China’s new bullet train prototype sets global speed record at 450 km/h in test run - Hindustan Times (www.hindustantimes.com)
from schizoidman@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.ml on 30 Dec 2024 07:53
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Valmond@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2024 09:11 next collapse

A record in what? It’s far behind the world records.

PanArab@lemmy.ml on 30 Dec 2024 18:01 collapse

Maybe maybe not. That TGV was just an engine car.

SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world on 30 Dec 2024 09:21 next collapse

Up next: not to be left behind, the west invests in creating an even faster train - codenamed “Snowpiercer.”

AlexisFR@jlai.lu on 30 Dec 2024 11:20 next collapse

Ah yes beating the global speed record of 574,8 km/h!

PanArab@lemmy.ml on 30 Dec 2024 18:00 collapse

On conventional rail? I think you mean that one TGV example with no cars or passengers just an engine car?

ramble81@lemm.ee on 30 Dec 2024 17:28 next collapse

That’s a bit disingenuous of a headline. They compared a prototype to an inservice production speed. As stated, other prototypes have exceeded 500km/h. Now if this goes into service it’ll hold the record there.

PanArab@lemmy.ml on 30 Dec 2024 17:56 next collapse

Can it go this fast while in service? Is it practical to do so? Where does this leave Maglev?

While the country’s high-speed rail system has yet to turn a profit on a national scale

Lots of brainworms in this sentence. It is never the purpose of infrastructure projects to turn a profit.

mosscap@slrpnk.net on 30 Dec 2024 21:03 next collapse

It must be nice to live in a country that is capable of building things other than highways and single-family home suburban developments.

SplashJackson@lemmy.ca on 31 Dec 2024 01:10 collapse

How are they with angles?

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 31 Dec 2024 01:26 collapse

They can sometimes be obtuse, but otherwise mostly acute