New Beijing-Tianjing train sets record

New Beijing-Tianjing train sets record
WATCH VIDEOSource: CCTV.com
06-27-2008 14:42
A new Beijing-Tianjin suburban railway line was put through its paces on Tuesday. A China-made high-speed train was tested on the new rail line, hitting a record speed of 394 kilometers an hour.
A new Beijing-Tianjin suburban railway line was put through its
paces on Tuesday.




It took only five minutes for the train to go from zero to 300 kilometers an hour. The express hit a maximum speed of 394.5 kilometers per hour during the test, setting a world speed record for railway transport.

Beijing and Tianjin are 120 kilometers apart, and the train finished the journey in only 25 minutes and 20 seconds.

The train runs smoothly, so that passengers don't need to wear safety belts.

China developed the technology for high-speed trains with speeds of 200 kilometers an hour in 2004. Then the country developed its own trains with speeds of 300 kilometers and 350 kilometers per hour, becoming one of the few countries to have mastered the technology.

The Beijing-Tianjin inter-city express line is scheduled to open on August 1st, ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games.

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[abutulija]

the train is based on Siemens Velaro, just as ICE3 is. This is a little bit wider, and some other modifications were made. there is a good article on wikipedia about velaro.

[gammler0852]

the report is confusing

actually its the ICE3

yes under license from Siemens AG

[thomasfavier]

I'm going off the rails on a crazy train~

[TheDreamer138]

lots of people saying china copying but do you have such high speed train in service in your country? no other nations on earth today have trains faster than china in service right now.

[X0n3]

this is the german ICE3

[Trainmaster189]

At 1:26 , is it going to be the new paint scheme for the Chinese Velaro trains?

[andyhwang2009]

Very good ,beautiful , big, clean, fast train. Toilets (restroom) are  big and clean.

[andyhwang2009]

Very good , clean, big, fast  train.

[Seasue]

@ratanasu

United Kingdom of Drug Dealer!

[Seasue]

@tariq9900

sorry, Germany, japan and france had a hard time competing to sell their techonology to China. Your US can also do this. If you cannot, please don't blame China.