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« on: October 26, 2010, 13:08:48 »

Video report, from the BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page):

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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.
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2010, 13:39:10 »

Not even close. Shanghai's Maglev Train runs in service up to 268 mph.

France's TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse) 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.
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2010, 14:56:51 »

BBC» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) wrong as usual.


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 The world record for conventional high-speed rail is held by the V150, a specially configured version of Alstom's TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse) 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).
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2010, 15:04:49 »


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.
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« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2010, 11:52:36 »

oh god now were quoting wiki as accurate  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2010, 11:54:45 »

oh god now were quoting wiki as accurate  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #6 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.  Roll Eyes

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