Yamanashi Prefecture has scrapped plans to build a light railway part-way up Mount Fuji and is instead considering a Chinese-made cross between a bus and a tram, a Gov. Kotaro Nagasaki said Monday.
Authorities are now considering a hydrogen-powered transport system developed by China’s state-owned railway company CRRC, as well as alternatives from Japanese firms.
The Chinese Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) resembles a tram with its different sections but has more in common with a bus, running on rubber tires and on a road instead of rails.