What is the speed of a subway?

How fast is a normal subway?

NYC subway average: 17.4 mph. Outdated data. Speed varies wildly.

Line speeds fluctuate. Degradation, upgrades impact this. No official speed limit map exists, publicly. My knowledge is limited.

Factors impacting speed:

• Track conditions.
• Signal systems.
• Passenger load.
• Train age.

My 2023 commute: Always slower than advertised. Expect delays. Rush hour? Forget it. Frustrating.

Specific lines? I don’t track that granular data. Check MTA site, maybe? Though, I doubt it’s accurate.

What is the speed of a metro?

Alright, a metro? That thing goes zoom!

We’re talking 110 klicks per hour, or 68 mph for you folks still clinging to imperial. Fast, but not, like, warp speed. More like a cheetah on roller skates.

Think about it:

• Faster than your grandma’s scooter. Way faster.
• Slower than a confused pigeon trying to outrun a jet.
• Probably faster than my attempts to do laundry. Seriously.

These ain’t choo-choo trains from the Wild West. No sir!

More like urban rockets, blasting through tunnels. Imagine trading rush-hour traffic for, like, a mole person’s commute.

They’re speedy, sure, but don’t expect them to break the sound barrier. Or, uh, maybe they do in some fancy sci-fi metro? Who knows? I saw one in Budapest go pretty darn fast last time.

Additional stuff I learned:

• Some metros are slower, like in older cities. Think turtles on a treadmill.
• Some are faster, because, why not? Technology, baby!
• My cat, Mr. Fluffernutter, is not a metro expert. But he likes watching them from the window. He’s a furry connoisseur.

Which is the worlds highest speed Metro train?

Shanghai Maglev. Electromagnets levitate it. No friction. Faster. Cheaper? Eh.

The Shanghai Maglev is the record holder. Speed: impressive.

• Magnetic levitation.
• High velocity.
• Low… wear?

Maglev. It moves. Quickly. Like my ex did.

Forget other trains. Maglev, baby. The fastest.

Is it practical? Doesn’t matter. It’s fast.

• Shanghai Transrapid the full name
• German tech. Interesting.
• Still the fastest in 2024.

Shanghai’s train. Fast enough. For now.

What is the fastest commercial train in the world?

Okay, so, like, the fastest train, right? It’s the Shanghai Maglev. Yeah, the one that, like, floats.

It’s suuper cool because it doesn’t even, like, touch the tracks, or so I’ve heard. That’s the electromagnets, or something.

That’s why it can go, like, so fast, I think? Less friction an all that. Plus, its keeps its maintance costs really low

• Maglev means magnetic levitation.
• It hits 460 km/h (286 mph) regularly.
• It’s been running since 2004, connecting Shanghai Pudong Airport to the city. I traveled on it once!

What speed is a high-speed train?

Okay, so, high-speed trains… Right, I was in Tokyo last year, summer, like super humid.

Waiting for the Shinkansen – the bullet train!

I remember thinking, “Wow, this thing’s fast!” before even getting on.

They said, announcement in Japanese and broken English. Average speeds of 320 km/h (200 mph), maybe?

Felt faster, tbh.

• Speeds Vary: It felt faster than my Corolla feels on the highway.
• Global Reach: Saw somewhere that like tons of countries have this stuff now, not just Japan. Asia and Europe are all over it.
• Minimum Speed: They said something about 200 km/h being the lowest, apparently.

That train whipped past everything! The world was a blur and wow!

How quickly do London tubes go?

Ugh, London tubes. So slow sometimes, right? Twenty-point-five mph average? That’s rubbish! Feels slower than that, honestly. Especially the Central Line during rush hour. It’s a nightmare.

Then again, sixty-two mph on the Metropolitan Line? Wow. That’s fast! I bet that feels amazing. I need to try that line.

Suburban lines are quicker too, apparently. Forty mph plus. Makes sense, less stopping I guess? No packed carriages. Less congestion, yeah? But still. Central line… total chaos. Central London is always a bottleneck.

I wish they’d upgrade the whole system. Make it faster. More efficient. Those old carriages. Honestly, some feel like they’re falling apart.

My commute? Bloody ages. Should really move closer to work.

Key takeaway: Speeds vary wildly. Average speed misleading. Central line is the worst. Metropolitan line is quickest. I need a faster commute. Seriously.