High Speed Narrow Gauge

Tilting train en-route from Nagoya to Nagano at 120 KPH

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• railway
• tilt
• japan

[EAFSQ9]

Not really high speed.(Queensland, Australia) has the fastest narrow gauge train, the Tilt Train, and has been clocked at 210.6km/h on a test run)

[Korschtal]

Maybe not- it's not the fatest in Japan, but in the UK most people experience narrow gauge trains travelling at 20-25 km/h, so this is positively supersonic by comparison.

[unixsuperuser]

I am not sure, but everywhere in the USA is different. In California, the HUGE Amtrak Diesel Electric trains go about 140 km/h (80 MPH) but I cannot recall if its narrow guage track or standard guage. The trains in Japan are better!!!! :)

[Korschtal]

If it's in the US I reckon it's standard gauge- I've njever heard of a narrow gauge AMTRAK route, but I could be wrong...

[serbetli100]

The regulation is only applied for ordinary lines having crossings.

[serbetli100]

In Japan, there is a regulation train must completely stop within 600m. 120km or 130km with higher braking system is the maximum speed to clear that regulation.

[bebtozoltan55]

Zoltan Bebto from Budapest. Hungary,Europe.

[clubpenguin777]

There are narrow gauge trains in Australia that travel at 210km/h.

[ihate66]

@Korschtal  Most people in the uk will never see a narrow gauge railway let alone ride on one!!! the uk is standard gauge....some private lines are narrow gauge and because they are in private hands they are restricted to 25 mph.

[asopusa1029]

sorry but i dont know much about the philippine railways and i dont know where you can get other info about this....japan railways is soooo beautiful compared to the philippine railways...

[Korschtal]

Just listening to the video again, there is sectional track here too...