Chinese high speed trains are now faster than the Japanese Shinkansen
🇨🇳 Many people don't know this but Chinese high speed trains are now the fastest in the word and officially faster than even the 🇯🇵 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 😂
Anyway solid experience (and cheap!) 👍
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