Rail Crunch Forces Taiwan’s 12-Train N700ST Shinkansen Bet

Taiwan’s first high-speed rail fleet expansion in 22 years adds 12 N700ST trains, but riders won’t see service until 2027.

Key takeaways

• Taiwan High Speed Rail’s next fleet addition has moved from procurement to hardware, with the new N700ST Shinkansen trainsets now officially unveiled. The new trai...
• The headline is not just that Taiwan is getting new high-speed trains. It is that THSR is adding new trainsets based on Japan’s Shinkansen N700S design, adapte...
• THSR unveils Taiwan’s N700ST Shinkansen trains with Hitachi and Toshiba
• The N700ST unveiling marks a major fleet update for a rail system that has been running on its original high-speed backbone for more than two decades. THSR has now...

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