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Beijing-Shanghai Railway Restores 350 km/h Train Service

posted by mrpg on Saturday September 23 2017, @09:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the woosh dept.

takyon writes:

China is once again operating the world's fastest train service after a speed cap was lifted:

China increased the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Shanghai-Beijing line to 350 kilometers per hour yesterday, six years after a fatal accident led to a speed cap. The limit was reduced to 300kph after 40 people died in a high-speed train crash near Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, in July 2011.

The decision to increase the speed means that China once again has the world's fastest train service. The new limit cuts the time of the 1,318-kilometer journey between Shanghai and the capital to four hours and 28 minutes, saving passengers nearly an hour. A total of 14 trains a day will run between the two cities at the higher speed.

Also at Xinhua and NextBigFuture.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @10:58AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @10:58AM (#572070)

    Please use km/h and not kph.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @12:24PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @12:24PM (#572083)

    What's wrong with meters/second?

    • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday September 23 2017, @01:45PM (1 child)

      by isostatic (365) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 23 2017, @01:45PM (#572096) Journal

      Yes, 350kph is far too silly a speed, 9.7*10^1 m/s is far more useful.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @03:23PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 23 2017, @03:23PM (#572114)

        iso (static) = the perfect nick for ISO units!

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday September 23 2017, @03:26PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday September 23 2017, @03:26PM (#572115) Journal

    I did. Are you nitpicking in an alternate universe?

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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday September 23 2017, @04:39PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Saturday September 23 2017, @04:39PM (#572128) Homepage

    Kelvins per hectare?

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