China's train maker CRRC recently unveiled the high-speed train at a railway industry trade fair, in Berlin, Germany. According to the manufacturing company, the train is developed with indigenous technology developed by China. It said that the train prototype has already conducted a successful test...
It's an internal record for the country? Not everything needs to be better than the world to be a milestone, especially since speed records mean almost nothing for actual passenger service speeds and both trains will be operating much slower if they were in commercial operation. Both a French TGV and Chinese CRH train hit 500+ kmh on conventional rails, but those were test trains and obviously the models used will never do that speed in service.
It’s an internal record for the country? Not everything needs to be better than the world to be a milestone, especially since speed records mean almost nothing in actual service speeds and both trains will be operating much slower if they were in commercial operation.
While you absolutely right on the other points, the title explicitly claims that it's the world's fastest.
Regarding the TGV, the great thing about them from what I understand is that they can switch basically seamlessly between track types. So if you already have a well built out rail system, you can build a HSR gradually, then reroute onto existing lines at low speed as the high speed segments are completed.
Which doesn't inspire the most confidence in this article... Like, surely CRRC has at least a render of the prototype? Most likely an entire press kit with all kinds of glamour shots.