Bullet trains have become synonymous with speed, efficiency, and technological prowess. As countries like Japan and China ...

A new “earthquake resistant”, 200mph train set to take to the tracks in Japan was designed by a British firm in a bullet train first. The high-speed E10 Shinkansen train is set to enter service in ...

Besides Japan’s extensive train networks and highways, travelling by boat in this island nation proves just as convenient.

Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...

I've traveled on trains in the US, Europe, and Australia, but Japan's bullet trains exceeded my wildest dreams. Here's what they're like. I've traveled on trains all around the world, but Japan's ...

The high-speed train that Texas Central Partners proposes operating between Houston and Dallas would be similar to this N700 bullet train that runs from Tokyo to Osaka in Japan. (Texas Central ...

Passengers on Japan’s super-fast bullet trains have long enjoyed ordering coffee, ice cream or boxed lunches from staff pushing a snack cart, savoring the treats as they whipped past landmarks such as ...

Yoshiyuki Kasai, a Japanese train executive who turned ambitious plans into reality, has died with his grandest project still under construction. Mr. Kasai, who died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital ...

This photo shows the interior of the M10, a new maglev train test car of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen. (Photo courtesy of Central Japan Railway Co.)(Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Trains on Japan's new ...

A post-pandemic surge in international travelers, coupled with weak exchange rates, may have indirectly ended one of Japan's most beloved travel deals: the Japan Rail ...