<Li> 1940 - US employment is 793,000 . </Li> <Li> 1960s - 2000s (decade) - Many countries adopt high - speed rail in an attempt to make rail transport competitive with both road transport and air transport . </Li> <Li> 1963, March 27 - Publication of The Reshaping of Britain's Railways (the Beeching Report). Generally known as the "Beeching axe", it led to the mass closure of 25% of route miles and 50% of stations during the decade following . </Li> <Li> 1964 - Bullet Train service introduced in Japan, between Tokyo and Osaka . Trains average speeds of 160 km / h (100 mph) due to congested shared urban tracks, with top speeds of 210 km / h . </Li>

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