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In Japan the trains challenge to air transport is started

Tokio, Japan - Within 2010 will be ready a new super-train, able to reach 320 kilometres per hour

In the next years the Japanese trains could beat the competition of the airplanes, thanks to the construction of a new train able to reach 320 kilometres per hour. The goal is to assure those passengers that choose the aircraft only when the duration of the travel by train exceeds three hours. Moreover, the Japanese trains could reach the primacy of absolute commercial speed with the French Tgv,...

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Rome, Italy, 08/13/2007 14:42
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