Originally Posted by
QRC3288
Say what people will about mainland airlines' comfort, they're (odd as this sounds) safest in the world for the past decade. Can't exactly say the same for their train network
~300 people have lost their lives in airplane crashes (on Chinese airlines) during the course of the past decade v. ~40 in a train crash.
In light of the fact that the rail network transports 25x more people than airplanes, I would argue that the train is categorically safer (not that I really care; both are safe enough for me).