East Japan Railway Co. will build two prototype bullet trains capable of a top speed of 400 kph and test them from 2005 to 2008 in northeastern Japan, the railway operator said Tuesday.
It aims to launch the trains by 2013 and run them at a maximum speed of 360 kph, which it says would be the fastest in the world for commercial trains.
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