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Re:More emphasis on trains in Europe to replace flights by LatteLazy on Saturday February 15, 2020 @07:39PM (#22339063)
4 hours at 200mph is 800 miles. But no train does that over distance. Even the Japanese, with dedicated infrastructure for bullet trains and minimal political issues stop every few hundred km because they're at a city people want to get on or off at...
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Re:More emphasis on trains in Europe to replace flights by DiogenesKynikos on Sunday February 16, 2020 @04:15AM (#22340671)
The fastest Beijing - Shanghai trains take 4:18 to travel 809 miles.

The maximum speed that trains operate at in regular commercial service is 350 km/h (217 mph), so average speeds of nearly 200 mph are possible nowadays.

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