A Chinese lesson for the birthplace of rail

Exciting news emerged last week from the world's largest train manufacturer, especially for those of us who love to travel at high speed.

China Railway Rolling Stock Corp (whose parent CRRC Group is State-owned) is looking to develop a "maglev" train that will be capable of traveling at up to 600 km per hour, almost twice as fast as the best bullet trains currently in operation.

Now, this is only an announcement and no doubt it will be some time before we see trains able to travel at half the speed of sound.