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World's Fastest Trains (PHOTOS)
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Wednesday, 19 June 2013 09:12
An increasing number of countries are turning to high-speed rail to link cities, citing its advantages over air travel for mid-distance trips. With well-designed and well-operated systems, weather conditions are less likely to affect journeys, proponents such as the US High Speed Rail Association say. It's not surprising that countries are pushing technological limits to provide the most efficient (and fastest) ways to travel by rail. In 2012, China launched the world's first-ever high-speed train capable of operating in extreme weather conditions, according to China Central TV. Japan has also started testing its floating magnetic levitation trains, which can travel up to 311 mph, according to the Daily Mail. Here, we take a look at the high-tech, high-speed trains of the world -- sleek innovations that zip to destinations, in mind-blowing speeds.
With a top, world record-breaking speed of 302.8 mph (486 kmph), China's CRH380A is one of the world's fastest trains. It was launched in 2010 and now serves the Shanghai-Nanjing, Shanghai-Hangzhou, and the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-Speed Railways. It has reduced the travel time between Shanghai and Hangzhou from 1 hour 18 minutes to 45 minutes, and travel time between Nanjing and Hangzhou reduced from 3 hour 19 minutes to 2 hour 48 minutes. Travel time may be shorter, but the CRH380A is still loaded with luxurious amenities, including deluxe seat compartments, a dining car, and a VIP sightseeing section with an electronic curtain and a driver's view of the running train, according toRailway-Technology.com.
Photos please see at http://www.weather.com/travel/worlds-fastest-trains-photos-20130616
