Re: China increases average speed to 313 km/h

[Damon Hill]

Hans-Joachim Zierke <Usenet...@Zierke.com> wrote in
news:slrnhjfdnm.2qt...@Odysseus.Zierke.com:

>
> Wuhan - Guangzhou went into operation yesterday. The line is 922 km
> long. Non-stop trains cover the distance in 2h57 or 2h58.
>
> This should bring an end to the discussion, wether rail is competitive
> on distances > 500 miles.

In a command economy? Of course there's no argument. :)

--Damon

[Adam H. Kerman]

Hans-Joachim Zierke <Usenet...@Zierke.com> wrote:
>Damon Hill schrieb:

>>>Wuhan - Guangzhou went into operation yesterday. The line is 922 km
>>>long. Non-stop trains cover the distance in 2h57 or 2h58.

>>>This should bring an end to the discussion, wether rail is competitive
>>>on distances > 500 miles.

>>In a command economy? Of course there's no argument. :)

>China Southern has lowered advance purchase ticket prices to ~60%.

>Command economy? There's not that much command of the /economy/. Just
>don't ask for evil, destructive things like democracy or free media, and
>you'll be fine.

Far too many people are put in jail for complaining about official
corruption. They often haven't even asked for basic freedoms we take
for granted.