East Japan Railway Co. announced on March 11 the resumption of coupled operations for the Tohoku Shinkansen, following a ...

East Japan Railway Co. is developing a next-generation bullet train for the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, focused on improving ...

The new train, nicknamed Soar, will inspect the tracks and other facilities while running at a maximum speed of 320 ...

The Tohoku shinkansen returned to normal operations between Tokyo and Shin-Aomori on Friday for the first time since the March 11 disaster. JR East said that the train now stops as usual in Sendai, ...

Japan’s shinkansen are all fast, which is how they earned their English-language nickname “bullet trains.” But with no numerical limit on speed, there’s always the possibility of getting from point A ...

When it comes to rail transport, no country in the world garners as much praise for speed and efficiency as Japan. Railway companies take special pride in providing the number one form of transport in ...

A shinkansen bullet train is seen halted on the tracks in Saitama's Chuo Ward due to a power outage in this photo taken from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter on Jan. 23, 2024. (Mainichi/Toshiki Miyama) ...

East Japan Railway Co. has unveiled the design of the new E927 inspection bullet train expected to be used for its shinkansen ...