Fast, eco-friendly trains to connect north and south Taiwan
Source: Posted: 01-03-2007 at 03:00:21
| International Herald Tribune: The sleek, bulbous-nosed new bullet trains here look like they are designed to whisk passengers across wide-open spaces; but on this congested island, they represent the start of a 300-kilometer-per- hour commuter train system. After a quarter-century of planning and construction, the system is finally scheduled to open Friday. It will tie together cities and towns holding 94 percent of Taiwan the island's population, offering an alternative to clogged highways and the air pollution ... |
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