High-speed rail is expensive and time consuming to build. It’s also one of the keys to the future, politicians and rail executives said at a recent conference. The building of the lines will generate much needed growth in the developing world and help with decarbonization.
“I believe the high speed rail will be spreading more widely around the world, and there will probably be two major trends,” said former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, during a forum hosted by the International High-speed Rail Association (IHRA), a Tokyo-based industry group that promotes Japan’s shinkansen technology overseas.
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