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Originally Posted by Vancity
I have been on the MTR trains in HK, and they seem to go pretty darn fast underground. It almost feels faster than 80km/h. I didn't know that the standard max. speed for metro lines in general are at 80km's/hr. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
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It feels fast because it's mostly in a tunnel, and the tunnels are very poorly lit unlike the ones in North America, and you don't have a relative sense of how fast you're going.
With that said, they don't have sharp turns...which means the trains don't slow down as much as SkyTrain.
Interestingly, Hong Kong's MTR is ordering ten 8-car trains from Bombardier, the Movia EMU:
Makes you wish we ordered from Bombardier for the Canada Line...