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Brazil may invite tenders next month for railway project
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 12, 2010 (Kyodo News International) -- The Brazilian government said Monday it may invite tenders in February for a high-speed railway project in which Japan, South Korea and European countries are considering taking part.
Brazil indicated the possibility at its first public hearing on the project, held in Rio de Janeiro, attended by about 100 company officials and others.
The government said it plans to start construction of a high-speed railway system in the southeastern part of the country by the end of this year and complete it by 2015.
Brazil plans to construct the system over a 510-kilometer route connecting Rio de Janeiro and Campinas, an industrial city, via Sao Paulo in less than two hours at a cost of about 36.4 billion reals (about 1.9 trillion yen or $21 billion).
The government also said it plans to extend the railway system to other main cities, including Curitiba in southern Brazil.
A Chinese official said China wants to take part in the railway project, while a Brazilian participant said Brazil should study the introduction of Japan's latest maglev train technology.
From Japan, a consortium of Japanese firms led by Mitsui & Co. plans to make a pitch for a shinkansen bullet-train system.
Brazil will also hold public hearings on the project in three other areas by Jan. 19.
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