How fast?! China tests 300-mph super high-speed train
'We aims to ensure the safety of trains operation,' maker says

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China Daily / ReutersVisitors board a new testing model of a CSR high-speed bullet train during its launching ceremony in Qingdao, Shandong province on Friday.



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BEIJING — China launched a super-rapid test train over the weekend which is capable of travelling 310-miles per hour (500 kilometers per hour), state media said on Monday, as the country moves ahead with its railway ambitions despite serious problems on its high-speed network.
The train, made by a subsidiary of CSR Corp Ltd , China's largest train maker, is designed to resemble an ancient Chinese sword, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
It "will provide useful reference for current high-speed railway operations", it quoted train expert Shen Zhiyun as saying.
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But future Chinese trains will not necessarily run at such high speeds, CSR chairman Zhao Xiaogang told the Beijing Morning News.
"We aims to ensure the safety of trains operation," he said.
China's railway industry has had a tough year, highlighted by a collision between two high-speed trains in July which killed at least 40 people. Construction of new high-speed trains in China has since been a near halt.
In February, the railways minister, Liu Zhijun, a key figure behind the boom in the sector, was dismissed over corruption charges that have not yet been tried in court.

 

Would I ride in it? No.

 

Why ? ~> LOL ~>
Hi EnZo `Brock, I sure hope Santa was good to you this year I guess you will just have 2 mod your Monte to `go 300 MPH + I was go'in 2 send U a Ticket 2 Ride, but I guess I will just send it 2 `Taz LOL..

 

That is perfectly fine with me. I would rather go 150 in my falling apart monte then 200 in a train. At least if I loose control its my fault, in a train, there isnt much you can do about it.

 

You probably wouldn't feel like your going 300.

 

Yeah i doubt you would feel the speed in the train, rather do 275 in a SSC

 

I'll pass
A i'll never be in China
B 300+ mph on 2 metal rails is just asking for trouble

 

Id ride,be better if it was american made but the faster the better

 

No i'm crazy but not that crazy ! Lol

 

I'd love to take it for a test run LOL...It's be great to be up front with the driver/operator...
I'd make sure I put on my safety belt ~> & I hope they have a surround sound system & surround body airbags + caskets 4 everyone that's on this SuperTrainRocket...

China is still the world's largest nation with 1.3 billion people ...I hope the USA can keep peace with China & that we can learn to work together to make it a better world for `all.
We have many problems, & so does China...They have major corruption problems, and I think the USA does also .

We all need good honest leaders....We should put all the bad ones on a test train @ 500 MPH 2 hell non STOP ~>`amen