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Super flight china's bullet trains

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA8DAjK1vt4  all HSR trains, track and service are owned and operated by the China Railway Corporation under the brand China Railway High-speed (CRH). The China Railway High-speed (CRH) high-speed train service was introduced in April 2007 featuring high-speed train sets called Hexie Hao (simplified Chinese: 和谐号; traditional Chinese: 和諧號; pinyin: Héxié Hào; literally: "Harmony") and Fuxing Hao (simplified Chinese: 复兴号; traditional Chinese: 復興號; pinyin: Fùxīng Hào; literally: "Rejuvenation") running at speed from 250 km/h to 350 km/h on upgraded/dedicated high-speed track. The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Rail, which opened in August 2008 and could carry high-speed trains at 350 km/h (217 mph), was the first passenger dedicated HSR line. High-speed rail (HSR) in China is the country's network of passenger-dedicated railways designed for speeds of 250–350 km/h (155–217 mph). It is the world's longest high speed railw...

Japan's bullet trains in snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sapWiHuN-HQ Japan's bullet trains in snow To keep the rails free of snow and ice in the cold and high-rainfall season sprinkler systems have been installed to meet the high quality standards of the Shinkansen railway network. Up to now, the pipelines mentioned were made of steel. Corrosion in the steel pipelines is caused by the seasonal system stop during the warm summer time which in conclusion caused a malfunction of the deicing when it was needed. For the new train section Tokyo - Shin Aomori high quality PE 100 E-fittings and special components from AGRU have been used in order to fulfil the stringent requirements in this installation. Additional expansions were installed only with PE 100 piping systems whereby products of AGRU have provided a very important contribution. For the sprinkler system at the Shinkansen highspeed railway track AGRU E-couplers in the dimensions OD 110 mm to OD 400 mm were applied because of the easy and ...