China Debuts the World's Fastest Train

An anonymous reader writes "China unveiled their new high speed train that clocks in at an average of 217 mph. China's new rail service travels through 20 cities along its route, connecting central China and less developed regions to the larger and more industrial Pearl River Delhi. Seimens, Bombardier and Alstom worked together to design and build this feat of modern transportation, which topped out at a whopping 245mph (394km/h) during trial runs earlier in December."

Re:Pearl River Delta??

[eln]

No no, they mean the Pearl River Deli. It's on the East Side, and their pastrami on rye is to die for. I don't know how they got a train to go there all the way from China, but it sounds like I'm going to have to start getting my lunch earlier to beat the rush!

Re:Nice

[jimbobborg]

It's China, they just throw the people off the train as they pass their station.

Re:China debuts human rights abuses

[Anonymous Coward]

Stop turning over your livelihood and savings to buy your own little slice of the American McDream(tm).

You're very proud of that little bon mot, aren't you?

Big Picture: this is no surprise at all

[blind biker]

The US and the whole western world have almost completely outsourced their whole production and with it, the technology, to China. When I visited the various Smithsonian museums, just for shits and giggles I asked at the souvenir shops if they had a single item that wasn't made in China. I repeated this little game in various museums. Try as they may, the shopkeepers weren't able to find a single fucking item that wasn't Made in China. Not one. This just to illustrate you the magnitude of production in China, and the magnitude of how much the west has given up. The Chinese aren't idiots; they learn and are about to surpass the west in many technological areas.

Re:245mph max speed? Not so impressive

[WinPimp2K]

But the real questions is:

how fast will it run Ruby (on rails)?

Re:Siemens, not Seimens...

[AP31R0N]

Siemans not Semens.

Re:China A Developing Country?

[Gerafix]

Yeah, sorry. I don't have maps and my education such as like South Africa and the Iraq has not build up yet.

Re:China debuts human rights abuses

[Aeros]

I know..I give up..why bother

cool

[r00t]

Very easy, as long as it is not in my back yard!

We routed it through your front yard. At that point it's elevated 9 feet, leaving a 6-foot gap underneath so you can get your car into the garage.

Re:Siemens, not Seimens...

[GNUThomson]

Siemens, not Seimens...

It's Seimens alright. The cheap China fake one.