East Japan Railway Co. conducts an experiment using an automated E7-series bullet train on the Joetsu Shinkansen Line in Niigata on Nov. 17. (Video by Toshinari Takahashi) ...

In the early hours of Nov. 17, the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) revealed an automated driving test for an E7 series shinkansen bullet train to the press, in what is said to be the first tests ...

The E7 series shinkansen traveled 5 km from Niigata Station to the Niigata Shinkansen Rolling Stock Center, controlled entirely by an automatic train operation (ATO) system. Read Next.

The E7-series bullet train ran for nearly 5km from Niigata Station on the Joetsu Shinkansen line. November 18, 2021. Share Copy Link; Share on X ... East Japan Railway (JR East) has carried out a ...

The nation’s first freight-only Shinkansen bullet train is expected to go into service between Tokyo and Morioka this autumn. East Japan Railway Co. plans to convert an E3 series Shinkansen by ...

JR East aims to put the next-generation shinkansen series into commercial service in fiscal 2030, with each E10 train having 10 cars. Subscribe . Digital Print . July 20, 2025 . Subscribe.

The 0 Series Shinkansen train, which used to run on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines, is seen at JR Shin-Osaka Station, in Osaka on Dec. 14, 2008. (Mainichi/Kentaro Ikushima) OSAKA -- The ...