Maximum travel time for daytime trains in Japan is about 6 hours--this appears to hold true for conventional and high speed rail.
The high-speed line from Beijing to Shenzhen takes something like 8 hours to traverse, and when it opens, Beijing to Urumqi will be 12 hours
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The big question: is this viable outside China, in countries where air travel is more affordable? Is it even viable in China?
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If you had the option to take a 12-hr overnight train from NY to SF, would you, instead of flying? Amtrak currently takes 4 days.
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Will return to this later, I think
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