I took Japan's famous bullet train Shinkansen for the first time. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was quick with comfy seats, but ...

The latest Shinkansen is the N700S Series, and the name should give away that this is an evolutionary rather than ...

With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling along at speeds up to 177mph, the Asian country's high-tech railway ...

THE RAILWAY network in an affordable European capital is set to benefit from a huge multi-billion revamp. Billions will be ...

TOKYO: Shinkansen bullet train services in Japan have been suspended or delayed due to heavy snow on Saturday (Feb 8) morning ...

SOMETIMES it really is about the journey, as train and bus enthusiasts will know too well. Soon, Brits won’t have to imagine what it would’ve been like to commute around London in the ...

As much time as I've spent on this channel talking about high speed rail in the Northeast Corridor (Acela), bullet trains in California (California High Speed Rail), Shinkansen-type trains in Texas ...

Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train services between Tokyo and Osaka are likely to operate at a slower speed than usual on ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations marked the world’s first high-speed rail service. Over the decades, the bullet train's top speed has increased from 210 kph to 320 ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

Heavy snow has forced the suspension of Yamagata Shinkansen operations in both directions between Fukushima Station and Shinjo Station in Yamagata Prefecture from Sunday's first train to around noon.

The project, which spans 508 kilometres, aims to reduce travel time between Mumbai and Ahmedabad to just over two hours. The ...