New Straits Times

India bullet train signals big leap

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As India’s premier Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpar­t Shinzo Abe prepare to break ground on the country’s first bullet train project today, experts say the collaborat­ion could signal a massive leap for its overburden­ed and deadly railways. India’s colonial-era rail network carries some 22 million passengers daily, making it one of the busiest in the world. But it is also among the most dangerous.

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