All smoking rooms were abolished on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines on March 16, meaning that smoking is no longer allowed on any bullet train nationwide. Smoking had already been ...
Services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines were halted and delayed early on Aug. 17 as cancellations the previous day caused by heavy rain affected crew and train car preparations.
The Tokaido Shinkansen, which links the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, has been running in tandem with Japan’s economic and social development ever since it began operating ...