Claim
European high-speed trains operate at up to 200 mph (320 km/h) in commercial service.
Topics
Not filed under any topic yet.
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 3 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:d1fd9fef-4de1-8598-b4f1-d112c82a9bf5
Not yet independently audited.Every quoted passage was confirmed on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The excerpt directly states that commercial operating speeds reach up to 320 km/h (200 mph) on newer lines. weight 1.800000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: TGVs reach 320 km/h, which is 200 mph, in commercial service on newer lines.
Review gaps: independence reviewed, primary source reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
0.8581 under ledger-default@0.3.0 at snapshot 27745 · state Supported · Review checks: 2 of 4 · stability MEDIUM · 3 sources, 1 independent lineage
How the number was reached
| Link | Working | Weight | Counted as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 295428e9 qualify | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.530000 | 0.000000 (non directional) |
| 2ee3b2db support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 1 step, 1 − 0.15 × 1 0.850000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.530000 | 0.000000 (dependent strongest only, kept 1e793bea) |
| 1e793bea support | relevance DIRECT 2.0 × observation DIRECT_TEXT 0.9 × interpretation 0 steps, 1 − 0.15 × 0 1.000000 × authenticity UNVERIFIED 1.0 × extraction UNVERIFIED 1.0 × provenance INDEPENDENT 1.0 × edition NAMED_OR_UNRELATED 1 | 1.800000 | 1.800000 |
prior 0.50 → log-odds 0.000000 + 1.800000 (the counted weights) = 1.800000 → probability 0.8581
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Checked as part of
- “Europeans will ride a train going 200 mph through the Alps while drinking wine and Americans will sit in traffic on I-95 for three hours eating a gas station...” · 3 claims · 22 September 2026
Evidence for
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From TGV — Wikipedia Read 2026-09-22 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted
320 km/h equals 200 mph; the meme's figure matches the top scheduled operating speed.
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From TGV — Wikipedia Read 2026-09-22 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
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From TGV — Wikipedia Read 2026-09-22 Relevance DIRECT Steps 1 Counted
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| 2c0a8cfd | 1e793bea |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
None. Edges are stored and displayed; v0.1 does not propagate probability across them.
Review checklist
Review checks: 2 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | yes | d3d9b7b1 |
| opposing search done | yes | a8bf8efc |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | no |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The excerpt directly states that commercial operating speeds reach up to 320 km/h (200 mph) on newer lines. 70bfdc06
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. 2c0a8cfd
Qualifier: The passage specifies TGV commercial speeds on newer lines, not every European high-speed train or every route. 42a147c7
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found none. a8bf8efc
Review checks: 2 of 4. coverage:d1fd9fef-4de1-8598-b4f1-d112c82a9bf5
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 7416 | APPENDED | |
| 7417 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 7430 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 8b5e81bf (accepted) |
| 8344 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 9098 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
Score trace
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