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

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113 points doener | 1 comments | 29 Jun 25 22:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.381s | source
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tootyskooty ◴[30 Jun 25 06:29 UTC] No.44420102[source]▶
The ICEs are already plenty fast, the issue is they share rail with the much slower and less reliable RBs. Any delay cascades and you can't just make ICEs go faster to catch up.

On a €/(avg. ICE speed) basis likely makes more sense to invest directly in RB.

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1. detaro ◴[30 Jun 25 07:10 UTC] No.44420361[source]▶
While DB is obviously involved, this test train included cars from a new design that Siemens primarily is aiming at the export market (E.g. US Brightline West, various projects in Asia, ...).