Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn

Re:Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn by raverbashing on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @01:02PM (#8395991)

See the average speed of Acela trains (time vs distance) compared with TGV/Thalys/ICE

And don't you think Germany has more legacy constraints with a higher density and older tracks?

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Re:Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn by aidenn0 on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @02:41PM (#8396734)

Acela trains share track with freight, TGV and ICE certainly don't. This includes the requirement for safe collision with a freight train, which adds a lot of weight.

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Re:Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn by welterde on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @08:21PM (#8398713)

The ICE shares tracks with freight trains as well. Only the TGV has completely dedicated tracks afaik.

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Re:Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn by aidenn0 on Thursday October 02, 2014 @03:09PM (#8402467)

Thanks for the correction; ICE trainsets are still way lighter right?

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Re:Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn by welterde on Thursday October 02, 2014 @05:55PM (#8403314)

Depends.. ICE1 trainsets appear to be slightly heavier than the Acela, whereas the newer ones are lighter. But that seems to be mainly due to having no dedicated power cars (ICE1 and the Acela Express do have power cars).

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