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latenlazy

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Why is train service in North America so terrible compared to Europe and Asia? We really need to invest more into it

In addition to all the reasons previously stated, I suspect car and plane lobbyists killed all hopes of the US changing its transportation infrastructure model.

A netizen was able to provide the information regarding the cost for the average fare on the Guangzhou-Wuhan high-speed rail line. When the complete line is finished next year, the Beijing-Shanghai line will be comparable in length and ticket costs should be similar to Guangzhou-Wuhan line.

To be honest I don't think those costs will hold. On one hand it's great that China has so many high speed rail lines now (it really saves me commute time when traveling there), but they probably overestimated short term demand, even for a popular route like Beijing-Shanghai.
 
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bd popeye

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A man pulls his suitcase over a bridge above traffic in Hong Kong on December 4, 2010. About 25 percent of Hong Kong's population wants to leave the city to escape its notoriously polluted air, which has been described as a health crisis, said a survey released November 29. Emissions from the factory belt in southern China over Hong Kong's northern border combined with local emissions from power plants and transport have generated a thick blanket of haze over the city in recent years.

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An octopus is released by a group of Buddhists into Victoria harbour in Hong Kong on December 4, 2010. The group gather regularly to release fish left unsold from Hong Kong's thriving local markets, back into the harbour, while offering prayers of long life and freedom from future captors.

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Sailing boats float on the water in the shadow of highrise buildings seen through haze at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on December 4, 2010.

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Taiwanese people gather to view an array of products at the IT Month Show, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. The exhibition showcases computer and peripherals companies in Taiwan.

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A police boat speeds along on Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong on December 4, 2010. AFP PHOTO / ED JONES (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)

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BEIJING, CHINA - DECEMBER 02: Chinese actress Miumiu arrives ahead of the Men's Bazaar Awards Ceremony at the Guomao Exhibition Centre on December 2, 2010 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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A Chinese worker labor on a construction site in Beijing, China, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. China's leadership ordered a shift from easy credit to a "prudent monetary policy" on Friday as Beijing steps up its fight against inflation and tries to guide rapid growth to a sustainable level.
 

bladerunner

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Re: The Fastest Train in the World is in China!!

I wonder how they would operate HSR in regions that can have very heavy snowfalls etc, and what about in areas where the share common trks with the regular train, smashing into a snow drift at 400kph would be horrendous. Plus don't the regular engines have cattle fenders etc,
 

latenlazy

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Re: The Fastest Train in the World is in China!!

I wonder how they would operate HSR in regions that can have very heavy snowfalls etc, and what about in areas where the share common trks with the regular train, smashing into a snow drift at 400kph would be horrendous. Plus don't the regular engines have cattle fenders etc,

For the most part the tracks are made exclusively for high speed rail. The HSR only uses conventional track at low speed portions of it's line. I'd imagine operational speed might be lower when it's snowing and they probably actively clear snow from the tracks and use de-icing agents.
 

solarz

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Re: The Fastest Train in the World is in China!!

hmmm you've heard of toilet seat covers right?:D

LOL, when's the last time you've been to China? Considering that you have to bring your own toilette paper to most public washrooms, I seriously doubt you'll find toilet seat covers on a train with thousands and thousands of people on it.
 

bluewater2012

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ehhh.... i think that's still preferable than sitting on a seat used by thousands, no, tens of thousands of other people.

Not to mention this kind of toilet can also be turned into a squat toilet by pref. just by squatting on top of the toilet seat. Trust me many will prefer to do this before they get comfortable with it. :D
 

bd popeye

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Firefighters enter an Internet cafe following an explosion, downtown of Kaili city in Miao-Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Qiandongnan, in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. An explosion caused by stored chemicals killed six people and injured 37 at the Internet cafe in southwest China. (AP Photo)

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In photos taken on December 4, 2010 Chinese firefighters remove the bodies of victims from the rubble of an Internet cafe following an explosion in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou province. At least six people were killed and 34 injured when a powerful explosion hit the Internet cafe, reducing it to ruins, state media reported.

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In a picture taken on December 4, 2010 Chinese jobseekers catch up on some last minute revision as they wait to take the civil service examination to apply for government jobs in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. Statistics included in China's 'white paper' on the nation's human resources, released on in September 2010, suggest that around 22 percent of China's labour force is without jobs.

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In a picture taken on December 4, 2010 Chinese jobseekers arrive to take the civil service examination to apply for government jobs in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. Statistics included in China's 'white paper' on the nation's human resources, released on in September 2010, suggest that around 22 percent of China's labour force is without jobs.

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Chinese volunteers keep order in a bus transferring dogs to a new asylum in Houwei village of Pukou district in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province Saturday Dec. 4, 2010. More than 200 volunteers and dozens of vehicles were used to relocate 1,500 stray dogs kept by a local dog shelter. (AP Photo)

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Pro-democracy protesters holding banners bearing photos of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo march to the Chinese government liaison office in Hong Kong on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. Protesters rallied in Hong Kong for the release of the jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner. Liu, a writer, was jailed in December 2009 for 11 years on subversion charges after co-authoring 'Charter 08', a manifesto that spread quickly on the Internet calling for political reform and greater rights in China.

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Actress Novia Lin is seen at the awarding ceremony of the 54th Asia Pacific Film Festival in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Dec. 4, 2010. A total of 56 films from 18 countries and regions were sent to the festival. (Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng)

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TAIPEI, CHINA - DECEMBER 04: Taiwanese actress Timimi Chen arrives at the 54th Asian Pacific Film Festival red carpet at the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on December 4, 2010 in Taipei, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

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TAIPEI, CHINA - DECEMBER 04: Taiwanese model Patina arrives at the 54th Asian Pacific Film Festival red carpet at the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall on December 4, 2010 in Taipei, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
 

siegecrossbow

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22 percent of workers don't have a job? I didn't know that unemployment was this bad...
 

bd popeye

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22 percent of workers don't have a job? I didn't know that unemployment was this bad...

If that "white paper" is stating 22% unemployment in China I feel that is wrong..or perhaps it is counting the seasonal migrant workers as unemployed.
 
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