Possible M’sia-S'pore ‘Shinkansen’ bullet train excites world rail body

A Shinkansen bullet train passes over a road in Tokyo. - AFP filepic

KUALA LUMPUR: The possibility of Japan’s world-famous Shinkansen bullet train system making its debut in Malaysia and Singapore has created some excitement within the International High Speed Rail Association (IHRA) with a senior official making a strong pitch for its adoption.

IHRA vice-chairman Torkel Patterson said countries that previously had zero high-speed rail (HSR) working experience had proven that they could achieve the same level of success as Japan in operating the system despite initial scepticisms.