Unparalleled, nation-wide coverage has virtually turned China’s high-speed rail network into a giant version of a city’s metro grid.
These trains run at 300-350 km/h, while being both a lot cheaper and more convenient than flying.
When the next generation of 600-km/h maglev trains come fully into service, there’s going to be no point in flying at all.
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Poe’sBetteridge’s Law LDelhi to Mumbai is 1400km and takes 20+ hours by train for reference.
Those last 100kms must be uphill.
The trains aren’t bullet trains. We are just living in the 2000s. There are a handful of high speed trains in India but their max speed is 160km/h.
3944km from New York to LA. Wonder how long it would take if there was a bullet train.
Theoretically it could be done in 11 and a half hours, but practically the train doesn’t always go at top speed and there are stops along the way so more realistically something like 13 and a half to 14 hours. Perhaps a little more if there are delays here and there.
Edit: this was assuming that the track goes in a straight line as the plane flies, in reality the distance the track covers would be slightly longer just like when you’re driving, so add another 10%. It’s still much faster than driving and way less stressful than flying.
About the same as a plane if it was a direct next gen maglev.