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4. Not to get overly technical, but this was not a "bullet train" the way most

Fri Apr 2, 2021, 09:59 AM

Apr 2021

people think of those. Guardian story stated the train reached maximum speeds of around 80 mph, which is comparable to our Amtrak trains here in the U.S.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/taiwan-train-crash-many-injured-at-start-of-holiday-weekend

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Breaking - High Speed train crash in Taiwan - at least 48 people were killed [View all] malaise Apr 2021 OP

High speed trains seem like a good thing, panader0 Apr 2021 #1

I guess you could say the same thing about airplanes. honest.abe Apr 2021 #3

Horrible. efhmc Apr 2021 #2

True malaise Apr 2021 #5

the train was not responsible for the wreck. nt msongs Apr 2021 #6