300mph Chinese train breaks record

[MrMark]

We're going to have Crossrail soon. Since only London matters that's all we need ?

[AtW]

isn't suited for a country like ours which is 35X smaller and 2X as densely populated as China.

Yes, high density of population (like Japan) is really bad for public transport links especially high speed rail (like in Japan).

Woot a "stupid" Chinese civilisation - they've only been around for a few thousand of years (that's like way more than England), and those "idiots" just insist on putting their hard earned money into high speed railway.

[NickFitz]

Isn't it nice having a train thread that isn't just threaded being a prat with his ladygricerboy sockpuppet

[NoddY]

No 'Anglo-Saxon' based economy has high speed rail: primacy of property in law.

[VectraMan]

and 120 mile track between London/Birmingham is still under discussion, ffs scheduled to go live in 2015, assuming some tory ******** who object to the line as it goes through their territory, ffs - in Spain when high speed rail was build MPs were lobbying hard to have a local station!!!

The proposed route is quite close to here, and I know someone who is at potential risk of having his house knocked down. Understandably he's not that keen that people are able to get from London to Birmingham quicker.

[AtW]

Understandably he's not that keen that people are able to get from London to Birmingham quicker.

Well tulip happens - he should get reasonable compensation and have his house knocked down without delay - it's not like it is a fancy to make the route go through his house, it just has to be pretty straight for high speed rail to work at max speed.

[minestrone]

It's astounding that only 1 person out of over 1 bln speaks out against communist Govt, still that's like more than in Russia...

It is astounding that they shoot a person a day for speaking out against their government, it is astounding that you have taken what I said and assume that only the shot speak out against the government.

Communism is a disease.

If I had said that in China I would be placed in prison.

[doodab]

Communism is quite a nice idea, in theory. It's letting people run it that makes it go wrong. Once we have benign artificial intelligences to make the decisions for us, it'll make a comeback.

[AtW]

Once we have benign artificial intelligences to make the decisions for us, it'll make a comeback.

WMSS

You will hear it on here first...

[minestrone]

Oh Karl the world isn't fair
It isn't and never will be
They tried out your plan
It brought misery instead
If you'd seen how they worked it you'd be glad you were dead
just like I'm glad I'm living in the land of the free
where the rich just get richer
and the poor you don't ever have to see
It would depress us, Karl
Because we care
that the world still isn't fair