Japanese rail operator JR East is considering adding add freight cars to its Shinkansen trains, and may develop entire ...
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 ...
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 ...
The service will mark the 50th anniversary of the Sanyo Shinkansen Line between Osaka and Fukuoka prefectures and coincides ...
A stunning train line opened earlier this year has slashed transport times in one of Asia’s most popular tourist destinations. An extension to the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line in ...
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 ...
Join the BBC's Paul Carter in Tokyo as he marks 60 years of the iconic Shinkansen, better known as the bullet train. With 6.8 billion passengers and delays averaging just one minute, Paul ...