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Comment by gjkood

The Indian Railways is definitely an interesting organization.

Doing a cursory glance at a Wikipedia entry, some of the stats:

1. Established in 1832

2. 3rd largest railway network in the world

3. 8th largest employer in the world.

I was hoping to see something about the actual Rail Track details but this is more of a civil engineering specs for building construction.

I am curious about when and how Indian Railways will incorporate high speed rail such as the French TGV, Japanese Shinkansen or Chinese CRH.

On a visit to China in 2017 and taking a short trip in the Chinese CRH, I heard stats about 2,000 high speed trains a day. It was an interesting experience traveling at speeds greater than 300 kmh and not feeling a thing.

Of course I am curious about when the USA will incorporate the same.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railways

parent gjkood 5 years ago

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