High speed train / myLot

Guangzhou, China

December 17, 2015 9:32am CST

The high speed train has become very popular in my country. There are more lines for it. I like to take the high speed train if the time is within 4 hours. As it is not tiring and usually the schedule is punctual. Whereas the plane can be delayed due to bad weathers. If the high speed train is longer than 6 hours, perhaps I will choose the plane because it will not be much more expensive. Or I will choose the normal train as I can have a sleep and it is comfortable. And the price will be lower a lot. Do you like high speed train?

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AtypicalRussian

@TypicalRussian (747)

• Budennovsk, Russian Federation

17 Dec 15

I would definitely like it. Many people with aerophobia would join me too

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youless

@youless (113838)

• Guangzhou, China

17 Dec 15

In fact I really wanted to take the train from Moscow to St. Petersburg but I had many worries. Even if it was hard for me to read the Russian in the train tickets

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veganbliss

@veganbliss (3895)

• Adelaide, Australia

17 Dec 15

@youless We really need to start learning Russian, possibly one of the best English System languages.

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youless

@youless (113838)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Dec 15

@veganbliss It is not easy to learn Russian. The words are difficut for me to recognize. But I know foreigners will say the same to Chinese words

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (181323)

• Boise, Idaho

17 Dec 15

I have never been on a high speed train. Haven't even been on a plane since early 70's.

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youless

@youless (113838)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Dec 15

My son is quite lucky since he tried all of these since he was a little kid.

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celticeagle

@celticeagle (181323)

• Boise, Idaho

18 Dec 15

@youless ...That is good that he is probably used to it then.

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veganbliss

@veganbliss (3895)

• Adelaide, Australia

17 Dec 15

I've been on your Maglev in Shanghai. Cheap & easy to use. Great for sleeping on! Very fast, very smooth. Wish we had high speed rail. It will go much, much faster if you put it inside a vacuum tube, like the Japanese did. I'd take one of these trains over a plane any day!

Does China have plans to expand the high speed rail network soon?

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youless

@youless (113838)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Dec 15

I think so. In fact in recent years there are more high speed train lines. If you don't like taking a plane, you can try high speed train. It takes about 6 or 8 hours from my city to Beijing whereas the normal train may spend about 23 hours? I am not so sure.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (486346)

• Italy

17 Dec 15

Just like you, I like the high speed train for trips around 4 hours, no more.

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youless

@youless (113838)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Dec 15

I think having a travel by train in Europe is so nice.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (486346)

• Italy

18 Dec 15

@youless It depends which country, in Italy the trains are never on schedule, most of the time they are late, even hours.

Jabo

@jaboUK (64348)

• United Kingdom

17 Dec 15

I haven't been on a train for years, and I believe the fares are very expensive here in England.

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youless

@youless (113838)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Dec 15

Is it even much more expensive than the airplane?

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64348)

• United Kingdom

18 Dec 15

@youless Yes, some friends of mine flew to Scotland for less than the train fare would cost. I don't know if that is a general thing, or if they got a special deal.

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Tiff Gray

@T_gray (7772)

• Salina, Kansas

17 Dec 15

I have never been on a high speed train...as I don't think Kansas will ever have them. I don't think I would ever be brave enough to try it either. It sounds scary. I don't like flying. And this sounds like it would be worse. hehe

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youless

@youless (113838)

• Guangzhou, China

18 Dec 15

In fact you feel normal to sit in the high speed train. It is even much more comfortable than the coach.

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Tiff Gray

@T_gray (7772)

• Salina, Kansas

18 Dec 15

@youless I think I would be nervous getting on any form of transportation honestly. But it does sound pretty cool :-)

scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

18 Dec 15

I have not tried any high speed train before. I hope to have a chance to try once. If I were to travel for scenery, then the slow moving train is better. If I want to get from one place to another place, then high speed train is definitely much better.