Next Year the Japanese government will officially propose to Brazil to select their Shinkansen (Bullet Train) technology for a planned 500km high speed rail route from Rio de Janeiro to Campinas, running through the country’s largest city, Sao Paulo, featuring a total of six stations. The Brazilian government is currently finishing up on a feasibility study sometime early 2008. They expect the maximum speed will be about 250 to 300kph. Japan has already briefed the Brazilian government about it’s successful launch and service of the Taiwan Shinkansen that began in March of this year. If approved the 500km route will eventually expand to a total of 1,500km stretching between Belo Horizonte to the north of Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba to the south of Sao Paulo. It’s expected France, Germany and South Korea will also try to promote their high speed rail technology.

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