The Tokaido Shinkansen is Japan’s busiest high-speed rail line, carrying hundreds of thousands of passengers every single day. Riding it into Tokyo shows just how efficient and smooth the system ...

When most travelers think of breathtaking train journeys, their minds drift to Europe’s legendary routes, the Swiss Alps, ...

Imagine standing on a platform, watching a train that appears to defy the laws of physics as it glides past at extraordinary speeds. This is the reality for reporters who recently witnessed the ...

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 ...

East Japan Railway Company says two decoupling incidents involving Tohoku Shinkansen bullet trains may have been caused by an incorrect electrical signal from a device that controls the coupling ...

YAMANASHI, JAPAN — The inside of the train car goes eerily quiet at 93 miles per hour, a familiar rattle disappearing into a hum as it lifts four inches off the ground, levitating and speeding through ...

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 ...

In a striking illusion, a train in Kagawa, Japan, seems to run across the open sea less than a minute after departing from a ...

It’s not hard to find a frazzled foreigner in Japan. Just head to a ticket vending machine in any busy train station.

Once upon a time, vendors would periodically wheel carts down the aisles of the shinkansen, offering food and drinks for travelers to enjoy during their ride on Japan’s famed bullet trains. Sadly that ...