Tuesday 27 April 2010

The Train That Never Stops At A Station


A brilliant new Chinese train innovation. Get on and off the bullet train without the train stopping. No time is wasted.

The bullet train is moving all the time. If there are 30 stations between Beijing and Guangzhou, just stopping and accelerating again at each station will waste both energy and time.

(thanks Cora)

2 comment(s):

Portland Magician said...

I can't stop laughing.

I hope it works well but it looks like a nightmare.

Brian Kern said...

Actually PopScience did an article on this quite awhile ago and evidently the Chinese were past proof of concept. It seems like a good idea, except I agree that there is a lot that can go wrong.