TOKYO: East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) has said that its suspension of coupled Shinkansen train services will be extended to Friday (March 14). The suspension follows a serious incident in which ...

The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to tunnel construction ...

TOKYO - The Tohoku Shinkansen line stopped to conduct a train inspection between Ueno and Omiya Stations on March 6 morning after the train cars decoupled and came to a halt, according to JR East.

A Disney-themed bullet train began operating on the Tokaido shinkansen line connecting Tokyo and Osaka on February 21. Dubbed the Wonderful Dreams Shinkansen, the 16-car train is decorated with ...

“I See the Light” from “Tangled” will play aboard the train. The Wonderful Dreams Shinkansen is a N700A series train. It will run on the Tokaido Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Shin-Osak ...

FUKUI--The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line’s extension between Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture and Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture will open on March 16, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West ...

CENTRAL Japan Railway Company (JR Central) confirmed on October 22 that it will receive a further 20 N700A series Shinkansen trains between fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2019 to replace the last of its ...

The N700A retains the 1o tilting system introduced on the N700, which allows operation at up to 270km/h on the Tokaido Shinkansen and 300km/h on the Sanyo Shinkansen. The new trains also feature a new ...