Vande Bharat’s appeal goes well beyond speed | Mint Primer | Mint
Trains Running On Time Have Been Overtaken By Spee... moreTrains Running On Time Have Been Overtaken By Speed As A Talking Point. When Exactly This Happened Is Hard To Identify.
On A Timeline Stretching All The Way Back To Steam Engines, We Can Pin The Shift On Japan’s Bullet Trains. Flagged Off In The 1960s, Their Clever Branding Gave Them Instant Fame Around The World—And Other Railways A Fast-Moving Target To Chase. It Was Decades Later That China Zipped Ahead With Its Sudden Maglev Acceleration.
As Visitors To Shanghai Testify, Magnetic-Levitation Travel Is A Marvel Of Technology. Freed From The Friction Of Track Contact, A Maglev Train Ride Is A Smooth Glide At A Whizzy 400 Km Per Hour. By Most Accounts, It’s A Sensation In A Class Of Its Own.
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