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This is a welcome development if it happens in Nigeria. What do you think?

Lagos to Abuja In 1hr : 40 Mins : China’s bullet train reaches 281 (452 kph) miles per hour during test run.

When it enters service, the bullet train will fill the gap between conventional high-speed rail services and aircraft.

High-speed train’s max operating speed is 217 mph while aircraft has a cruise at speeds between 559-621 mph

A new Chinese bullet train, CR450, on June 28th reached speeds of 281 miles (452 km) per hour during a test run, China’s state-run foreign-language news channel, CGTN, reported.

To put the speed into perspective, the bullet train will be able to cover the 758 kilometers (468 miles) driving distance from Lagos to Abuja in 1 hr 40 minutes, assuming the road were to be high-speed line.

The advanced bullet train CR450 was tested by China Railway on the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge, which is one of the major parts of the 277-km Fuzhou-Xiamen high-speed railway.

It’s relative speed, which is when two trains move in the opposite direction, reached a mind-blowing speed of 553 miles per hour (891 kph) during the test.

China Railway said that the next-generation CR450 bullet train project is one of the key national science programs outlined in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025).

To verify the reliability and feasibility of the new technologies adopted on CR450, the China Railway has conducted a total of 57 scientific experiments on the next-gen bullet train.

When it finally enters service, the CR450 will fill the gap between conventional high-speed rail services and aircraft. High-speed train’s maximum operating speed is 217 mph, while aircraft has a cruise at speeds between 559-621 mph.

Previously, a research team in China conducted a test at 387 miles per hour (623km/h) under non-vacuum conditions. The train is expected to be used for commuting between mega-city clusters in the future.

Source: https://autojosh.com/lagos-to-abuja-in-1hr-40-mins-chinas-bullet-train-reaches-281-miles-per-hour-during-test-run/
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I will never try this cuz we have terrible maintenance culture accidents will be too frequent and the rails are easy targets for boko and co

China upgrading Africa

中国很厉害

oloriooko:
I will never try this cuz we have terrible maintenance culture accidents will be too frequent and the rails are easy targets for boko and co

It’s most likely the Chinese will handle because it’s a very big project and it’s sustainability is very important

U have a point In terms of security, hopefully by that time, the security of our dear nation must have improved.

Hotwest:
China upgrading Africa

中国很厉害

Exactly!

bros we are not ready for such, is it with cows roaming everywhere and anywhere and vandals carting away anything at will that you will put the lives of many ar risk of high speed train?
will the chinese monitor every lengh of the rail from lagos to abuja including the forest? bros this thing is a dangerous venture here in 9ja

Raphsays:
It’s most likely the Chinese will handle because it’s a very big project and it’s sustainability is very important

U have a point In terms of security, hopefully by that time, the security of our dear nation must have improved.

It's good… but can they maintain it?

oloriooko:
bros we are not ready for such, is it with cows roaming everywhere and anywhere and vandals carting away anything at will that you will put the lives of many ar risk of high speed train?
will the chinese monitor every lengh of the rail from lagos to abuja including the forest? bros this thing is a dangerous venture here in 9ja

Modern sophisticated Rail channels will be created for this purpose and not through the shaggy rail routes we have today.

will the sophisticated rail be installed in the sky? won't the rail pass thru the shortest possible route which may be thru the forest and such, how sophisticated will this be un a country like ours?

Raphsays:
Modern sophisticated Rail channels will be created for this purpose and not through the shaggy rail routes we have today.

Why don’t I see threads anymore of Nigerians using the national railway system?

A very valid question but I am sure Time will answer this question

oloriooko:
will the sophisticated rail be installed in the sky? won't the rail pass thru the shortest possible route which may be thru the forest and such, how sophisticated will this be un a country like ours?

Raphsays:
This is a welcome development if it happens in Nigeria. What do you think?

Is this available in Abuja now?

Diego35M:
Is this available in Abuja now?

No it is not.

oloriooko:
I will never try this cuz we have terrible maintenance culture accidents will be too frequent and the rails are easy targets for boko and co

Don't tell me that you are agent of doom