Talking about Bullet trains etc, does anyone know the average speed of the embarrassing slow flagship XPT from Melbourne to Sydney - daytime trip?
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sgb
sgb
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Talking about Bullet trains etc, does anyone know the average speed of the embarrassing slow flagship XPT from Melbourne to Sydney - daytime trip?
nmalon
nmalon
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According to two websites found via a google search, top speed is 160km/h in NSW and 130km/h in Victoria
sgb
sgb
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Thanks, I guess average speed will be even less.
readosunnycoast
readosunnycoast
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940km almost 11 hours, 85kph
sgb
sgb
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I guess even slower over the Km's of mud and sink holes in the Northern Victorian section.
kimshep
kimshep
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Ah, the XP .. even Grandad's Volvo is faster - and that's with his hat 'on' LOL.
Certainly not comparable speedwise, when you look at the excellent German DBahn / Chinese Maglev and the Japanese 'bullet' trains. And people in Australia still cling to the idea of 'high speed rail'. ROTFL
RaptorNation158
RaptorNation158
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Yeah I heard on the news how they will spend upwards of $100 billion in 50 years so Australia could have the trains Japan proposed in the 1960s.
I wish it could be a reality like in Europe but unfortunately I never see it happening in Australia (even America is changing its mind).
Serg
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It will not happen in any close future – we have not enough passengers and effectively there is only two places worth to stop – Melbourne and Sydney. We are small nation living in huge land and it plainly silly to compare ourselves with Europe and Japan.