Train length200 m
143Broom lengths
187Baseball bats
1,000Brick lengths
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Eurostar e320
The high-speed train that dashes under the English Channel/Trains & Rail
The Eurostar e320 (Class 374), built by Siemens and based on the Velaro D platform, entered service in 2015 and is capable of 320 km/h (200 mph). Each 16-car set carries up to 900 passengers between London, Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam. The train traverses the 50-kilometer Channel Tunnel in about 20 minutes, spending the rest of its journey on dedicated high-speed lines. The e320 replaced many of the original TGV-derived sets and features distributed power across the trainset rather than relying on separate power cars.
Measurements
Maximum speed89 m/s
2.6 tenthsSpeeds of sound
5.93Galloping horses
320 km/h
Total mass440,000 kg
44 octillionInsulin molecules
6 quintillionthsMoons
Passenger capacity900 units
8.91Dalmatian movies
14.1Chess boards
4.37Human skeletons
Power output16 million W
21,448Horses
16 quintillionHuman cells
16 MW distributed traction
Channel crossing distance50,000 m
16.7 millionSnowflake crystals
140,449Violins