i guess all this could be happening in usa, if usa would not have gone into wars in other countries instead spend this money in their own country. but alas, usa became greedy of oil resources and more power, did it in the name of saving other countries, bring it down. gotta learn lession, time is still there, respect others and get respect or become a history like uk
Btw, factsanddetails-com quoted "The Guangzhou-to-Wuhan high-speed trains average speed of up to 215 mph. Heavily subsidized trains, which require 11 hours from Guangzhou to Wuhan, cost $20.50 one-way. The cheapest seat on the bullet train costs $72 and are only 18 inches wide."
Seat width on NJ Transit trains ranges from perhaps 16-17 inches to 19 inches, so a five-abreast 18 inch width is not unreasonable. It's also in the vicinity of airline coach seat width.
And perhaps with much greater energy efficiency per unit of elbow room. Who knows?
But first they need to get the trains fully packed or at least reasonably fully packed. This could be done by making HSR costs less (NOT more) than those of air travel.
@Rickyrab I think the price matter. If I recalled correctly, last year when I took the train to Nanjing, the 2nd class costed me about 170 Yaun while the 1st class costs about 270 Yaun. It took me only about 45 min to get Nanjing, though. I bet for long distance ride, the 1st class cart will be full. You have to understand that this is not a plane, so 2nd class seating is very confortable. The train is very smooth and quiet, though.
@Rickyrab Last I checked your broke ass was begging us for a loan. Even the uniforms your soldiers wear are paid for courtesy of the credit card of China. Keep on pissing us off and eventually we'll stop leading you guys money. Then all your blacks and hispanics will turn on you and we'll just sit and watch and do nothing to help you.
Wow you can even see the engineer. It looks clean, comfortable, steady, and pretty quiet too. I really want to ride the train next time when I am going to China. Thanks for sharing the first hand experience on this high-speed train.
I love how you joe about trying to get into the cockpit on an American airline and then he just closes the door.
Thought you were gonna get the money shot out the front wind shield.
FelixMachina 2 weeks ago
Woooh! china is deifinetly on my to do list.
zomgtehrei 2 weeks ago
Amazing. China (and Japan and Western Europe) is definitely way ahead of us on this.
NintendoTogepi 8 months ago
I can see why China now wants to remove the "luxury seats" from the trains. See how much better occupied coach class is than first?
Rickyrab 10 months ago
i guess all this could be happening in usa, if usa would not have gone into wars in other countries instead spend this money in their own country. but alas, usa became greedy of oil resources and more power, did it in the name of saving other countries, bring it down. gotta learn lession, time is still there, respect others and get respect or become a history like uk
skinnyguay 10 months ago
Btw, factsanddetails-com quoted "The Guangzhou-to-Wuhan high-speed trains average speed of up to 215 mph. Heavily subsidized trains, which require 11 hours from Guangzhou to Wuhan, cost $20.50 one-way. The cheapest seat on the bullet train costs $72 and are only 18 inches wide."
XkaliburJ 10 months ago
@XkaliburJ
Seat width on NJ Transit trains ranges from perhaps 16-17 inches to 19 inches, so a five-abreast 18 inch width is not unreasonable. It's also in the vicinity of airline coach seat width.
Rickyrab 10 months ago
This is incredibly amazing.. a train that travels at half the average speed of a commercial jet airliner.
XkaliburJ 10 months ago
@XkaliburJ
And perhaps with much greater energy efficiency per unit of elbow room. Who knows?
But first they need to get the trains fully packed or at least reasonably fully packed. This could be done by making HSR costs less (NOT more) than those of air travel.
Rickyrab 10 months ago
Nice video, if you were a terrorist, you can easily hijack that cockpit.
ilvtofku 10 months ago
ha ha dumbass yanks can't build a train lie this to save their lives. TGV is even quiter IMO
evantis121 11 months ago
Where are the rest of the passengers? Can they afford to subsidize running empty trains?
cfc779 11 months ago
@cfc779 one cart of each train is 1st class, rest are 2nd class. I found 1st class always empty and 2nd class are of full always.
jpzhouutube 11 months ago
@jpzhouutube
hmm. I guess Chinese don't want the expensive level of service of first class just yet.
Rickyrab 10 months ago
@Rickyrab I think the price matter. If I recalled correctly, last year when I took the train to Nanjing, the 2nd class costed me about 170 Yaun while the 1st class costs about 270 Yaun. It took me only about 45 min to get Nanjing, though. I bet for long distance ride, the 1st class cart will be full. You have to understand that this is not a plane, so 2nd class seating is very confortable. The train is very smooth and quiet, though.
jpzhouutube 10 months ago
@Rickyrab Last I checked your broke ass was begging us for a loan. Even the uniforms your soldiers wear are paid for courtesy of the credit card of China. Keep on pissing us off and eventually we'll stop leading you guys money. Then all your blacks and hispanics will turn on you and we'll just sit and watch and do nothing to help you.
PorkChopMissPiggy 9 months ago
Wow you can even see the engineer. It looks clean, comfortable, steady, and pretty quiet too. I really want to ride the train next time when I am going to China. Thanks for sharing the first hand experience on this high-speed train.
wikct2 11 months ago