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Old Jul 7, 2016 | 10:13 pm
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Originally Posted by moondog
During testing of the Jing-Hu Line, I recall reading that some trains were run at very high speeds (e.g. 450).
1/09/2011 CRH380BL EMU Jinghu PDL 487.3 km/h (302.8 mph) TEST RUN

Remember riding the Beijing Tianjin line Aug 08, during Olympics, it was pushing in the mid 380s at the somewhat short duration peak speed portion of the trip. When two trains crossed it was scary.
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