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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!

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

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

  3. 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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