The most prominent Shinkansen export I know is Taiwan's HSR, which uses modified 700 series Shinkansen. Mainland China, too...
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...uses modified E2 series. Vietnam was interested but then cancelled, Indonesia (iirc) was going to but then decided to buy Chinese instead
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To say nothing of Japan's tireless efforts to export Shinkansen to the USA--in California, Texas, Florida, and the Northeast.
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I wonder if it's because of interoperability with existing networks- that's often considered not possible with a Shinkansen network.
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Shinkansen can interoperate with any network that uses the same gauge (1435mm, standard worldwide) and electrification (25kV AC iirc)
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Shinkansen can't interoperate with *most* Japanese conventional lines because of the gauge difference (1067mm)
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Japan's example is clear, as also the TGV being somewhat impractical, but I often wonder why networks choose Velaro over Shinkansen.
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