Comments on: Fastest Passenger Train http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2010/01/31/fastest-passenger-train/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2010/01/31/fastest-passenger-train/comment-page-1/#comment-9347 Andrew Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:43:50 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=11008#comment-9347 Thank you for the clarification. I tried to reconcile a number of sources, including Wikipedia, Daily Mail and the IET as best I could. When you try to reconcile test top speed, top speed during schedule and average scheduled speed, there's always going to be an error or two. Still, it's pretty nippy. Thank you for the clarification. I tried to reconcile a number of sources, including Wikipedia, Daily Mail and the IET as best I could. When you try to reconcile test top speed, top speed during schedule and average scheduled speed, there’s always going to be an error or two.
Still, it’s pretty nippy.

]]> By: P M J Davies http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2010/01/31/fastest-passenger-train/comment-page-1/#comment-9317 P M J Davies Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:30:29 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=11008#comment-9317 The information in this item is at best confused. The 279 km/h quoted for a TGV is an overall journey average speed. The TGV's travel at a top speed in service of 300 km/h (as does Eurostar) with the exception of the TGV POS, which travels at a top speed of 320 km/h in service.Some Shinkansen trains travel at a top speed of 300 km/h. The China Railways high speed trains have a top service speed of 350 km/h. The average speed over the 968 km Wuhan - Guangzhou line is given as 313 km/h The information in this item is at best confused. The 279 km/h quoted for a TGV is an overall journey average speed. The TGV’s travel at a top speed in service of 300 km/h (as does Eurostar) with the exception of the TGV POS, which travels at a top speed of 320 km/h in service.Some Shinkansen trains travel at a top speed of 300 km/h. The China Railways high speed trains have a top service speed of 350 km/h. The average speed over the 968 km Wuhan – Guangzhou line is given as 313 km/h

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