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ICE test train reaches speeds of up to 405.0 km/h

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113 points doener | 3 comments | 29 Jun 25 22:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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fjfaase ◴[30 Jun 25 04:24 UTC] No.44419355[source]▶
I fear that the general public in Germany will not be praising this achievement. The once efficient and punctional trains in Germany have deteriorated severely in the past years due to lots of delayed maintenance causing lots of delays and even regular cancelations of trains. Also the road infrastructure is suffering from delayed maintenance.
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1. masklinn ◴[30 Jun 25 05:28 UTC] No.44419748[source]▶
It is a pretty limited achievement as-is: ignoring maglevs, a tgv test train reached 575 kph back in 2007, and China had test trains reaching 487 in 2011.

China’s next-gen is being deployed with goals of a 400kph service speed.

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2. morepork ◴[30 Jun 25 05:54 UTC] No.44419881[source]▶
Also a German ICE test train was clocked at over 400 km/h back in 1988
3. Mashimo ◴[30 Jun 25 06:11 UTC] No.44419976[source]▶
If I understand it correct, this was also a 10 year old train.