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Is a 747 faster then a train?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Yes. Especially if you limit it to US trains.

Even the trains that operate in the "high speed" corridor in the northeastern US have a maximum speed of only about 160 miles per hour, with the Washington-Boston run having an average speed of only 65 miles per hour (this is the average over the entire trip, which includes time spent stopped at intermediate stations).

The world train speed record is a bit under 360 miles per hour (set by a specially designed train in France running on a carefully prepared section of track with a downhill grade). No regular commercial service is anywhere near that.

But even that is slow compared to a 747, which has a cruising speed of well over 500 miles per hour.

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8y ago

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