"Passengers rejoice! Because this bullet is simply the best"
This is a moment to savour. Britain's rail passengers will soon be travelling on not the cheapest, tattiest trains, but the best. And there can be no doubt that the Japanese bullet train is the best.
The decision to let Hitachi build Britain's intercity trains could even turn a nation of public transport Neanderthals into railway sophisticates again.
If Britain handles its new Japanese train-set properly, it will finally have a world-class rail system. If it forgets to behave like the Japanese, it will end up with, well, the network it has already.
