Visuals purportedly showing bullet train coaches being transported on a trailer truck are circulating on social media, with users claiming that the footage captures the arrival of India’s bullet train engines from Japan. The posts credit the Indian government for bringing the country’s ambitious bullet train project closer to reality.
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NM VERIFIED
NewsMobile verified the claim and found that it is misleading.
The NM Team initiated its verification by extracting keyframes from the viral visuals and running them through a reverse image search. During the investigation, we located a longer version of the same footage on the official YouTube channel of TVBS News.
The video, uploaded on August 29, 2026, carries a Chinese-language description explaining that the new N700ST train coaches had arrived in Taiwan after a 22-year wait for the next generation of high-speed rail technology. It also mentions that the coaches were spotted being transported on local roads, attracting the attention of railway enthusiasts.
Further investigation using relevant keywords led the team to a report published by Taiwan News on August 15, 2026. The report confirmed that the first N700ST high-speed train had arrived at Kaohsiung Port aboard a ship from Japan.
According to the report, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation had placed an order for 12 train sets from Japan’s Hitachi Toshiba Supreme Consortium. The first of these trains is expected to enter commercial service on July 1, 2027. Another report published by Focus Taiwan also corroborates these details.
Hence, it is evident that the viral video does not show Indian bullet train coaches arriving from Japan. The footage actually depicts Taiwan’s N700ST high-speed train coaches being transported after their arrival at Kaohsiung Port in August 2026. The social media claim linking the visuals to India’s bullet train project is false.
