Originally Posted by clinicallyobeast
also, the bullet train is not very bullet! it doesnt really go that fast on that line, at least. distance from tokyo to kyoto = 370 km. so thats average 148km/h. the regular train from london to newcastle here in the uk would average 143 km/h (380 km in 2.65h) and no one calls that a bullet.
It's 2.5 hrs from Tokyo to Osaka, not Kyoto. This is a distance of 515 km by rail, so the average is rather more respectable 206 km/h.
Me, I'm waiting for the
Fastech 360 -- no prizes for guessing the maximum speed in production! (They've already gone over 400 km/h in testing.)
(D'oh -- posted this without realizing there was already a whole pageful of replies...)