate ::) http://xkcd.com/285/ ::) ;DTitle: Re: China claims new world record for fastest train Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 26, 2024, 19:52:12 I think this is just published to be ready for the Daily Mail's next HEADLINE NEWS item about a SPEEDING TRAIN. ::)
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