The first Shinkansen halved the travel time between Tokyo and Osaka, changing Japanese society and the way business was ...

Happy 60 th birthday to high-speed rail. It was on October 1 st in 1964 that the Shinkansen, Japan’s revolutionary super-fast train, made its debut. Known as the “bullet train” because of its ...

Japan is known worldwide for its vast, efficient, and punctual railway system; arguably, the most famous railroad in history was born there. The country’s first-ever passenger train—pulled by a steam ...

Members of Dallas City Council recently returned from a week-long trip to Japan, to learn from the country's rail experts on how the state can develop a high-speed rail system of its own. The visit ...

Due to the setting error, the automatic train control system gave a green light to a train entering Kajigaya Station, ...