But there is still money to be made, especially by the foreign firms that have provided the technology to allow China's trains to overtake Japan's bullet trains and France's TGV.
The opening of the TGV-Est last month marked a huge change of heart for France.
From Yokohama Ferry Terminal to the TGV stations of southern France; from Brisbane's South Bank to Copenhagen's city squares; and from Bristol's Legible City to cycling in Groningen– these are ideas in action.
The French TGV from Paris to Lyon, by contrast, runs at an average speed of 140mph.
從橫濱的渡輪站到法南的TGV車站，布里斯班南方銀行到哥本哈根的城市廣場，還有布里斯托可閲讀的城市、本哈根騎腳踏車兜風…這都是理念的付諸行動。
正如乘座過TGV的人那樣，我會説它是一輛卓越的火車，並且它給法國乘客提供的巨大便利，可能使其相對來説的高造價變得合理並可以被人們所接受。
Two-thirds of the country's high-speed TGV trains were canceled.
上個月開通的TGV-Est標誌着法蘭西觀念上的重大改變。
French President Nicholas Sarkozy is due to arrive in Morocco to oversee the start of construction on a new TGV high-speed rail link.
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