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 ...

Passengers who were on the same platform at JR Tokyo Station 60 years ago got a sense of deja vu when seeing off a departing Nozomi No. 1 Shinkansen on Oct. 1. In a similar ceremony as held then ...

The amazing line sees trains hurtling along at speeds up to 177mph, and is said to be the world's most punctual high-speed ...

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

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.

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 ...

JR West, a railway company of Japan, has begun connecting online and ticketless booking services ‘Express Booking’ and ‘Smart ...

Record-breaking snowfall across Hokkaido and Sea of Japan coastal areas of Honshu on Feb. 8 brought traffic and train ...

With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling along at speeds up to 177mph, the Asian country's high-tech railway is said to be the world's most punctual. Japanese National Railways ...

Indian Railways is set to transform travel with Made in India bullet trains on the 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor. With the cost of each car amounting to Rs 27.86 crore, the bullet trains embody the ...

On-the-ground transportation added up as well. While local trains were fairly inexpensive, tickets for the Shinkansen bullet train were costly. My ride from Tokyo to Toyama was the most expensive ...