On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:46:18 +0100, "JohnT" wrote:
>"Martin" wrote in message
>news:9hvo451h3a758u74p2h02jj45l0i8r5slo@4ax.com...
>> 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
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>
>
>What about London to Brighton in 4 minutes. Average speed 765 mph. Details
>at
>http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/history/interludes.htm
and it was already possible 50 years ago, but hushed up by MI5.
How about Paris to Heathrow in 5 minutes with Mixi in overdrive?
--
Martin
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