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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Hitachi locomotives, Hitachi multiple units, THSR 700T, 0 Series Shinkansen, E2 Series Shinkansen, N700 Series Shinkansen, 100 Series Shinkansen, T bu 50000 series, British Rail Class 395, 200 Series Shinkansen, 103 series, 300 Series Shinkansen, E5 Series Shinkansen, 223 series, South African Class 7E3, Series 2, 500 Series Shinkansen, South African Class 7E3, Series 1, E1 Series Shinkansen, 800 Series Shinkansen, South African Class 7E4, E6 Series Shinkansen, E4 Series Shinkansen, 300X, South African Class 7E1, 885 series, E653 series, WIN350, Tokyo Metro 10000 series, JNR Class EF58, 817 series, 583 series, E657 series, Tokyo Metro 15000 series, E655 series, E257 series, Toei 12-000 series, 211 series, TX-2000 series, E351 series, JNR Class ED76, 883 series, 735 series, 681 series, JNR Class EF55, 207 series, 683 series, 815 series, JNR Class EF57, Seibu 30000 series, 8000 series, JNR Class EH10, 383 series. Excerpt: The THSR 700T ( 700T ) is high-speed electric multiple unit trainset derived from the Japanese Shinkansen family for Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR), Taiwan's high-speed rail line. The THSR 700T is based primary on the 700 Series Shinkansen, with the "T" referring to Taiwan. The trains were manufactured in Japan by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Nippon Sharyo, and Hitachi, Ltd., marking the first time Japanese Shinkansen trains have been exported overseas. 30 trains were delivered to THSR operator Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation (THSRC), and are in regular service with a top speed of 300 kilometres per hour (186 mph) since the line's opening on January 5, 2007. Taiwan's Bureau of High Speed Rail (BOHSR) started to tender THSR as a build-operate-transfer (BOT) scheme in October 1996. The two competitors were the Taiwan High Speed Rail Consortium (THSRC) and the Chunghwa High Speed Rail Consortium (...
