They will travel (with passenger) with 385km/h. That would be a new record. Until now the fastest travel with 350km/h.

But of course the "top speed" without passenger is much much higher.

I think this speed is just for headlines, morjority of trains on the line run at 250km/h, because it's a lot cheaper than running them at 350km/h.

Sounds about right. The Shanghai maglev works this way, as an example, travelling at 430kph a few times per day then 300kph the rest: http://www.smtdc.com/en/jszl1_2.html

Source? Article says top design speed is 350km/h.

World records:

>The world record for a conventional wheeled passenger train is held by France's TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse), set in 2007 when it reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph) on a 140 km section of track.[1]

>Japan's experimental maglev train L0 Series achieved 603 km/h (375 mph) on a 42.8 km magnetic levitation track in 2015

I daresay it might be a record for China.

Not even a record for China. Seems to be a record just for that train, or that train on that track, or something. Hard to say...

Even the Germans in 1938 were faster with a Car on the "Autobahn" :D

"Driving a Mercedes-Benz W125 Rekordwagen, essentially a W125 with streamlined bodywork and a larger engine, Caracciola set a new average speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9 mph) for the flying kilometre and 432.4 kilometres per hour (268.7 mph) for the flying mile..." -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Caracciola

The point isn't really how fast it is, the point is how fast it is AS well as how connected it is to China. You have French trains that go 600 km/h or whatever and that's cool yes but have you seen a French transit system at that speed connecting the entire country together? Nope