India continues high speed rail
“Going ahead with its ambitious high-speed train proposal, Railways have joined hands with Japan to begin the ground work to reduce travel time by half on the Delhi-Mumbai corridor.” – see link.
Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama promoted implementing bullet trains on a recent trip to India, saying it would benefit both countries. How true!
Surely the US will have a viable high-speed rail system prior to India. Right? Please? I am not too sure. Now that is just sad, check out a couple images of current train travel in India:
