Official media reports suggest Chinese leader appears to be taking bullet trains more often when he goes on tour, with sources and observers saying railway offers security and flexibility, and more opportunity to see what’s happening on the ground.

Unparalleled, nation-wide coverage has virtually turned China’s high-speed rail network into a giant version of a city’s metro grid.

These trains run at 300-350 km/h, while being both a lot cheaper and more convenient than flying.

When the next generation of 600-km/h maglev trains come fully into service, there’s going to be no point in flying at all.

  • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    23·
    1 year ago

    Rare Poe’sBetteridge’s Law L

    The 1,300km route between the two cities takes less than 4½ hours by bullet train.

    Delhi to Mumbai is 1400km and takes 20+ hours by train for reference.

      • loathsome dongeater@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        17·
        1 year ago

        The trains aren’t bullet trains. We are just living in the 2000s. There are a handful of high speed trains in India but their max speed is 160km/h.

      • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
        11·
        1 year ago

        Theoretically it could be done in 11 and a half hours, but practically the train doesn’t always go at top speed and there are stops along the way so more realistically something like 13 and a half to 14 hours. Perhaps a little more if there are delays here and there.

        Edit: this was assuming that the track goes in a straight line as the plane flies, in reality the distance the track covers would be slightly longer just like when you’re driving, so add another 10%. It’s still much faster than driving and way less stressful than flying.

      • M500@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        About the same as a plane if it was a direct next gen maglev.