Ballooning costs, inconvenient access and a local feud are clouding the future of the Kyushu Shinkansen Line’s Nishi-Kyushu ...

As a replacement for the Doctor Yellow, known as a “doctor for Shinkansen lines,” the driver’s cab will be equipped with a ...

Rail company inundated with requests after putting up for sale 50 of the disused trolleys from the Tokyo-Osaka shinkansen route They are simple, practical items that have rolled seamlessly along ...

Today we will ride the longest Shinkansen route, a distance of 2300km from Kagoshima to Hakodate.Riding many bullet trains, and enjoying the food, attractions the shinaksen routes has to offer!Please ...

Amazon Japan has started using the country's iconic bullet trains to move packages between facilities across different ...

The shinkansen isn’t the only way to get around Japan, but it’s the fastest, the most comfortable, and the most convenient. That combination, though, also means that it’s the most popular mode of long ...

Sapporo – Unexpected construction delays and a tight labor market have made finishing the Hokkaido Shinkansen route to Sapporo by the end of the 2030 fiscal year problematic, although officials ...

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Rationality check: If the TGV has been the fastest train in the world for so long, how can it be "too heavy"?!? But also as a counterpoint, the TGV's track is much simpler and cost efficient than the ...