A problem-plagued train project based on Shinkansen technology in the U.S. state of Texas suffered an additional setback when the Trump administration terminated a grant for the high-speed rail plan.
Newer stations on Shinkansen lines across Japan are speeding to the head of the line in popularity among passengers for a ...
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Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train now has private suites. Here’s how it compares to flying first class.
The famous Japanese bullet train has just received an upgrade. A new cabin, called Supreme Class, with private suites has been introduced on some of Japan’s high-speed rail network. It’s the single ...
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Central Japan Railway Co. on Monday began commercial service of its new bullet inspection train "Dr. S," ...
When the Shinkansen started running 60 years ago, it took four hours to travel from Tokyo to Osaka. Now, it takes less than two and a half hours. When the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, hailed as a “dream super ...
Development of the next-generation Shinkansen is proceeding in earnest. East Japan Railway Company has begun developing trial railway cars that will travel at 360 kilometers per hour, the fastest in ...
At 5:59 a.m. on Oct. 1, 1964, the signals rang on platform 9 in Tokyo station to announce the departure of “Hikari No. 1,” the first scheduled train on the Tokaido Shinkansen. In the early light of ...
Fifty years ago this year, the first Shinkansen bullet train shot out of a station platform in Tokyo. Jonathan Glancey salutes a classic of design that created the blueprint for railway travel around ...
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