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China to Take Part in Constructing High-Speed Rail Line in Western US

© REUTERS / StringerA worker walks between two bullet trains at a high speed railway maintenance station.
A worker walks between two bullet trains at a high speed railway maintenance station. - Sputnik International
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China will participate in the building of a high-speed rail line in the United States, media reports claimed on Thursday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures to U.S. President Barack Obama (L) as they arrive for a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 12, 2014 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A consortium of Chinese rail enterprises is collaborating with the US company XpressWest to construct a Las Vegas-Los Angeles rail line, according to the BBC.

The XpressWest company will form a joint venture with China Railway International USA, which unites the state firms China Railway Group, CRRC, China State Construction Engineering Corporation and China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation, according to the British broadcaster.

The BBC states, citing an analyst, that the project can cost $5 billion.

Last October, the Chinese media claimed that the country had become the world leader in developing high-speed rail systems.

The same month, the Russian government signed a memorandum of cooperation on a high-speed railroad with Chinese officials. The purpose of the document is to develop a Moscow-Beijing Eurasian high-speed rail transport corridor.

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