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 | A Shinkansen-style high-speed bullet train pass through the city in Taoyuan, Taiwan January 4, 2007. A high-speed rail line in Taiwan could provide some cities along its route with a ride to riches as they become less pricey alternatives to Taipei and Kaohsiung. Friday's launch of the rail -- the world's first outside Japan based on bullet train technology -- will cut travel time between Taiwan's top two cities, Taipei in the north and Kaohsiung in the south, to about 90 minutes from up to five hours on the conventional rail service. click to open  |  | A Shinkansen-style high-speed bullet train pass through the city in Taoyuan, Taiwan January 4, 2007. A high-speed rail line in Taiwan could provide some cities along its route with a ride to riches as they become less pricey alternatives to Taipei and Kaohsiung. Friday's launch of the rail -- the world's first outside Japan based on bullet train technology -- will cut travel time between Taiwan's top two cities, Taipei in the north and Kaohsiung in the south, to about 90 minutes from up to five hours on the conventional rail service. click to open |  | Taiwan's president Chen Shui-bian, center, shakes hands with train attendants during a ride on the high-speed train, Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, in Taipei, Taiwan. The hish-speed train will open to paying passengers for test rides on Jan. 5. click to open |  | A Shinkansen-style high-speed rail train arrives at the Taichung station January 1, 2007. Taiwan's first high-speed rail train will start operations on January 5, 2007. click to open |  | A security guard stands beside a high-speed train in Taichung station January 1, 2007. Taiwan's first high-speed rail train will start operations on January 5, 2007. click to open |  | Security staff stand next to Taiwan's new high-speed train during a test run at Taoyuan station. Taiwan's much-anticipated bullet train will finally go in to service tomorrow, linking the island's north and south and dramatically altering its economic landscape.( click to open |  | Residents watch a T-700 Japan-made high-speed train from a resturant at Chang hua, central Taiwan. The much-anticipated bullet train will finally go in to service tomorrow, linking the island's north and south and dramatically altering its economic landscape. click to open |
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