A bullet train never stops for passengers to get on and off

shack
shack Posts: 11,154
edited May 2010 in The Clubhouse
The Chinese can invent some pretty cool stuff...not just copy.

The video is in Mandarin...but you get the concept.

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Here is the article in English.

http://softhunder.blogspot.com/2010/04/train-that-never-stops-at-station.html
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited May 2010
    What happens the first time that little car doesn't quite line up right at the station?
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2010
    Or the first time someone isn't completely on the platform of the little car before it starts to move? Modern trains have people (or systems, at least) checking to make sure everyone is in position before departing, while this is completely automatic.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited May 2010
    It's just a concept...and I feel pretty sure there will be ample safety precautions before if is ever put into place. Still pretty cool IMO.
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited May 2010
    That's thinking outside the box!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2010
    shack wrote: »
    It's just a concept...and I feel pretty sure there will be ample safety precautions before if is ever put into place. Still pretty cool IMO.

    It's China. Given their value on human life, I wouldn't be so sure.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,808
    edited May 2010
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    It's China. Given their value on human life, I wouldn't be so sure.

    Beat me to it.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,141
    edited May 2010
    Cool concept but I think it would be hard to bring it to reality at those speeds. If the main train was going slower maybe that would work just fine. But at 60mph or more....I don't know...:(
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2010
    Very cool, and kind of obvious, why hasn't this been thought up already?
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited May 2010
    Wow, that is really cool!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited May 2010
    tony millard wrote: »
    Cool concept but I think it would be hard to bring it to reality at those speeds. If the main train was going slower maybe that would work just fine. But at 60mph or more....I don't know...:(


    It's just a ride at DisneyWorld... looks like it would be fun to try. I would assume that passengers would be seated and buckled in as the first pod is captured by the train. The difficulty I see is the release of the pod being dropped off.:)
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited May 2010
    It is really only an update of the age old concept of picking up/dropping stuff by a moving plane or train. Granted it was the mail or cargo...but the basic idea is the same.

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited May 2010
    I don't see how it's the same. If it were the "same" as those cases people would just be snatched up / dropped off at full speed (and therefore killed instantly).

    A million silly concepts like this are introduced every day, and rarely do they ever get built. This one is so filled with logistical holes that I can almost guarantee it will never see the light of day.
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