Falling ridership is putting pressure on JR Hokkaido to close underutilized local lines even as it struggles to complete the ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) suspended operations of coupled Shinkansen following a decoupling mishap on March 6 in Tokyo, inconveniencing passengers on those routes and adding runs to ...

The opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen in 1982, and its many subsequent extensions and branches, brought the northernmost third of Japan’s main island of Honshu immeasurably closer to Tokyo in travel ...

Poster for "The Bullet Train," starring Sonny Chiba Promotional art for "Bullet Train Explosion" There are a few differences between "Bullet Train Explosion" and "The Bullet Train," however. The ...

UK Consultancy firm Tangerine has designed a new high-speed Shinkansen train for the East Japan Railway Company. The new train, called the E10 Shinkansen, will revolutionise high-speed rail travel in ...

TOKYO - The Tohoku Shinkansen line stopped to conduct a train inspection between Ueno and Omiya Stations on March 6 morning after the train cars decoupled and came to a halt, according to JR East.

East Japan Railway is investigating the decoupling of two Shinkansen bullet trains running in Tokyo on Thursday morning. The linked Hayabusa and Komachi trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen line became ...

A monitor at JR Tokyo Station informs travelers that some shinkansen services on the Tohoku and other lines in northeastern Japan are halted on March 10, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- All bullet ...

EAST Japan Railway (JR East) has unveiled exterior and interior designs of its planned next-generation E10 series Shinkansen trains. The high-speed trains, which will incorporate new technology ...

The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost bullet train route, to Sapporo by eight years to March 2039, partly due to tunnel construction ...