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Article: Japan consortium markets train system to Southeast Asia as package.
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- Kyodo News International (Tokyo, Japan)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2004
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Sep. 15--TOKYO -- A consortium of 16 Japanese railway-related companies has begun marketing a package of trains, an operating system and other necessary facilities for building railways in cities in Southeast Asia, consortium officials said Wednesday.
The 16 companies, including Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. and Kinki Sharyo Co., have joined hands to meet a growing demand in Southeast Asian countries for the construction of inexpensive and safe trains systems capable of carrying a large number of passengers at high speed in cities.
With Asian governments calling for a comprehensive proposal, the consortium developed a package of light ...