Shinkansen bullet trains traverse this tunnel, which descends approximately 100 meters (330 feet) below the seabed and 240 ...

Stepping onto a Japanese bullet train feels like taking a trip into the future. The sleek, white cars with blue stripes down ...

In 1964, Japan launched the Shinkansen, a high-speed train that seemed impossible at the time. This episode covers how ...

THE future of train travel is one step closer to whisking passengers away faster than they’ve ever been before. Following ...

Heavy rain canceled a total of 88 Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train services on Saturday and delayed 229 by up to around six ...

Heavy rain briefly halted all shinkansen bullet train services between Hakata in southwestern Japan and Tokyo on Saturday ...

Japan is famous for rail travel. Whether you’re here as a tourist or a resident, trains are often a part of daily life. There ...

With two projects underway, business, labor and government leaders see the dawn of a new industry that “could be a very ...

They are also disrupting the operation of the Shinkansen bullet trains that run between Tokyo and Hakata in Fukuoka. The Japan Meteorological Agency says rain clouds have been developing mainly in ...

A SMALL train station in the UK has been named the best in the country – beating some of the country’s largest and busiest.

There are sometimes those who lament that “Shinkansen trips are all somewhat dull,” but that is directly due to the train network’s ultimate goal of providing high speed and safe travel at ...

Amtrak’s Byford estimates that if approved, a Texan bullet train could be running in the early 2030s, when the Shinkansen turns 70. Meanwhile, Japan is building the next generation of high-speed ...