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

Heavy rain in western and southwestern Japan continues to disrupt shinkansen bullet train services, affecting travelers on ...

When the first line of the Shinkansen opened on October 1, 1960, people working in the global rail industry raised a collective cry of surprise. The top speed of the fastest train on the rails of ...

Travellers to Japan may have picked up on a familiar accent while riding the Shinkansen between Tokyo and the southern island ...

There are also systems that will stop trains if a car falls from a bridge over a shinkansen line, for example. In most of the developed world, collision safety measures are required for all trains ...

JR West owns and is responsible for the maintenance of a large railway network comprising nearly 5,000 kilometers of track. About 60% of the firm's planned capital expenditure for the next few years ...

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan -- At least seven travelers lost their lives, and four others were injured following a deadly road accident in north Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Friday, provincial ...

The U.S.'s rail system lags far behind other countries when it comes to both scale and speed, but strides are being made ...

The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and ... The 60 Worst Action Movies of All Time "I am still hungry": Lionel Messi ...

Hirosaki was our last stop in Tohoku, but we still had one city to go on this adventure: Hakodate, just across the Tsugaru Strait near the southern tip of Hokkaido. In Part 3 of my travelogue, I’ll ...