China has set a new world record for trains passing one another at speed. Two Chinese bullet trains, each travelling at 420 km per hour along parallel tracks in opposite directions, successfully passed within 1.6 meters of each other during a test run in central China on Friday. RT reports: Two bullet trains were tested at the same time in an effort to prove the quality of China’s high speed trains. The test took place in Zhengzhou, central China. The trains, known as Golden Phoenix and Dolphin Blue zipped past each other with only 1.6 meters of space between them. Watch: China tests high-speed trains with passing speed of 420 kilometers pic.twitter.com/a2Go2Pyues — Press TV (@PressTV) July 15, 2016 The trains passing each other at speed was a crucial part of the testing phase, according to one of the officials involved in the project. “When a train passes another train, its engine will bring a great pressure disturbance to impact the body of the latter, which will affect the fatigue strength of the train body and the pressure in and out of the train,” said Wang Yueming, chief researcher at China’s Academy of Railway Science. “This will help us collect data [...]
