• royal_starfish@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    While technically a high speed 'regional' metro(like the ones China has been building) does have a top speed of 160km/h, it is more like regional rail than a 'lowest tier' urban transit. Most metro systems have a top speed of 80km/h due to station spacing and physics (motor gear ratios tuned for accelaration).

    That or you are talking about the Keisei Skyliner, which is an Airport Express service.

    • Youki@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      My nearest lowest tier rail bound mass transit system is the S-Bahn Hannover which uses Stadler FLIRT XL 3 at a top speed of 160km/h, yet they only serve Hannover and its immediate surroundings.

      This is also the case with the S-Bahn Bern (using Stadler KISS), parts of the S-Bahn Rhine-Ruhr, the S-Bahn Bremen, S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland (Leipzig Halle), S-Bahn Dresden, S-Bahn Zurich and Wiener Schnellbahnen.

      If you live near a big(ger) city in the DACH Region but not directly in it (meaning out of range of its Tram system) this is absolutely not uncommon.