Does this mean high speed rail could work? The friend that sent me this says yes, and he says it's a reason to fear the Chinese. It is interesting. Read the description below and then watch the video.

Read this first, then watch the video as the narration is in Chinese . . . .
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> The bullet train will soon never stop at a station: How to get on and
> off the non-stop high speed train!
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> A new Chinese train innovation - How to get on and off the bullet
> train without stopping.  VERY COOL CONCEPT!  Read the note first, then
> watch the animated video clip.
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> No time is wasted. The bullet train is moving all the time. If there
> are 30 stations between Beijing and Guangzhou , just stopping and
> accelerating at each station wastes energy and time.  A mere 5 minute
> stop per station (elderly passengers cannot be hurried) results in a
> total loss of 5 min x 30 stations or 2.5 hours of train journey time!
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> The Chinese are innovative enough to come up with a non-stopping train
> concept.  Now when the train arrives at a station, it will not stop at
> all.  The passengers at a station will embark onto to a connector
> cabin way before the train arrives at the station.  When the train
> approaches, it does not stop at all.  It just slows down a little to
> couple with the connector cabin which will move with the train on its
> roof.
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> While the train is far away from the station, those passengers will
> board the train from the connector cabin mounted on the train's roof.
> After fully unloading its passengers, the connector cabin will move to
> the back of the train so that the next batch of outgoing passengers
> who want to alight at the next station will board the connector cabin
> at the rear of the train roof.
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> When the train arrives at the next station, it simply disengages with
> the connector cabin and leaves it behind at the station.  The outgoing
> passengers can leisurely disembark at the station while the train had
> already left.  At the same time, the train picks up the incoming
> embarking passengers on another connector cabin in the front of the
> train's roof.  So the train will always drop one connector cabin at
> the rear of its roof and pick up a new connector cabin in the front
> part of the train's roof at each station.
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> Now, I say, that's INGENIOUS!!