The Tokaido Shinkansen connecting Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations marked ... (JR West) introduced the 500 Series Shinkansen, which operated on the Sanyo section at speeds of 300 kph, making it ...

TOKYO: The 500-series Shinkansen, the first Japanese train to reach a maximum speed of 300 kph, will be retired most likely in 2027, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) said Wednesday (July 24).

The nation’s first freight-only Shinkansen bullet train is expected to go into service between Tokyo and Morioka this autumn. East Japan Railway Co. plans to convert an E3 series Shinkansen by ...

Although I felt a bit sick during my two-and-a-half-hour trip from Osaka to Tokyo, I would jump ... no such concerns in booking my 500-kilometer (311-mile) Shinkansen journey.

The Tokaido Shinkansen Line began operations on Oct. 1, 1964, just prior to the Tokyo Olympics, with the service at that time dubbed the "dream super limited express." It had a maximum speed of ...

The two Doctor Yellow trains, T4 and T5 editions, have respectively traveled along the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines spanning Tokyo to Hakata ... per hour. A 0-series shinkansen train was ...

When completed, the Linear Chuo Shinkansen will cover the 285.6 km between Tokyo and Nagoya in just 40 minutes. That's right. When you want to raise the speed of the railway line, you have to ...

The iconic "Doctor Yellow" train belonging to Central Japan Railway, or JR Central, arrived at Tokyo Station on Wednesday after completing its final inspection of tracks on the Tokaido Shinkansen ...

Central Japan Railway (JR Central) unveiled a specially painted shinkansen bullet train Monday with the theme of Fantasy Springs, a new area of the Tokyo DisneySea amusement park. The train ...

The "Doctor Yellow" T4 edition track-testing bullet train for Japan's high-speed shinkansen lines arrives at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital after making its final run on Jan. 29 ...

Tokyo Station and other Shinkansen stops were packed with people scrambling to buy tickets for other trains. Watch video 1:33 NHK World's Yamaguchi Hiroaki reports from Tokyo Station. JR East says ...