{"id":17835,"date":"2011-01-13T06:40:59","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T11:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/?p=17835"},"modified":"2011-01-13T06:40:59","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T11:40:59","slug":"chinas-high-speed-trains-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/chinas-high-speed-trains-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s High-Speed Trains [VIDEOS]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve written on <a href=\"http:\/\/ecolocalizer.com\/2010\/11\/03\/chinas-fastest-train-fastest-train-in-world-now-in-operation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China&#8217;s world-record-setting high-speed trains<\/a> in the past, but I recently ran across these videos and thought they were worth a share. The first one walks you through a ride on one of the country&#8217;s bullet trains. Here&#8217;s a quote from the YouTube page:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Why fly when you can travel the 1000km between Guangzhou (Canton) near Hong Kong to Wuhan &#8211; which is halfway up China on the Yangtze River &#8211; in about three hours. The journey can be done in luxury and costs about $115. A very nice way to go. The electric trains are hypermodern, the ride is so smooooth and they even feed you en route.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJG7DPPM-3A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The point of sharing this second video is to show how fast the trains whip by. Especially notice the other train passing by at about the 0:42 mark. Ever seen a train pass so quickly?<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uf84ZwWl08c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>h\/t <a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2011\/01\/13\/riding-chinas-bullet-train-1000-km-in-3-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Denial Crock of the Week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve written on China&#8217;s world-record-setting high-speed trains in the past, but I recently ran across these videos and thought they were worth a share. The first one walks you through a ride on one of the country&#8217;s bullet trains. Here&#8217;s a quote from the YouTube page: Why fly when you can travel the 1000km between &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/chinas-high-speed-trains-videos\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">China&#8217;s High-Speed Trains [VIDEOS]<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[646,647,697,252,698,487,62,699,64,114,65,700,701],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/012.jpg",480,360,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/012-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/012-300x225.jpg",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/012.jpg",480,360,false],"large":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/012.jpg",480,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/012.jpg",480,360,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/bikocity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/012.jpg",480,360,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Zach","author_link":"https:\/\/bikocity.com\/author\/zshahan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"We&#8217;ve written on China&#8217;s world-record-setting high-speed trains in the past, but I recently ran across these videos and thought they were worth a share. 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