Whew! Can 500 km/h trains be used?
By Xin Dingding | China Daily | Updated: 2010-10-20 07:54
BEIJING - China aims to lead the world in high-speed railway construction, according to the Ministry of Railways, and has plans to develop a "super-speed" train with a speed of up to 500 km per hour.
He Huawu, the ministry's chief engineer, told a railway technology forum on Monday in the Hubei provincial capital of Wuhan, that the super-speed technology is expected to allow trains to run at a speed of between 400 and 500 km per hour.
Xinhua News Agency quoted He as saying that the technology is already in the final phase of development.
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