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JR Tokai targets 7 U.S. areas to promote bullet, maglev train systems
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TOKYO, Jan. 25 Kyodo -
Central Japan Railway Co. said Monday it has selected seven U.S. areas in which
it will concentrate its marketing efforts for its ''shinkansen'' bullet train
and maglev train systems.
For shinkansen systems, the Japanese railway operator, known as JR Tokai, said
it has picked four areas spearheaded by a possible route linking Tampa, Orlando
and Miami in Florida.
It is also eyeing three possible routes -- one between Los Angeles and Las
Vegas, Nevada, a route in the state of Texas and another route around Chicago.
For maglev, or magnetic levitation, high-speed train systems, JR Tokai chose a
possible line linking Washington D.C. and Baltimore in Maryland, a route in
Pennsylvania and another linking Chattanooga in Tennessee with Atlanta in
Georgia, it said.
JR Tokai is keen to boost its profits and revenues by landing orders from
overseas for high-speed train systems. It has selected the seven U.S. candidate
areas from among more than 150 overseas candidate areas and countries, it said.
U.S. President Barack Obama has highlighted a multibillion dollar effort to
develop a high-speed railway system, saying such a network would save energy,
spur the flagging U.S. economy and help create jobs.
The Obama administration plans to shortly reveal which areas it has selected as
beneficiaries of the envisioned public works projects.
JR Tokai Chairman Yoshiyuki Kasai told a news conference in Tokyo, ''The
United States provides the highest possibility that a high-speed railway
system based on Japanese technology will be deployed.''
''If this comes true, it would help expand markets for Japanese manufacturers
which would be able to supply materials, machines and equipment,'' he said.
The railway company said it wants the Obama administration to adopt high-speed
rail systems centering on its latest N700 Series of bullet train cars, which it
currently employs on its Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen railway lines.
As for the maglev systems, Kasai said they are ready to be applied to practical
use, adding, ''We should not miss any opportunity...whether that opportunity
occurs in Japan or elsewhere.''
==Kyodo
2010-01-25 23:11:23
TOKYO, Jan. 25 Kyodo -
Central Japan Railway Co. said Monday it has selected seven U.S. areas in which
it will concentrate its marketing efforts for its ''shinkansen'' bullet train
and maglev train systems.
For shinkansen systems, the Japanese railway operator, known as JR Tokai, said
it has picked four areas spearheaded by a possible route linking Tampa, Orlando
and Miami in Florida.
It is also eyeing three possible routes -- one between Los Angeles and Las
Vegas, Nevada, a route in the state of Texas and another route around Chicago.
For maglev, or magnetic levitation, high-speed train systems, JR Tokai chose a
possible line linking Washington D.C. and Baltimore in Maryland, a route in
Pennsylvania and another linking Chattanooga in Tennessee with Atlanta in
Georgia, it said.
JR Tokai is keen to boost its profits and revenues by landing orders from
overseas for high-speed train systems. It has selected the seven U.S. candidate
areas from among more than 150 overseas candidate areas and countries, it said.
U.S. President Barack Obama has highlighted a multibillion dollar effort to
develop a high-speed railway system, saying such a network would save energy,
spur the flagging U.S. economy and help create jobs.
The Obama administration plans to shortly reveal which areas it has selected as
beneficiaries of the envisioned public works projects.
JR Tokai Chairman Yoshiyuki Kasai told a news conference in Tokyo, ''The
United States provides the highest possibility that a high-speed railway
system based on Japanese technology will be deployed.''
''If this comes true, it would help expand markets for Japanese manufacturers
which would be able to supply materials, machines and equipment,'' he said.
The railway company said it wants the Obama administration to adopt high-speed
rail systems centering on its latest N700 Series of bullet train cars, which it
currently employs on its Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen railway lines.
As for the maglev systems, Kasai said they are ready to be applied to practical
use, adding, ''We should not miss any opportunity...whether that opportunity
occurs in Japan or elsewhere.''
==Kyodo
2010-01-25 23:11:23
