Paid visitors will be allowed to board the Shinkansen track-testing trains known as Doctor Yellow and East i this month as railway companies try to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

All smoking rooms were abolished on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines on March 16, meaning that smoking is no longer allowed on any bullet train nationwide. Smoking had already been ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen, which links the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, has been running in tandem with Japan’s economic and social development ever since it began operating ...

From the very first run of the Tōkaidō Shinkansen on October 1, 1964, until the present day, there has never been a single derailment or collision on the entire full-standard Shinkansen rail ...

In 1964, Japan launched the Shinkansen, a high-speed train that seemed impossible at the time. This episode covers how ...

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 ...

Organizers of the adrenaline-filled trip, less than two weeks before Halloween, touted it as the world’s first haunted house experience on a running Shinkansen. On board one chartered car of the ...

A unique horror experience unfolded on Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train with passengers ... immersive experience designed to thrill horror fans and adventurous travelers alike.

Organisers of Saturday's adrenaline-filled trip, less than two weeks before Halloween, touted it as the “world's first haunted house experience on a running shinkansen”. On board one chartered car of ...

Hirosaki was our last stop in Tohoku, but we still had one city to go on this adventure: Hakodate, just across the Tsugaru ...

The Shinkansen cuts a ten hour drive on congested ... Andy Byford, told rail fans that not building the long-proposed line would mean missing out on a chance to transform what’s now a drive ...