The upcoming Chuo Shinkansen is expected to reduce travel time between Tokyo and Nagoya from 1.5 hours to only 40 minutes.

Experience a journey onboard Japan’s Shinkansen Train, the world’s first high-speed train, traveling 319 miles (514 km) from ...

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 ...

HS2 is set to cost more per kilometre than any other rail project in the world as total bill could surpass £100bn ...

It was destined to slash journey times as the world's fast bullet train hovered commuters to their homes and offices at dazzling speed. However, construction of Japan's Chūō Shinkansen rail line has ...

Carrier integrates bullet train network with airfreight operations from 13 January, cutting Sendai-Singapore times from 24 to ...

Stepping onto a Japanese bullet train feels like taking a trip into the future. The sleek, white cars with blue stripes down the side glide out of stations across the country every three minutes. The ...

Japan's high-speed train, the Shinkansen, in Tokyo. Can other countries create similar rail links? Texas wants to try. Soeren Stache/dpa Nagoya, Japan (tca/dpa) - Right on schedule, the sleek white ...

Japan will give India two high-speed Shinkansen train sets free of charge to support testing and inspection of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project currently being constructed. The program, ...

High-speed railways combine both speed and efficiency. From the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan to the French TGV, high-speed trains have a history that spans several decades. The evolution of ...