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Discover LudwigThe phrase "bullet train" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe a high-speed passenger train and is typically used when discussing rail transport in Japan. For example, "The Shinkansen is a bullet train that travels between Tokyo and Osaka at over 300km/h."
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bullet train
noun
A high-speed passenger train in Japan which runs at speeds from 200-300 kilometers per hour on the shinkansen network.
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Bullet train and airline service was canceled.
I took the bullet train to Kyoto.
Japan has confidence in its bullet train technology.
And it's coming here like a bullet train".
How the bullet train made Tokyo into a monster.
But a bullet train through the Pennines is silly.
You saw Roberto Carlos, the human bullet train.
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That's assuming he doesn't blow it on some liberal binge or more bullet train-type decisions.
JR Central runs the busiest bullet-train line in Japan.
Her path to the quarterfinals has been bullet-train efficient.
But most of their money is being redistributed to bullet-train projects.
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