The mountainous countryside makes for steep gradients and lots of curves. The Shinkansen trains are so fast that booming in and out of tunnels can create serious turbulence. Running through some ...

This means the maximum speed of the Tsubasa trains running along the route ... four minutes faster than at present. The Joetsu Shinkansen Line will send out the last outbound trains for Niigata ...

When the Shinkansen started running 60 years ago, it took four hours to travel from Tokyo to Osaka. Now, it takes less than two and a half hours. When the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, hailed as a ...

From the very first run of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen on October 1, 1964, until the present day, there has never been a single derailment or collision on the entire full-standard Shinkansen rail ...

A power outage disrupted Shinkansen bullet train services on the Tohoku, Hokuriku and Joetsu lines Tuesday. East Japan Railway Company says the suspension of over 280 train operations affected ...

The Shinkansen, which is Japan's bullet train rail network, has never had an accident in its 57-year history. Isao Makibayashi, one of the bullet train's first drivers, spoke to Witness History ...

All seats are already reservation-only on the Hayabusa, Komachi, Tsubasa and Kagayaki trains, which run along other Shinkansen lines.

High-speed shinkansen trains began running between Tokyo and Osaka on October 1, 1964, heralding a new era for rail travel as Japan grew into an economic superpower after its World War II defeat. The ...

JR East is working to reduce travel times by increasing the speed of the Tohoku Shinkansen to attract tourists and revitalize the region. The company is currently conducting tests using its test ...

Kyle Chan is a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University. Sixty years ago, on October 1, 1964, the Shinkansen set off from Tokyo to Osaka, marking a new era of rail travel. It’s hard to ...

Oh to be a pampered pooch on one of Japan's iconic Shinkansen trains heading to a beautiful resort town. For the first time, 21 furry friends were allowed to roam free in a special pet-friendly ...

The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan. The 60 Worst Action Movies of All ...