Join me on a smooth and speedy ride aboard Japan’s busiest bullet train line - the Tokaido Shinkansen. Today we’re traveling from Odawara to Tokyo on Kodama 822, operated by the sleek N700A Series Set ...

LONDON, Sept. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — 2024 marks 60 years since the first generation ‘Series 0’ Shinkansen, or ‘bullet train’, entered into service on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen line and ...

On October 1, 1964, the shinkansen began commercial service between Japan’s two largest cities of Tokyo and Osaka. Now 50 years on, the iconic train runs from Aomori in the north to Kagoshima in ...

Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a global revolution in high-speed rail travel that continues to this day.

Japan is set to send a Hello Kitty-themed Shinkansen bullet train rolling down the tracks. Here’s a peek at what travelers can expect from a cute ride at very high speeds.

The new Class N700S Shinkansen runs on the Nishi Kyushu line. For many travellers to Japan, a trip on a Shinkansen, or bullet train, is an adventure in itself.

Services on three Shinkansen lines in central and eastern Japan were suspended on Jan. 23 after a power outage occurred, triggered by loose overhead wires, forcing many passengers to walk to stations.

Today, the Shinkansen, which means "new trunk line" in Japanese, covers about 1,400 miles on five lines. Another 400 miles of extensions are under construction and 300 miles are planned.

Central Japan Railway Co. has rolled out its new Shinkansen N700S – or Shinkansen Supreme – train model. It promises a smarter, sleeker and quieter train.

By Ben Jones, CNN (CNN) — 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 ...

Central Japan Railway, or JR Tokai, brought its Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line back to service on all sections around 6 p.m. Sunday after scaling back operations due to the approach of ...

Japan’s Shinkansen first began operating in 1964, and since that time a rail network covering 3,280 kilometers (*1) has been built from Hokkaidō in the north to Kyūshū in the south. The ...