The train that never stops at a station

No time is wasted. The bullet train is moving all the time. If there are 30 stations between Beijing and Guangzhou , just stopping and accelerating again at each station will waste both energy and time.

A mere 5 min stop per station (elderly passengers cannot be hurried) will result in a total loss of 5 min x 30 stations or 2.5 hours of train journey time!

How it works (view the movie - in mandarin though!):
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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• China
• train
• innovation
• time
• save

[Moosepiesandwich]

Sure beats my giant hook on a bungee cord idea.

[Innovations1]

The car apparently goes from zero to matching the speed of the train in less than a train length. If we are speaking of a high speed train that is a huge accelleration force. If we aren't speaking of a high speed train are we really saving that much over just letting the train stop?

[EdotheHero]

@Innovations1 time is money, my friend

[nayjayjee]

I ride a commuter train each day. I would LOVE it if our trains did this! For starters, we wouldn't have to wait out in the cold, heat, wind, snow, rain, ice, fog, etc. Plus, we could (if we wished) start working or playing on our laptops (or sleep!) on the top train while we wait for the bottom train to get us. It would also be nice to sit down and wait for the train to come instead of standing in line waiting for a noisy train to arrive. I don't see how a commuter would resist this idea.

[FredericAzar]

How is this related to environment and saving energy? Is this only for saving time?

[dholakiav]

@muteland Well, one might just have to stay in the top car until next train comes to travel further.

[muteland]

@lucaslee1991 What if you want to travel more than one stn on the the top car?, just works for one stn.

[pooriashams]

Come on people. It's not about saving time. Don't u study energy courses in ur BS? It's about saving a huge amount of fuel. Train is heavy like crazy. Each time u start accelerating, u need a huge amount of energy. In this way, u save all that. Remember regenerative braking in hybrid cars. This is far more superior.

[lucaslee1991]

@nelcimpilot the train on top is to carry the passengers to the next station ,but the train downside ,don't stop until arrive to the final destination . Do u get me ? it save a lot of time for the people who wanna direct travel...

[yusufjojo1]

I was thinking the same thing!! Im telling lots of people but they just don't get it. Im glad that there's someone out there who understands the concept.

[lickingfrog]

@Innovations1 its 5min STOPPED... we would save time anyway, any time saved already worths it...

[darockk]

@Daystar2006

but what would be the point of this idea, the 2nd train of equal length and size is going to be using heaps of energy to slow up and slow down. One major point of the whole idea is to use less energy.