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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 13 days ago

With its high-speed train, China has achieved what seemed impossible: flying is not profitable on an 808-mile route.

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With its high-speed train, China has achieved what seemed impossible: flying is not profitable on an 808-mile route.

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With its high-speed train, China has achieved what seemed impossible: flying is not profitable on an 808-mile route. - Evidence Network
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With ultra-fast journeys, connected comfort and exemplary punctuality, the Chinese high-speed train is redefining travellers’ priorities, to the point of suffocating domestic air traffic between ... Read more
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    Wow, our high-speed rail averages like 125kmh, while real high-speed rail tends to average 250kmh or more. lmao

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      China’s fastest operating trains have a maximum speed of 350km/h and those tend to be the express lines, so I’m not sure what they tend to average but they sustain speed for the most part I think.

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        Per the article, their fastest locomotives can now do 450 (!!!), but the infrastructure isn’t there to support those speeds yet.

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