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Tag: Bullet trains

Posted inTechnology

UK finally gets Asia-style bullet trains

by Andrew Salmon December 10, 2021December 19, 2021

Japanese-style bullet trains will be coming to the UK after a US$2.6 billion contract was signed on Thursday for London’s next-generation High Speed 2 rail project, or HS2. The 54, next-generation trains will be designed, produced and maintained by a 50-50 joint venture between Japan’s Hitachi Rail and France’s Alstom, albeit with localized production. Japan […]

Posted inThe Environment

Korea’s bullet trains speeding toward a greener future

by Andrew Salmon November 4, 2021November 9, 2021
Posted inSouth Korea

Seoul’s high-speed super subway takes shape

by Andrew Salmon March 29, 2021April 5, 2021
Posted inChina

China’s bullet train fleet in wi-fi push

by Dave Makichuk December 24, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

Chinese bullet trains depend on mega bridges

by Asia Times staff April 12, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina

5G to speed up data from bullet trains in China

by Asia Times staff March 26, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, Northeast Asia

Twin-deck bullet trains to ease congestion

by Asia Times staff February 20, 2019February 18, 2020
A Fuxing bullet train running on the Beijing-Shanghai route. Photo: China Rail Corp
Posted inBeijing, China, Guangzhou, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai

Bullet train drivers in China to become mere passengers

by Asia Times staff January 8, 2019February 18, 2020
A prototype nose section, still incomplete, of the next-generation Shinkansen bullet train.  Photo: Nikkei
Posted inBeijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Shanghai

Japan set to up the ante in express rail race against China

by Asia Times staff December 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walk through a garden before lunch in Yamanakako village, Yamanashi prefecture, on October 28, 2018. Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun
Posted inAustralia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, World

Bromance before business as Modi visits Abe’s holiday home

by Andrew Salmon October 28, 2018February 18, 2020
A maglev train leaves Shanghai's Pudong International Airport. The 30.5km line, opened in 2002, is the world's first commercial high-speed maglev. Photo: Alex Needham / Wikipedia Commons
Posted inBeijing, Chengdu, China, Guangzhou, Middle East, Shanghai, World

China testing super maglev trains that could hit 1,000km/h

by Frank Chen March 6, 2018February 18, 2020
A Fuxing bullet train is parked at a platform. The new series of China's homemade high-speed trains can cruise at 400 kilometres per hour. Photo: Xinhua
Posted inBeijing, Chengdu, China, Russia, Shanghai, World

Bullets and bombs on China’s high-speed rail network

by Frank Chen January 18, 2018February 18, 2020
Passengers wait for a high speed train on the Shanghai to Beijing high speed rail line at Suzhou's North Railway Station. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China

China eyes 30,000 km high-speed railway network by 2020

by Asia Times staff November 27, 2017February 18, 2020

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