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04-09-2010, 08:44 AM
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| 500km/h train in China
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can take 112 passengers
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04-09-2010, 08:55 AM
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#2 | | Witness protection
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the 70% chinese content worries me, especially after all the posts here on RS of chinese built cars 
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04-09-2010, 09:03 AM
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#3 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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kind of surprising it only takes 112 passengers? A lot of planes can handle more then that.
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04-09-2010, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by dutch  kind of surprising it only takes 112 passengers? A lot of planes can handle more then that. | planes are also uncomparably huge
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04-09-2010, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by asian_XL 70% Made in China
can take 112 crash test dummies | Fixed. Quote:
Originally Posted by dutch kind of surprising it only takes 112 passengers? A lot of planes can handle more then that. | Comparing a train to a plane? 
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04-09-2010, 09:48 AM
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#6 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Not going near that fucking thing. Ever.
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04-09-2010, 01:22 PM
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#7 | | Banned (ABWS)
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holy crap..the great train of china..those guys are workaholics not like the lazy fucks we got around here with 10guys controlling traffic and 1 guy on a bulldozer,excavator and compactor
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04-09-2010, 01:24 PM
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so is there a article ?
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04-09-2010, 02:29 PM
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#9 | | RS controls my life!
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04-09-2010, 02:53 PM
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#10 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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watch the train tracks being stolen in the next month.
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04-09-2010, 03:07 PM
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is it magno-lev technology? That's nice it's quite smooth.
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04-09-2010, 03:15 PM
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#12 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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Didn't this open a few years ago?
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04-09-2010, 04:52 PM
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#13 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Originally Posted by hk20000 is it magno-lev technology? That's nice it's quite smooth. | so silent that the passengers wont know before they crash
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04-09-2010, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by CPE Didn't this open a few years ago? | yea, i thought it opened last year. it cost more than a plane ticket.
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04-09-2010, 06:36 PM
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^ the last one can go up to 350km/h only and take more people.
and what can skytrain go, huh? 70? 80km/h...I LOL
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04-09-2010, 07:02 PM
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#16 | | I don't get it
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lol so much hate on chinese quality. to be fair i think most of the shitty quality chinese products are made because shady companies try to cut cost, and eventually get busted and bankrupt.
This train is funded by the government isn't it? I think the quality comparison would be completely different then.
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04-09-2010, 07:22 PM
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#17 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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Chinese-made products are fine as long there's quality-control. IE. Take a look at the iPhone.
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04-09-2010, 07:45 PM
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#18 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by Gumby
Comparing a train to a plane? |
Its a fairly common comparison. Environmental impact, convenience, price to ride, cost to construct, comfort, speed, number of passengers.
I'm willing to bet, initially this train will cost more to ride initially then a plane would cost.
Airlines are definitely competing with trains these days: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchin...nt_9462903.htm
Don't get me wrong, i think trains are awesome and i wish we had more here. I'm just surprised the capacity on this one is so low. If its 112 passengers per car and is expandable, it's awesome. But the OP implied that the capacity for the whole train is 112.
The shinkansen does way more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E1_Series_Shinkansen | |
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04-09-2010, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Toeknee lol so much hate on chinese quality. to be fair i think most of the shitty quality chinese products are made because shady companies try to cut cost, and eventually get busted and bankrupt. |
Companies go to China for the cheap manufacturing but ultimately the quality is up to the Chinese manufacturer. It shouldn't be up to large conglomerates to micromanage the quality of a company they've contracted to.
The failure isn't with "shady companies", its with Chinese manufacturers who want to maximize profits by shaving operating costs.
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04-09-2010, 09:05 PM
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#20 | | I don't get it
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^ I can't think of a single western company that has outsourced their production to China ending up getting slammed for the quality. Companies over here take a lot of precautions and abide a lot of standards and codes, and they would of course have quality assurance at the end of the assembly line.
What I meant by "shady companies" refer the mainlander companies. They have less training with engineering ethics or engineering codes/standards to follow. Some of them have no moral either, that's why you see the toy export recalls or some guys reusing trash oil for cooking oil in restaurants.
But this 500km/h train has got to be funded by the government... and i'd believe they would have tighter quality checks than the average companies. Because if someone dies because of cutting corners for this construction, pretty sure someone would end up getting the death penalty (less incentive to cut corners)...
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04-09-2010, 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Toeknee lol so much hate on chinese quality. to be fair i think most of the shitty quality chinese products are made because shady companies try to cut cost, and eventually get busted and bankrupt.
This train is funded by the government isn't it? I think the quality comparison would be completely different then. | wrong. government funded projects dont cut corners to cut cost, but cut corners so the higher ups can pocket the money.
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04-09-2010, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by asian_XL ^ the last one can go up to 350km/h only and take more people.
and what can skytrain go, huh? 70? 80km/h...I LOL | skytrain travels within the city... these go between cities...  | |
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04-09-2010, 10:15 PM
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I get to ride this in May... I will let you know if I die by using RS Mobile, ok?
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04-09-2010, 10:26 PM
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skytrain failed comparing with that train
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04-09-2010, 10:28 PM
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#25 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by roastpuff I get to ride this in May... I will let you know if I die by using RS Mobile, ok? | Then you must use your very last seconds on planet earth to post a reply in this thread!
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