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Re: QR Tilt Train Speed Trials



Oliver Keating wrote:

> Nah thats not amazing. Over 500km/h is *amazing.* The swedish X2000 has
> reached 238km/h, and British trains reach can 225km/h. German trains can
> reach 280km/h in service. And French, Japanese, Italian and Spanish trains
> can all reach 300km/h in service. Now thats fast. But not as fast as the
> amazing 515km/h TGV speed record.

The difference is Oliver that QR trains run on 1067mm gauge (world's first 3ft
6ins main line railway) while the other above are standard gauge. That's wahat
makes it amazing.

Cheers

Garry