A record in what? It’s far behind the world records.
Up next: not to be left behind, the west invests in creating an even faster train - codenamed “Snowpiercer.”
Ah yes beating the global speed record of 574,8 km/h!
That’s a bit disingenuous of a headline. They compared a prototype to an inservice production speed. As stated, other prototypes have exceeded 500km/h. Now if this goes into service it’ll hold the record there.
Can it go this fast while in service? Is it practical to do so? Where does this leave Maglev?
While the country’s high-speed rail system has yet to turn a profit on a national scale
Lots of brainworms in this sentence. It is never the purpose of infrastructure projects to turn a profit.
It must be nice to live in a country that is capable of building things other than highways and single-family home suburban developments.
How are they with angles?
They can sometimes be obtuse, but otherwise mostly acute
