"Martin" wrote in message
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> On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:27:33 +0200, "Tim C." wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:00:08 +0100, Gerald Oliver Swift wrote in post :
>> :
>>
>>>>>> To settle arguments here, can anyone tell me what are the fastest
>>>>>> scheduled long distance trains in Britain?
>>>>>
>>>>>They don't exist, is the simple answer to your question.
>>>>>The shortest journey time between, for example, London and Edinburgh
>>>>>(400
>>>>>miles) by train is 4 hours 19 minutes. That's an average speed of
>>>>>(only)
>>>>>92.6 mph.
>>>>
>>>> Only? Try travelling in Holland or from Holland to Munich
>>>
>>> OK, Amsterdam to Munich is approx. 520 miles
>>> Fastest journey time is 7 hours 26 mins (2 ICE trains via Frankfurt)
>>> Average speed = 70mph
>>> Point taken!
>>>
>>> But now look at:-
>>>
>>> Beijing to Shanghai = 914 miles in 9 hours 44 mins = 94 mph
>>> Moscow to St. Petersburg = 443 miles in 4 hours 30 mins = 99 mph
>>> Rome to Milan = 366 miles in 3 hours 26 mins = 107 mph
>>> Seoul to Busan = 292 miles in 2 hours 40 mins = 110 mph
>>> Tokyo to Osaka = 345 miles in 2 hours 33 mins = 135 mph
>>> Madrid to Barcelona = 390 miles in 2 hours 43 mins = 144 mph
>>> Paris to Marseille = 485 miles in 3 hours 2 mins = 160 mph
>>>
>>> That puts Britain's so-called "high-speed trains" into perspective.
>>
>>
>>I don't know about the others, but the Madrid/Barcelona train is non-stop,
>>whereas you change include a change on the Am/Muc train.
>
> It doesn't seem to be possible without one change.
>
> Same distances all without changes
>
> Amsterdam Central -> Cologne HBF 2:38 no changes
> London -> York 1:58
> Amsterdam Brussels 2:44
> --
What about London to Brighton in 4 minutes. Average speed 765 mph. Details
at
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/history/interludes.htm
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JohnT
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