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Gululu 01-14-2016 05:49 PM

High speed rail network in China as of 2015
 

MG1 01-14-2016 06:24 PM

Wow, awesome........... I want to move to china. All that hi tech and planning. I'm impressed.

Gululu, you must be very proud of your country and countrymen's accomplishments. This is such a positive. Please, keep giving us more positives.

rb 01-14-2016 06:33 PM

First thing on my mind on when I read high speed railway and china...


StylinRed 01-14-2016 06:46 PM

they depended on German and American engineers etc and still cocked it up... I would say you should give it some time before riding on it, but i'd be afraid that bit of 'wait and see' time will end up giving the system time to wear out and crash when you finally think it's safe ;)

fliptuner 01-14-2016 06:53 PM

derailment in 3...2....

xXSupa 01-14-2016 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by fliptuner (Post 8717161)
derailment in 3...2....

There has already been several derailments in the past lol.

The trains used to travel at speeds of ~450km/h. After several accidents and adjustments, the trains now travel at a max speed of ~310km/h. Haven't had any accidents since (that I know of).

I've rode in those high speed trains a couple of times. The inside is very nice and spacious.

willystyle 01-14-2016 07:20 PM

To be fair.

New York Times:

Quote:

statistics suggest that China’s high-speed trains have actually proved to be one of the world’s safest transportation systems.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/bu...ty-record.html

Tim Budong 01-14-2016 07:30 PM

Us chinese have a good track record when it comes to railways...
hate china..but from family members that have been on the train, it is nice and spacious inside

tool001 01-14-2016 07:58 PM

the day china stops reverse engineering,... stealing trade secrets, research, intellectual property, and repackaging and selling products, undercutting companies/people who actually did the research.

that day will be china's doom

http://fortune.com/2013/04/15/did-ch...h-speed-train/

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014...07353221141616

skiiipi 01-14-2016 08:01 PM

I recently tried the highspeed train in China.
The hard product is nice, the seats recline fully flat
The rear seat entertainment system wasn't working and a lot of the time there was no cell reception.
There was no service to speak of either, nobody came to check up to see if I needed water etc.

In comparison the Japanese Shinkansen was a much better experience even though the interior (green class) wasn't as nice. I never got a chance to ride the new gran class though

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psol3rraxd.jpg
China high speed rail seats

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psot8jleyp.jpg
Lots of leg room

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u...psh7awkx6v.jpg
Air conditioned cabin

TOPEC 01-14-2016 08:25 PM

pretty impressive, and yes there had been lots of accidents already relating to the high speed rail. GG to all domestic flights and the airline industry

ilovebacon 01-14-2016 08:31 PM

might be nice to get to visit every different part of china, but the air pollution is still crappy

asian_XL 01-14-2016 09:12 PM

Have they released the HK bookstore owner yet?

MG1 01-14-2016 09:52 PM

Lots of room for kids to pee.......... wait........... wrong thread.

StylinRed 01-14-2016 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willystyle (Post 8717170)

to be fair, it's based on Chinese govt data... :)

didn't that Chinese millionaire buy a stake in the NY times too? or was that just more of his crazy marketing

:D

Timpo 01-14-2016 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 8717159)
they depended on German and American engineers etc and still cocked it up... I would say you should give it some time before riding on it, but i'd be afraid that bit of 'wait and see' time will end up giving the system time to wear out and crash when you finally think it's safe ;)

American?

I might be wrong, but Chinese buy German, Japanese and Canadian bullet trains.

I know China bought Bombardier Zefiro from Canada, Kawasaki Shinkansen from Japan, and Transrapid Maglev from Germany.

FerrariEnzo 01-14-2016 11:06 PM

how many of those trains have shit stains? :badpokerface:

StylinRed 01-14-2016 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timpo (Post 8717250)
American?

I might be wrong, but Chinese buy German, Japanese and Canadian bullet trains.

I know China bought Bombardier Zefiro from Canada, Kawasaki Shinkansen from Japan, and Transrapid Maglev from Germany.

they had experts from all over, assisting in the designs is what I meant, wasn't speaking about the purchase of equipment

CP.AR 01-14-2016 11:28 PM

HK/Kowloon HSR Station.
GG

Tim Budong 01-15-2016 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CP.AR (Post 8717263)
HK/Kowloon HSR Station.
GG

YUP!

twitchyzero 01-15-2016 01:05 AM

as much as I nitpick on China's HSR safety track record...big props to them for creating sucha vast network within sucha short amount of time.
north america still stone age as fuck in that regard...may be hyperloop will still happen soon.

willystyle 01-15-2016 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 8717282)
north america still stone age as fuck in that regard..

Well, what do you expect? We don't have the population density to support a similar high-speed rail network.

MG1 01-15-2016 08:36 AM

Nor the slave labour - a work force that is well, forced.


On the other hand............... five supervisors watching one guy work........

willystyle 01-15-2016 09:52 AM

On the other hand, California is in talks of building a High-speed rail network. Hopefully they can make it work and extend it along the coastline up to Vancouver. This idea has been proposed for years.

And guess what? They are outsourcing from China for their "expertise" and "innovation".

Gululu 01-15-2016 10:14 AM

this is how China's high speed rail is built.



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