Kyoto is best known for its myriad temples and shrines, and its gorgeous Gion district. But for fans of mighty machines, the new Kyoto Railway Museum offers a few hours of diversion from beautiful, ...

OMURA, Nagasaki Prefecture--The newly opened Shin-Omura Station here has been thrust into the spotlight among rail buffs as the new final stop on the “longest one-way train trip” in Japan. The opening ...

It was a sad day when the Evangelion shinkansen made its last journey on the rails on May 13. But where one door closes, another one opens, and that’s exactly what happened this week, as West Japan ...

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 ...

From the very first run of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen on October 1, 1964, until the present day, there has never been a single derailment or collision on the entire full-standard Shinkansen rail network ...

Central Japan Railway, or JRC, is the country's second-largest railway network operator, deriving 94% of its operating profit from the rail business. Merchandise and real estate accounts for the ...

Free wifi, beautiful bento meals and spectacular window views – Japan’s shinkansen are second to none when it comes to travelling in ease and comfort. These bullet trains are notoriously fast and can ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Cameras and smartphones in focus, we're all hunched over the windows on the left side of the bullet train from Himeji to Tokyo. It's a ...

Mumbai: In a major move to strengthen Indo-Japanese ties and boost India’s bullet train ambitions, Japan will gift India two Shinkansen train sets, E5 and E3 models, for inspection purposes on the ...

When the driver of a high-speed Shinkansen between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations felt the urgent call of nature, he left his post rather than making a mess. He summoned a conductor, who had no license ...