The project is currently in the Detailed Project Report (DPR) stage, with surveys underway to finalise the route and assess land requirements. Once completed, this high-speed rail corridor will ...

The new East Japan Railway Company (JR East) train – the E10 – will come into service in 2030 and replace the existing E2 and E5 bullet trains on the Tohoku route, which connects Tokyo with ...

A bill to prevent the use of public funds for certain high-speed rail projects could further disrupt the already embattled ...

House Bill 1402, written in opposition to the long-planned bullet train between Texas' two largest cities, would prevent the ...

Thanks to its spectacular attractions, unique customs and world-class hospitality, Japan sits atop many keen travellers’ ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- 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 ...

Japan’s ‘shinkansen’ bullet train and the California Zephyr Amtrak route through the Rocky Mountains. There’ll be plenty to keep you entertained: wine tastings in Georgia, marbling ...

A new “earthquake resistant”, 200mph train set to take to the tracks in Japan was designed by a British firm in a bullet train first ... E2 and E5 on the Tohoku route. Studio Tangerine ...

Sometimes called the Kyoto of eastern Japan, Kamakura boasts dozens of shrines including the Great Buddha, a towering ...

They travel long distances in Japan only by bullet trains. “People in many countries ... which are collectively called the “golden route.” Therefore, tourists shuttle exclusively between ...

In an eye-opening video, a traveler gave viewers a look on YouTube at the remarkable high-speed rail system in Japan ... consumption and carbon emissions along the railway routes." Japan's rail system ...

More than half of the route's total length is made up of roughly ... a risk of concrete falling," said Daizo Fujii, 53, a West Japan Railway Co (JR West) employee who is in charge of maintenance.