TOKYO -- Hitachi is looking beyond its high-speed rail stomping grounds of Japan and Europe, as it seeks to join a project connecting Dallas and Houston in the U.S. state of Texas and get involved in work for an airport link around Bangkok.
The Japanese industrial group has met with the Texas government, Alistair Dormer, the executive vice president who oversees the group's rail operations, told Nikkei. The company seeks to win a wide-ranging contract that covers the building of rolling stock and signaling systems in addition to urban development around train stations.
