In 1959, 14 years after Japanese officials surrendered ending WWII, Japanese officials committed to building a bullet train. The roughly 320 miles of high-speed track was to run from Toyko to Osaka and was to coincide with the 1964 Olympics. It opened just days before the Olympics at a cost of about 80 Million dollars. Since then, Japan has built fast rail trains running from several prefectures with another line, from Tokyo to Nogawa and then Osaka, by 2027. This next iteration of a bullet train will run at an astonishing 300 miles an hour. It’s astounding how efficient Japan’s bullet trains are, and how safe. In the 50 years, they have been running there have been no fatalities.
California’s $113 Billion Bullet Train to Nowhere
