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French TGV train record speed

  • 03-04-2007 12:23pm
    #1
    probe
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    A TGV running on the new Paris-Strasbourg LGV (ligne à grande vitesse) set a speed record today of 574 km/h - only 7 km/h slower than the world record set by a mag lev train.

    Dublin to Cork in less than 30 mins! One wouldn't like to try it on Iarnrod Eireann's badly maintained and dangerous railway lines!

    .probe

    http://euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=414975&lng=1


Comments

  • #2
    silverharp
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    with respect I think the TGV would be totally over engineered for the island of Ireland. Frequency is more important then absolute speed and would be more affordable

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  • #3
    probe
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    I wouldn't necessarily agree. One could have a train leaving Dublin for Cork every five minutes of the day and night, and if it took 24 hours to arrive at the other end, I don't think you would have many PAXs on board.

    Despite the gross incompetence with which Dublin airport is designed and run with long lines and huge walks, Ryanair is doing good business with its 700 km/h service to Cork - even though the frequency of their service is only four or five flights a day. Not to mention the impossibility of getting to and from Dublin airport due to the continued (Irish state controlled public transport monopoly brick wall - to hell with the customer mode = always on) absence of an intermodal public transport system in the city.

    Anyway have a look at the TV news coverage here:

    http://www.dailymotion.com/search/TGV/video/x1maq8_tgv-record
    http://www.dailymotion.com/search/TGV/video/x1m9yc_tgv-record-du-monde-de-vitesse-sur

    Personally I would be scared to travel at anything like 500 km/h in an Irish train - Irish Rail is such an incompetent organization.

    Given that Irish Rail already charge more than TGV for an 80 km/h service - they presumably would expect to collect about €500 for a TGV ticket for travel between DUB and ORK!

    No thanks.

    .probe


  • #4
    mike65
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    I duno why you're talking like it could ever happen! :D

    Fantastic achievment by the French, I wonder what its feels like, proberly a gentle jog in a blur.

    Mike.


  • #5
    antoinolachtnai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,815 ✭✭✭antoinolachtnai


    On trains, speed drives frequency upwards, not downwards. Every few minutes you can knock off the journey time makes a big difference.


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