Although designated as a basic plan route by the government in 1973, the East Kyushu Shinkansen lacks formal development ...

A ceremony has been held in western Japan to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the full opening of the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line. The train line connecting Shin-Osaka with Hakata went ...

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 ...

Ceremonies at JR Hakata and Hiroshima stations were among the many held in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Sanyo Shinkansen Line on March 10.

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High-speed bullet trains, or Shinkansen, should prove more robust, given a superior offering to conventional railways and road travel. But with only two Shinkansen, it is not expected to make up ...

High-speed bullet trains, or Shinkansen, should prove more robust, given a superior offering to conventional railways and road travel. But with only two Shinkansen, it is not expected to make up ...

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A Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from hit films such as "Frozen" was shown to the media in central Japan on Monday, ahead of its launch on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line ...

Join the BBC's Paul Carter in Tokyo as he marks 60 years of the iconic Shinkansen, better known as the bullet train. With 6.8 billion passengers and delays averaging just one minute, Paul ...

Three Shinkansen operators will create dedicated spaces for passengers to safely keep suitcases and other large bags on the high-speed trains’ deck areas connecting the cars. The new offering ...