Korea installed a high-speed rail link between Busan and Seoul. At the time, I said the following:
When a country goes shopping for a fast train they basically have two choices. Japan, a country located a scant few miles away from Korea, has the bullet train. France, on the other side of the world, has the TGV. Korea wanted a to buy a handful of fast trains. In some strange twist of business, politics, or just sheer spite, the Koreans chose the French train.
Well, it seems that the UK has the same statement to make about France. We just bought some high-speed trains for the 2012 Olympics. Did we choose trains from our close neighbour and European ally, France, or did we get Japan to put them on a boat and sail them half-way around the world?
I read in the local paper yesterday that the first of 30 Japanese bullet trains were offloaded in Southampton a few days ago.
It makes me wonder exactly how these decisions are made…
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