Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run

Re:Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run by _trampeltier on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:47AM (#21322148)

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.

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Re:Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run by Stevvo on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @07:09AM (#21322284)

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.

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Re:Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run by robjan on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @07:44AM (#21322527)

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

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Re:Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run by trevyn on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @07:03AM (#21322248)

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

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Re:Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run by tim333 on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @07:23AM (#21322378)

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.

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Re:Trains reach record speed in Beijing-Zhangjiakou test run by _-___________-_ on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @07:25AM (#21322400)

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...

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