Who has been on the bullet train?

[dude]

Yesterday, my wife and I took the train from Yueyang to Changsha. Both stations are new and very nice! The train rides very smooth and it took about 30 minutes. Leg space is very good! There was to many people...yet at the stations... but the train was full! Easy to get in and out of and they waste no time! Well this was our experience! :icon_biggrin: Oh and the cost was 71 RMB per person!

[ttwjr32]

living here all the time it was nice to read that china is building
many more routes and that the bullet trains will be easy to access
for travel all over china in the next 10 years which will be nice for
travel in this vast country

[rockycoon]

Wish they had a bunch of those in the U.S.  

Obama, are you listening...:huh:  would put a lot of people back to work.

[Rhonald]

Does the Venga bus count? :icon_confused:

[Vince G]

Rocky, a few are ordered. I've only heard a little about it here. Nothing has been said about new tracks or anything just that the bullet train will travel to ere (Florida).

[metooap]

I have written the bullet train maybe nine to ten times.

I just returned from China on the 28th of January.

They are always crowded. But they are exceptional. Nice, fast, quite ride.

A far far cry from Amtrak in the US!

[rockycoon]

where will it start and end, probably back east - they get everything...:icon_cheesygrin:

I'd like to see it go across america in several places, at 200 mph it wouldn't take long to travel the country.  Would be a great job
maker for a lot of unemployed folks who could use the money.  ease transportation problems, and layovers at airports.  It would also cut down on the polution of a million cars and trucks.

[Vince G]

In NY JFK airport they have the Airtrain. It doesn't go 200 mph but once it leaves the airport section it travels up a few miles to the main train station. It just takes a few minutes and no one is driving. It's all computerized. Beats the old bus ride.

[David S]

Well this past week I heard a radio report that says they are "thinking" about it from NY to DC.  The trouble they have to overcome is that some sections of track are to curvy so it will cost lots of money to straighten out the curves.

I guess now they just have to find a way to pay for it.

[ttwjr32]

everything and everywere is crowded in china  metooap
 at any time of day :icon_cheesygrin:

[Irishman]

I was on the Bullet train from Beijing to Tianjin and back several times, it was awesome.
Still haven't convinced Sunny on the merits of trying out the new one from Guangzhou to Wuhan yet

[Vince G]

Well this past week I heard a radio report that says they are "thinking" about it from NY to DC.  The trouble they have to overcome is that some sections of track are to curvy so it will cost lots of money to straighten out the curves.

I guess now they just have to find a way to pay for it.

Taking the train from Grand Central NY to lets say Florida? it goes to DC first. If you want to auto train you have to go to DC to put your car on the train and it ends in Orlando then you drive from there.

Track wise? I would think they have to run all new raised tracks. Just here in Ft. Lauderdale some vehicle gets hit by the train at least twice a year? and that's only doing 40 mph. Think of the same all the way up the east coast? To populated for a bullet train.

So I have to look up what they have in mind, but they must have something planned because they ordered the trains?

[Willy The Londoner]

When we booked the high speed train back from Changsha to Guangzhou we were unable to get a ticket until more than 24 hours later as it was sold out until then and there was like three trains an hour running that route during the day time.

Willy

[ttwjr32]

Willy,

they plan on adding more in the fuure but i think it will
always be crowded and the wait will be there as more
and more use it

[David5o]

Willy,

What i can remember of Spring Festival travel, is that for those that could, started traveling upto a month beforehand. Because they knew full well the closer you get to the holiday, the more difficult it's going to be to travel anywhere in China. It's also going to be mad at the train stations for at least two weeks after the holiday as well.

The whole of China goes mad during this festival, the roads are packed (including the motorways), the trains are packed solid, and the internal flights are tripled and all booked!!! Try getting a  booking at any half decent restaurant even...haha!!!

But hey!!, you'd be a fool to pass up the chance to experience it all!! ....haha!!  
So enjoy your first Chinese New Year, and enjoy it, ...being married to your new Wife....

Happy Holiday to you both!!


David...