US, Japan signal support for Texas high-speed rail plan

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US, Japan signal support for Texas high-speed rail plan

Reuters
Thu, April 11, 2024 at 12:46 AM EDT·2 min read

TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The governments of the United States and Japan signalled support for a plan to build the first high-speed rail in the U.S. using Japanese bullet trains after their leaders met in Washington on Wednesday.

Reuters exclusively reported this week that President Joe Biden is seeking to revive interest in the project linking the Texas cities of Dallas and Houston and was likely to raise the issue during Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's state visit.

The project was among several named in a fact sheet published by the White House after the talks outlining "political understandings" that were affirmed during the visit.

"The U.S. Department of Transportation and Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism welcomed Amtrak's leadership of the Texas Central High Speed Rail Project, utilizing Shinkansen technologies," the fact sheet said.

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[Voltaire2]

1. Once upon a time we were world leaders in train manufacturing.

And we had one of the best and most extensive rail systems in the world.

Now, not so much.

Republicans are terrified of trains, so expect Texas will obstruct any such plan, unless of course there is enough graft and corruption to compensate.