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Thailand, Japan sign MoU on bullet-train cooperation

Xinhua, May 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Thailand and Japan on Wednesday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate on potential introduction of Japan's shinkansen bullet-train technology into Thailand, according to the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT).

The two countries will conduct a feasibility study and also evaluate the profitability of a 660-kilometer high-speed railway project that connects Thai capital Bangkok and the northern province of Chiang Mai, Transport Minister Prajin Juntong was quoted by the NNT as saying.

Prajin and his Japanese counterpart Akihiro Ota signed the MoU in Tokyo.

Reportedly, Thailand and Japan will look into the construction of stations and routes. Endi