The ultra high-speed maglev rail service developed by Central Japan Railway Company is still several years away ...

The L0 Series train being developed by Japan currently is likely to reach speeds of up to 603.5kmh, making it the world’s ...

TSURU, Yamanashi Prefecture--Although railway construction issues have pushed back the scheduled start of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line, improvements on test cars and comfort levels appear to be ...

Negotiations between the Shizuoka prefectural government and Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) over the construction of a tunnel for the linear Chuo Shinkansen line are becoming more and more ...

Central Japan Railway Company, or JR Central, is the main railway operator in Nagoya and the Chubu region in central Japan. It serves far fewer passengers than JR East but what JR Central lacks in ...

Currently, the bullet train (Shinkansen) is the fastest way to travel this distance, taking around 2 hours and 30 minutes on ...

Central Japan Railway Co.’s ongoing project to build a maglev train system linking Tokyo and Osaka is finally in full swing. Early this month, JR Tokai released a list of probable locations for ...

When the record-breaking Shinkansen high-speed rail line opened in 1964, it was perfect timing. That year, Tokyo hosted the Summer Olympics, and Japan hogged the spotlight to debut the world’s first ...

Nagoya, Jan. 7 (Jiji Press)--Shunsuke Niwa, president of Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, has stressed that the company will continue promoting the construction of the Chuo Shinkansen ...