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Chinese High-Speed Train Sets New World Record

Posted by samzenpus on from the speeding-bullet dept.

shmG writes "A new high-speed train linking Chinese cities Shanghai and Hangzhou has set a fresh world record for train speed at 416.6 kilometers per hour (259 mph) on its trial run on Tuesday. The train is expected to cut the travel time by half, to 40 minutes for covering a distance of 202 kilometers between the two cities at an average speed of 350 kilometers per hour. 'The new record of 416.6 km per hour shows that China has achieved a new milestone in high-speed train technologies,' Zhang Shuguang, deputy chief engineer of the Ministry of Railways, was quoted as saying."

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  1. booyah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In your face Japan!

    1. Re:booyah by treeves · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why not? They've been allies before ;-)

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  2. Standard Units Please? by fbartho · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can we have that in more standard units please? I myself prefer parsecs per millenia, kthx

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    1. Re:Standard Units Please? by fbartho · · Score: 2, Funny

      Trick question, without deviating from the Millenium Falcon's route, it would still be something less 12 parsecs.

      Source:

      "It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs."
      --Han Solo, referring to the Millennium Falcon

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  3. Re:Wrong! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    China's World records are like the US World Series only in name.

  4. Re:I'd be happy if our intercity trains did 300kph by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lucky bastard, here in California we get 120km/hr.

    And ironically, that was also built by Chinese people. :-)

  5. Re:I'd be happy if our intercity trains did 300kph by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh, we used to dream of waiting for 'train for a fortnight! Would'a been a palace to us. We had to run, barefoot, fifty miles into 'town and catch a lift to London in the back of a dustcart. We were half crushed when we got there, and it took all year, but we were thankful for it.

  6. Re:Wrong! by Ash+Vince · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess the obvious solution is to electrify the fences with 20,000 volts.

    Actually, the obvious (and cheaper) solution is simply to make sure the front of the train is fairly sturdy and won't get dented by morons walking along the track looking for their Darwin award. You might want to make it easy to clean too :)

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  7. Re:Wrong! by Beyond_GoodandEvil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, you're absolutely right. I was translating for occidental type people, and trying to avoid the dumb jokes some people on this website come out with.
      Rugs are occidental, people like movies, are Western.

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  8. Re:Wrong! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and trying to avoid the dumb jokes some people on this website come out with

    Good luck with that, let us know how that works out for you.

  9. Captain Obvious is obvious! by dos4who · · Score: 2, Funny

    '...new record...shows that China has achieved a new milestone in high-speed train tech...,' (said) Zhang Shuguang, aka Captain Obvious.

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