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What are the high speed trains in China called?

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What are the high speed trains in China called?

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  1. Slow.


  2. From Wikipedia:

    "Shanghai Maglev Train (Shanghai Transrapid) (Chinese: 上海磁浮示范运营线; pinyin: Shànghǎi Cífú Shìfàn Yùnyíng Xiàn; literally "Shanghai Magnetic Levitation Demonstration Operation Line")"

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Ma...

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    "China Railway High-speed (Simplified Chinese: 中国铁路高速, Traditional Chinese: 中國鐵路高速, Pinyin: Zhongguo Tielu Gaosu) or CRH"

    "China Railway High-speed" is literally what those characters mean.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Railw...

  3. MiGs?

  4. bullet train.

  5. yoka

  6. I believe they are bullet trains? I am not sure.

  7. bullet train

  8. In 2006, China has revealed a modified version of the Japanese Shinkansen E2-1000 series, it has been confirmed that an order of 60 8-car sets has been acquired, there will be 3 sets constructed and delivered by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, with the remainder to be constructed by Nanche Sifang in Qing-Tao, China. Later on, 3 more train types using technology from Bombardier, ICE 3 and Alstom.

    A conventional high-speed line based on InterCityExpress technology between Beijing and Tianjin is expected to open in 2007. The Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway is in an advanced phase of construction but it will only allow speeds of 200 km/h.

    Shanghai Maglev Train, a turnkey Transrapid maglev project imported from Germany, is capable of an operational speed of 430 km/h and of a top speed of 501 km/h, has connected Shanghai and Pu Dong International Airport since March, 2004. Note: except the rail between Guangzhou and Shenzhen,China still does not have high speed service between major cities, much the less well developed networks of France and Japan, but it is in the works.

    China has decided to build a second Transrapid maglev rail with a length of 160 km from Shanghai to Hangzhou (Shanghai-Hangzhou maglev line). Talks with Germany and Transrapid Konsortium about the details of the construction contracts have started. On March 7th, the Chinese Minister of Transportation was quoted by several Chinese and Western newspapers as saying the line was approved. Construction will probably start towards the end of 2006 and is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2010 Shanghai Expo, becoming the first inter-city Maglev rail line in commercial service in the world.

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