Chinese high speed trains are now faster than the Japanese Shinkansen
๐จ๐ณ Many people don't know this but Chinese high speed trains are now the fastest in the word and officially faster than even the ๐ฏ๐ต Japanese Shinkansen
Chinese trains go 350-400km/h (217-250mph) depending on the model
While the Japanese Shinkansen goes 320km/h (200mph) max
So I went to try it from Chengdu to Chongqing (just $80 for biz class)
This one is the slightly older 350km/h model
The business class cabin has 5 big seats that can lay flat with a stewardess dedicated to the cabin who serves you drinks like coffee, water, orange juice etc. I guess if it's a longer trip you probably get food served too
The journey was very smooth and very fast, it maintained close to 350km/h at all times and there wasn't many stops or breaks (good)
It didn't have WiFi, which is kind of a miss but it seems Chinese just use 5G for everything which worked fine for me without interrruption too
I'd say the interior could be a bit more beautiful and modern. I usually say things in Japan look ancient but I think the Shinkansen interior there looks a bit more modern than here
The trip took 1 hour and it passed about 300km in that time, roughly equivalent to the width of my country the Netherlands ๐
Anyway solid experience (and cheap!) ๐
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