300mph Chinese train breaks record

[AtW]

AtW, if we had a high speed rail link from Birmingham, would you actually go anywhere, or just stay in your bedsit and moan about it?.

I go to London regularly.

More importantly high speed rail will help make "outer" cities more competitive in terms of being able to commute quickly, easier recruitment etc.

Why did you move to Newcastle anyway? Sounds like a tuliphole.

[DimPrawn]

Why did you move to Newcastle anyway? Sounds like a tuliphole.

I'd lived in Stevenage and Swindon and wanted to complete the hat trick.

[AtW]

I'd lived in Stevenage and Swindon and wanted to complete the hat trick.

You moved to fooking Newcastle - that's like nearly Scotland, fooking motorway ends there (at least according to Google maps), it could not have possibly been that bad in Swindon?

There is no fooking way someone like yourself who claims all the time to be as half as rich as threaded would move to Newcastle, not unless you are Mike Ashley, in which case I claim my five running shoes.

[TykeMerc]

I'd lived in Stevenage and Swindon and wanted to complete the hat trick.

You overshot by about 10 miles then, Sunderland would be better for that trio.

[Paddy]

They're not bad at dams either

Not bad women either

[d000hg]

There are many practical reasons such a train isn't suited for a country like ours which is 35X smaller and 2X as densely populated as China. Not that I expect AtW to be able to figure them out. It would suit Russia better.

[DimPrawn]

There are many practical reasons such a train isn't suited for a country like ours which is 35X smaller and 2X as densely populated as China. Not that I expect AtW to be able to figure them out. It would suit Russia better.

They have trains in Russia already.

[TykeMerc]

I worked for Railtrack 10 years ago and while doing some stuff for their civil engineering department who were working on the East Coast and High Speed Tunnel links their assertion was that they could put in high speed links for a sensible amount of money.

The stone in their shoe was public enquiries every few miles, every tunnel and bridge upgrade and massive amounts of NIMBYism. They reckoned that it increased cost and time by a factor of at least 10.

[RichardCranium]

They have trains in Russia already.

Pah! Not as good as a British armoured train:

[ Oi!, Gricerboy, leave those curtains alone. They're crusty enough already. ]

[minestrone]

I worked for Railtrack 10 years ago and while doing some stuff for their civil engineering department who were working on the East Coast and High Speed Tunnel links their assertion was that they could put in high speed links for a sensible amount of money.

The stone in their shoe was public enquiries every few miles, every tunnel and bridge upgrade and massive amounts of NIMBYism. They reckoned that it increased cost and time by a factor of at least 10.

You keep believing that Dr Snore.