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What it's REALLY like to be in the driver's seat of a high-speed train
travelling at over 170mph (and it looks like life in the fast lane is pretty
relaxed)
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     * Footage was captured on a journey between Datong and Xi'an in
       China
     * It showed the high-speed train as it passed Weinan Station at
       over 170mph
     * At one point, the train covered a distance of 1 kilometre in just
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   If you've ever travelled on a high-speed train, you'll have seen the
   outside world speeding past you in a blur.

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   The footage, which lasts just over a minute, captures a segment of a
   journey between Datong and Xi'an in China while the high-speed train
   was travelling at just over 170 miles per hour.
   The footage was captured on a journey between Datong and Xi'an in China
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   actually travelling at 275km/h (170mph) as it passed the station.

   This is significantly faster than the average high-speed train in the
   UK, which travels at speeds of around 125 miles per hour, and not quite
   as fast as the bullet trains in Japan, which travel at an average speed
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   of the electricity pylons.

   As the video reveals, being the driver of a high speed train can be
   mundane.

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   according to Japan Today.
   Read more:
     * China high speed rail, train pass Station at 275km/h, From Cockpit
       view - YouTube
     * www.japantoday.c...
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Video of the driver's seat of a high-speed train travelling at over 170mph

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