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

(www.deutschebahn.com)
113 points doener | 1 comments | 29 Jun 25 22:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | 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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attendant3446 ◴[30 Jun 25 04:44 UTC] No.44419471[source]▶
That's exactly it, it's not the new top speed they need, they lack efficiency. And it's not just Deutschebahn. For example BVG, who runs busses and U-bahn in Berlin is even less reliable.
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simianwords ◴[30 Jun 25 05:22 UTC] No.44419707[source]▶
I think higher speeds can help efficiency. For example it can help catch up a train that has been delayed.
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1. holowoodman ◴[30 Jun 25 08:55 UTC] No.44420999[source]▶
Higher speeds reduce efficiency.

The most efficient use of the tracks would be to limit all trains to the speed of the slowest train that travels a route. Then you can have minimal distances between trains.

Also, faster trains are less fuel-efficient, quadratically with speed. So a slowdown would help the environment and the throughput. The only thing it wouldn't improve is passenger happiness ;)