Similar distance for Sydney - Melbourne in just under 3 hours. As stated in the full article, only two are non-stop, and average 313 kmh. Wonder what the average speed of the others would be. Is the average speed of the services that are not non-stop the same or possibly lower than those in Europe or Japan?
Part of the article:
The Wuhan–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, also known as the Wuguang Passenger Railway (simplified Chinese: 武广客运专线; traditional Chinese: 武廣客運專線; pinyin: Wǔguǎng Kèyùn Zhuānxiàn), is a 968-kilometre (601 mi)[1] high-speed rail line, operated by China Railway High-speed (CRH), connecting Wuhan (Hubei) and Guangzhou (Guangdong), in the People's Republic of China. It is the world's fastest train service,[2] using coupled CRH2C and CRH3C trainsets which average 313 kilometres per hour (194 mph) in non-stop commercial service.
The line is part of the future 2100-km long Beijing-Guangzhou High-Speed Railway, while the Beijing-Shijiazhuang and Shijiazhuang-Wuhan sections are still under construction and expected to be opened in 2012.
Reaction from an airline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan%E2%8 ... om_airline