China to speed up bullet trains in September - state media

 

A CRH (China Railway High-speed) Harmony bullet inspection train leaves a train station for a railway inspection assignment, in Guiyang, Guizhou province October 8, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer/Files

 

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China plans to raise the speed of its bullet trains back up to 350 kph (217 mph), state media reported on Thursday, six years after a deadly high-speed rail crash prompted authorities to slow trains across the country.

 

Trains on China's high-speed rail network are designed to travel up to 350 kph, but Beijing ordered speeds to be cut to between 250-300 kph in 2011 after over 30 people were killed in a train crash in eastern Zhejiang province.

 

The Beijing News said the government planned to implement the increased speeds between Beijing and Shanghai in September, which would cut travel time to 4.5 hours from up to 6 hours currently.

 

China's newest "Fuxing" bullet trains, which were unveiled in June and are capable of top speeds of 400 kph, will be used for that journey, it said.

 

China is home to the world's longest high-speed rail network which competes heavily with domestic airlines. Of China's 31 provinces and regions, 29 are served by high-speed rail with only the regions of Tibet and Ningxia in the northwest yet to be connected.

 

(Reporting by Brenda Goh; Editing by Michael Perry)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-07-27

Velly safe Chinese engineering !

What could go wrong at 400 Kmh ? 

36 minutes ago, xerostar said:

Velly safe Chinese engineering !

What could go wrong at 400 Kmh ? 

Very clearly bigoted comment.  On the other hand it's also very clearly stupid.

impressive. wonder if the hyperloop will turn out to be even better.

3 hours ago, xerostar said:

Velly safe Chinese engineering !

What could go wrong at 400 Kmh ? 

 

Granted they were travelling a bit faster, but you could ask the crew of Challenger or Columbia.

 

Or the people on the Air France Concorde flight 4590 (about 400kph at take off, when the incident was initiated).

 

Or, from the nation whose reputation for technological excellence is second to none, how about the ICE train disaster (101 dead) at 200kph:

Eschede derailment - Wikipedia

 

"Velly" safe Western engineering?

 

 

Edited July 27, 20178 yr by Enoon

Absolutely fantastic piece of engineering. All the nay sayers about cheap Chinese junk are buyng just that....getting what they bought. Give the Chinese the specifications you really need and their engineering is world class. It is, for the time being, a low cost country....not a low quality country to produce goods in....although I suspect that will change in the not too distant future and the manufacturing hubs will move to other low cost countries but retain a high quality product. Myanmar and Indonesia come to mind.

Meanwhile, The UK, fifth largest economy in the world and THE INVENTOR OF RAILWAYS can't afford to electrify lines in the north and midlands! Hello! Hello! Is anyone in charge?

Get the shotgun and the Tweed shooting jacket Jeeves...the bounders on are on our doorstep!!!