Re:China approves $36B railway plan for Jing-Jin-Ji megacity
by seanmcdirmid on Monday November 28, 2016 @11:15AM
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Switzerland can't support TVG-style speeds because of its topology (too many mountains, curves), but then again, the country is small enough that you can get to Zurich from Geneva in ~2 hours 46 minutes.
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Re:China approves $36B railway plan for Jing-Jin-Ji megacity
by melling on Monday November 28, 2016 @12:06PM
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According to this, they have more hsr than the US:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high-speed_railway_l...
Re:China approves $36B railway plan for Jing-Jin-Ji megacity
by seanmcdirmid on Monday November 28, 2016 @01:27PM
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For Geneva to Zurich, only one segment of it (beyond Bern, stopping before Zurich) is > 200 km.