The world fastest train at half the speed of light:-)

jat · 20th February 2006, 02:39

The following link shows that the world fastest train travelling at a speed of 515.3 kmph is travelling at almost half the speed of light.

http://people.indiatimes.com/quickie...id-1419202.cms

I think it should almost half the speed of sound.

So those guys where there is some proof reading and editing is involved can make typing mistakes.

RK

Godfather · 20th February 2006, 05:32

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Originally Posted by jat

The following link shows that the world fastest train travelling at a speed of 515.3 kmph is travelling at almost half the speed of light.

http://people.indiatimes.com/quickie...id-1419202.cms

I think it should almost half the speed of sound.

So those guys where there is some proof reading and editing is involved can make typing mistakes.

RK

36000 bhp.... man thats fast.. do we have any members from France who can confirm this... 515.3 kmph????

Rehaan · 20th February 2006, 07:00

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Originally Posted by Godfather

do we have any members from France who can confirm this... 515.3 kmph????

Hey i'm not from france, lol, but yeah... 515.3 km/h

And the amazing thing is that the TGV was built in 1989 !! (The 1981 did a top 380km/h)

These are the TOP speeds though, and are not reached on their typical runs.
Operating speed is around 300km/h.

cya
R

ps - though i think the point of this thread was a "journalists mess up again" comment...(speed of SOUND is ~1188km/h)

Samurai · 20th February 2006, 07:32

Man, what a misleading title... the article doesn't mention speed of light.

I clicked on this thread thinking of theory of relativity, how it affects the passengers, figured it was a fantasy fiction about the future.

Mpower · 20th February 2006, 07:37

There is a train that goes from Shanghai airport to the city. Its a Maglev and supposed to be the fastest. Not sure about the numbers.

Rehaan · 20th February 2006, 09:08

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Originally Posted by Samurai

Man, what a misleading title... the article doesn't mention speed of light.

Second paragraph, second last line.

cya
R

srasania · 20th February 2006, 10:02

Speed of light roughly is 3,00,000kms/sec if I'm not mistaken.
Half the speed of light comes to 1,50,000kms/sec.
Roughly,distance between US and India is around 16,000kms,so,would that train take maybe a 10th of a second to travel between the two countries??!? hehe..

cheers,
-sr

tsk1979 · 20th February 2006, 11:22

I wonder if timesofindia people know the difference in speed of sound and speed of light

turbofreak · 20th February 2006, 11:51

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Originally Posted by tsk1979

I wonder if timesofindia people know the difference in speed of sound and speed of light

ekjhactly.....

Zappo · 20th February 2006, 12:31

On that same note if you go a little ahead and read about AVE trains (http://people.indiatimes.com/quickie...id-1419194.cms) they say the empty train weighs 392.620kgs and a loaded one about 421.500kgs!!!

Beat that. I mean my unladen Indica weighs more than double that weight.

TOI should seriously start firing a few people in their proof-reading dept. You should see the amount of grammatical mistakes, misspelt words and half-eaten paragraphs that show up in TOI nowadays with alarming regularity. Someone there is definitely napping :P

Samurai · 20th February 2006, 15:39

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Originally Posted by Zappo

On that same note if you go a little ahead and read about AVE trains (http://people.indiatimes.com/quickie...id-1419194.cms) they say the empty train weighs 392.620kgs and a loaded one about 421.500kgs!!!

Beat that. I mean my unladen Indica weighs more than double that weight.

TOI should seriously start firing a few people in their proof-reading dept.

In certain european countries, they use fullstop instead of comma. For example, one thousand would be 1.000 instead of 1,000 or one million would be 1.000.000. I think TOI didn't convert the number to local scheme before printing it.

sbasak · 20th February 2006, 15:47

TGV is indeed capable of running at that speed. However, during the test run of 515 km/h, it was pointed out that to stop the train from at that speed, the brakes need to be applied 32 km before destination. It was highly impractical. And for some other safety reasons, the actual speed was reduced to around 250-300 km/h. But still they need to apply brakes 8 km before station!

Deeps · 21st February 2006, 02:00

Rehaan is correct about the info on TGV and their operating speed. However, their glory days were in the nineties. Now its the turn of those sky-train (bullet-train) kind of things that levitate with the aid of magnets etc. (Sorry, cant recall anything more specific about those right now).Those have recorded a faster speed than TGVs.

And Samurai is right about the numbering scheme. The french use fullstops instead of commas.

BuRnT RuBbEr · 21st February 2006, 05:43

that is using super-conductor magnets, if i am correct.

jat · 21st February 2006, 11:58

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Originally Posted by sbasak

TGV is indeed capable of running at that speed. However, during the test run of 515 km/h, it was pointed out that to stop the train from at that speed, the brakes need to be applied 32 km before destination. It was highly impractical. And for some other safety reasons, the actual speed was reduced to around 250-300 km/h. But still they need to apply brakes 8 km before station!

32 km!!
Imagine a cow or guy ambling on the tracks like here.:-D

RK

20th February 2006, 02:39	#1
jat BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SINGAPORE Posts: 265 Thanked: 7 Times	The world fastest train at half the speed of light:-) The following link shows that the world fastest train travelling at a speed of 515.3 kmph is travelling at almost half the speed of light. http://people.indiatimes.com/quickie...id-1419202.cms I think it should almost half the speed of sound. So those guys where there is some proof reading and editing is involved can make typing mistakes. RK
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Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,828 Thanked: 45,538 Times View My Garage	Man, what a misleading title... the article doesn't mention speed of light. I clicked on this thread thinking of theory of relativity, how it affects the passengers, figured it was a fantasy fiction about the future.
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20th February 2006, 07:37	#5
Mpower Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 10,409 Thanked: 1,730 Times View My Garage	There is a train that goes from Shanghai airport to the city. Its a Maglev and supposed to be the fastest. Not sure about the numbers.
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20th February 2006, 10:02	#7
srasania BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Orlando, FL, USA Posts: 321 Thanked: 8 Times View My Garage	Speed of light roughly is 3,00,000kms/sec if I'm not mistaken. Half the speed of light comes to 1,50,000kms/sec. Roughly,distance between US and India is around 16,000kms,so,would that train take maybe a 10th of a second to travel between the two countries??!? hehe.. cheers, -sr Last edited by srasania : 20th February 2006 at 10:04.
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tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	I wonder if timesofindia people know the difference in speed of sound and speed of light
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20th February 2006, 12:31	#10
Zappo Team-BHP Support Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 5,922 Thanked: 2,699 Times	On that same note if you go a little ahead and read about AVE trains (http://people.indiatimes.com/quickie...id-1419194.cms) they say the empty train weighs 392.620kgs and a loaded one about 421.500kgs!!! Beat that. I mean my unladen Indica weighs more than double that weight. TOI should seriously start firing a few people in their proof-reading dept. You should see the amount of grammatical mistakes, misspelt words and half-eaten paragraphs that show up in TOI nowadays with alarming regularity. Someone there is definitely napping :P
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20th February 2006, 15:47	#12
sbasak BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CCU-LTN Posts: 608 Thanked: 14 Times	TGV is indeed capable of running at that speed. However, during the test run of 515 km/h, it was pointed out that to stop the train from at that speed, the brakes need to be applied 32 km before destination. It was highly impractical. And for some other safety reasons, the actual speed was reduced to around 250-300 km/h. But still they need to apply brakes 8 km before station!
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Deeps Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Delhi/Noida Posts: 1,116 Thanked: 170 Times	Rehaan is correct about the info on TGV and their operating speed. However, their glory days were in the nineties. Now its the turn of those sky-train (bullet-train) kind of things that levitate with the aid of magnets etc. (Sorry, cant recall anything more specific about those right now).Those have recorded a faster speed than TGVs. And Samurai is right about the numbering scheme. The french use fullstops instead of commas. Last edited by Deeps : 21st February 2006 at 02:01.
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BuRnT RuBbEr BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: DL 1 Posts: 367 Thanked: 13 Times	that is using super-conductor magnets, if i am correct.
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