London, Dec 28 (ANI): The transport minister, Lord Adonis, is planning to introduce Japanese-style bullet trains in the UK.
He said that building a 20 billion pound high-speed line would cut journey times from London to Manchester, one of Britain's most congested routes, from 2hr 7min to just 80min.
Adonis came up with the plan after a visit with Iain Coucher, the head of Network Rail, to Japan last month.
"Britain has a lot to learn from Japan about high-speed rail. In Japan it has been a powerful force for economic regeneration and national pride. It could be the same in Britain," Times Online quoted the minister, as saying.
Adonis believes that there are striking similarities between Britain and Japan because of relatively small distances between cities and high congestion levels.
Japan introduced the first bullet trains, which now run at up to 186mph, in 1964.
In the UK, the government hopes to run similar trains on an entirely new line. They would be powered by overhead electrical lines, commonplace on high-speed networks in Japan, the United States, France and Spain.
In the long term, a high-speed rail network may be the only way to cope with the growing popularity of rail travel.
"In the past, experts have claimed that the distances between our cities are too small to justify investment in really fast trains. But the distance between London and Manchester is similar to Tokyo-Nagoya," Adonis said.
"I am analysing the remarkable Japanese success story to help us decide on the best way forward for Britain," Adonis added.
Ministers want to begin work on the new London to Manchester line as soon as possible so that it can be in place within 15-20 years.(ANI)
WHAT THE TRUTH REALLY IS
This is a nice game Mr Adonis is playing, and the Grim Reaper approves of it.
Lets face it. Britain is very boring country, where the most exciting moment of the average citizen comes when he has to decide whether to use Loose Leaf Specialty or Loose Leaf Decaffeinated in his evening tea. Obviously, they need some kind of excitement, some public attraction, a place to enjoy, and this is what the government has done.
They will build high speed trains so Death Row prisoners, instead of dying a boring death by electric chair, can get tossed in front of incoming high speed trains and get every molecule of their forsaken body splattered around in a one-mile radius in a hellish rainfall of blood and internal organs and pleural fluid - imagine the crowd's wild cheers and child-like laughter!
Theres something in it for everyone. Medical students and doctors will always be eager for another one. Bored teenagers will find these spots the best places to hand out. Poor people can always try to catch a intact organ to sell on the black market. Sadists and families of victims killed by the guilty will enjoy their delightful revenge.
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