Taiwan high-speed rail operator to buy new trains from Japan
NHK
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March 16, 2023
The operator of Taiwan's high-speed railway service plans to buy new trains from Japanese companies.
The board of Taiwan High Speed Rail decided on Wednesday to procure trains from a Japanese alliance of Hitachi and Toshiba.
The two sides are expected to sign a formal contract in the near future.
The Taiwanese firm will spend about 930 million dollars for 12 trains that have a total of 144 cars. The vehicles will be made based on Japanese Shinkansen bullet trains. The first of the new trains will be put into operation as early as 2027.
Taiwan's high-speed railway service linking Taipei and Kaohsiung opened in 2007. It was the first overseas use of Japan's Shinkansen technologies. All of the high-speed trains in operation there were made by Japanese manufacturers.
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