They're planning on building a line of these trains from Tokyo to Osaka which will do the 200+ mile trip in 67 minutes!!!

  • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I've traveled several times by high speed rail and they were the most pleasant trips I've ever taken. It's incredibly fun to watch the landscape whiz by from the comfort of a spacious train car with natural lighting instead of a cramped airplane cabin.

    • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Where'd you go? I've traveled on some ICE trains around Central Europe, but they don't get to super high speeds. My favourite trip was from Guangzhou to Guilin—that was a stupid fast HSR that had a speedometer so I could see the zoom zoom.

    • spectre [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      There were a lot more tunnels than I expected. I'd love to ride one across the American Southwest someday, that particular route is probably less economically viable than most, but idk