Passengers can use non-contact IC cards instead of paper tickets to ride Shinkansen bullet trains starting on March 14, Yuji Fukasawa, president of East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), said.

Her white-gloved, waistcoated uniform impeccable, 22-year-old Hazuki Okuno boards a bullet train replica to rehearse the strict protocols behind the smooth operation of a Japanese institution ...

Six of the eight quickest trains in the world hail from East Asia - dwarfing the speed of the shuttles on the US railways ...

A newly launched bullet train in Japan is delivering passengers from Tokyo to Fukui prefecture (and vice versa) in under three hours, Railway Supply reported. The roughly $35 billion project began ...

Central Japan Railway, or JR Central, will launch a pilot service to let pet dogs ride bullet trains with their ... aims to introduce a new middle train car that is more environmentally friendly ...

Japan's Alpha-X next-generation Shinkansen on Oct. 27 smashed all speed records to date by bullet trains running commercially, hitting a top speed of 382 kph in a test run. The test train ...

Japan is famous for many things - Pokémon, Mt. Fuji, cherry blossoms, ramen, bullet trains, and One Piece, to name a few. And the good news for people traveling around Japan who are fans of One ...

The logo of West Japan Railway ... after a train on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line stopped due to an abnormal sound on Dec. 25, has been found alive. The Kagayaki No. 511 bullet train halted after ...

Japan may be known for its network of high-speed ... Aoniyoshi train on the way back. That decision came at a negligible cost — both in money and in time — and the ensuing ride encapsulated ...

(AI image for representative purpose) India’s first bullet train design: India and Japan are close to finalising the design specifications for bullet trains on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed ...