With ultra-fast journeys, connected comfort and exemplary punctuality, the Chinese high-speed train is redefining travellers’ priorities, to the point of suffocating domestic air traffic between ... Read more
Chinese trains now link Beijing to Shanghai in 4 hours 18 minutes. Even in the “slow” version, with stops, the journey takes less than 8 hours. With 100 trains a day on this line, frequency is optimal.
800 miles in 4.5 hours
For comparison, getting from Washington DC to NYC via Amtrak is 220 miles and takes 3.5 hours, 3 hours if you use the Acela “American high speed rail” with 37 lines a day, with the cheapest price being $80 (one way)
China’s fastest operating trains have a maximum speed of 350km/h and those tend to be the express lines, so I’m not sure what they tend to average but they sustain speed for the most part I think.
Acela’s the good one. Getting from Cincinnati to DC on the Cardinal takes anywhere from 14 to 20 hours and involves catching the train in Cincy at 2 or 3AM. If you miss that train there won’t be another for days. The bathrooms get so nasty that shit and piss slide around on the floor. Cost is on par with flying.
800 miles in 4.5 hours
For comparison, getting from Washington DC to NYC via Amtrak is 220 miles and takes 3.5 hours, 3 hours if you use the Acela “American high speed rail”
with 37 lines a day, with the cheapest price being $80 (one way)
Wow, our high-speed rail averages like 125kmh, while real high-speed rail tends to average 250kmh or more. lmao
China’s fastest operating trains have a maximum speed of 350km/h and those tend to be the express lines, so I’m not sure what they tend to average but they sustain speed for the most part I think.
Per the article, their fastest locomotives can now do 450 (!!!), but the infrastructure isn’t there to support those speeds yet.
And 100 trains a day means there is one leaving every 10-15 minutes. Most bus routes in the US don’t have that good of a frequency.
Acela’s the good one. Getting from Cincinnati to DC on the Cardinal takes anywhere from 14 to 20 hours and involves catching the train in Cincy at 2 or 3AM. If you miss that train there won’t be another for days. The bathrooms get so nasty that shit and piss slide around on the floor. Cost is on par with flying.