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China unveils world's fastest train, at 350 km/hr
The high-speed train travels on the new Wuhan-Guangzhou railway in
Wuhan, Hubei province.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
China now develops the world's fastest train -- the China Railway High-Speed
(CRH) -- that rockets at an average speed train of 350 km per hour! The super-high-speed train connects the cities of
Guangzhou, which is a business hub in southern China near Hong Kong, and Wuhan (a metropolis in central China).
It is a distance of 1,069 km that takes only three hours to complete in the new
high-speed train.
China has been developing the train for a while now, along with
Siemens, Bombardier and Alstom. The CRH can zoom at speeds of 394 km per hour. With this,
China's rail network of high-speed lines has risen to over 74,000 miles.
Test runs for the rail link began earlier in December during which it recorded a
maximum speed of 394.2 km per hour and the operations officially began on
December 26, 2009 said Xu Fangliang, general engineer in charge of designing the
link, according to Xinhua. China plans to build 42 more high-speed passenger rail lines -- of about 13,000
miles -- over the next three years. This network will cover more than 90 per
cent of the population, reports said. |
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The TGV train of France |
The TGV
train of France
The TGV is France's high-speed rail service developed by
GEC- Alsthom (now Alstom) and SNCF, the French national rail operator, and operated primarily by SNCF. Following the
inaugural TGV service between Paris and Lyon in 1981, the TGV network, centred
on Paris, has expanded to connect cities across France and in adjacent
countries. It holds the record for the fastest wheeled train, having reached
574.8 km/h (357 mph) on 3 April 2007, and also holds the world's highest
average speed for a regular passenger service. TGV is a registered trademark of
SNCF. TGV is an acronym for train grande vitesse, French for "high-speed
train".
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The
Bullet Train of Japan
Bullet trains or Shinkansen is a network of
high- speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies.
Test run speeds of the train have been 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail
in 1996, and up to a world record of 581 km/h (361 mph) for maglev trainsets, in
2003. Bullet trains or Shinkansen is the world busiest high-speed rail and carries
375,000 passengers a day. The name of Bullrt train is due to the Shinkansen
locomotive's resemblance to a bullet and its high speed.
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The bullet train (Shinkansen) of Japan |
The Eurostar train of England
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The Eurostar train of England |
The ICE/Nachtzug train of Germany |
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Trans-Siberian Railways Russia |
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The KTX train South Korea |
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Great Southern Rail Limited Australia |
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