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Passenger Train Collision in China

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Passenger Train Collision in China
Posted by passengerfan on Monday, April 28, 2008 7:07 AM
A collision between two passenger trains in an eastern province of China with early reports of 70 dead and 400 injured according to reuters.
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Posted by al-in-chgo on Monday, April 28, 2008 11:03 PM

 

Heard about that briefly on the evening TV news.  One of the trains was described as "high-speed." 

I'm wondering what kind of HST(s) China now has?  - a.s. 

 

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Posted by beaulieu on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:10 AM
From the pictures, neither train was true HSR. One of the trains was a limited stop Express cleared for 100 mph running.

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