Sixty years after the world's first high-speed ... proud of the Shinkansen," he said. "As a Japanese citizen I'm proud of that." TRAIN JOURNEYS Train Journeys is a BBC Travel series that ...

The service will mark the 50th anniversary of the Sanyo Shinkansen Line between Osaka and Fukuoka prefectures and coincides ...

The operators of Nozomi bullet train services connecting Tokyo and Hakata in southwestern Japan are considering reducing the ...

India had initially announced that the country’s first bullet train, which would run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai — a pet ...

Over the decades, the bullet train's top speed has increased from 210 kph to 320 kph. Initially, the 0 Series Shinkansen traveled at a maximum speed of 210 kph, making it the first train to ...

Japan is difficult territory for high speed trains. The mountainous countryside makes for steep gradients and lots of curves. The Shinkansen ... magnetic levitation train from Washington to ...