This is far from being a record (Score 1)

This article is lower on the facts that even the average /. story.

To begin with it is incredible that Alstom is not even mentioned - eventhough they just broke (their own) world-speed record at 574 km/h (less than 1% shy of the fastest Maglev prototype, by-the-way).

It was nearly 20 years ago that a *commercial* TGV reached 515 km/h (granted, it was a shortened). No prototype - that very train is still running today.

France has been running high speed trains for nearly 30 years, holds nearly all speed records, and already has some of them reaching 360 km/h bloody *today*. They hold most of the high-speed train market, conveying higher performance, reliability and lower cost. (This is not marketing, there is a 20 years track record).

Some Chinese officials want to celebrate their own glory, more power to them. But to call for a "record", certainly not. Do they even built their own train?

The good thing is that they show once again that they are smarter than most: they chose conventional trains, not Maglev this time. I just wish they pick the best train too (which clearly is Alstom's AGV, in this case).