Japan is building the world’s fastest train - but will it ever come to Europe?

The L0 Series train being developed by Japan currently is likely to reach speeds of up to 603.5kmh, making it the world’s ...

Train service in central Tokyo resumes after 8-hour stoppage

The East Japan Railway Company says all services on two major lines in Tokyo are suspended due to a power outage. The ...
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World’s fastest rail service to connect Tokyo and Nagoya

The ultra high-speed maglev rail service developed by Central Japan Railway Company is still several years away ...
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Japan: Massive train disruption impacts hundreds of thousands in Tokyo area

Tokyo's main JR Yamanote Line and JR Keihin-Tohoku Line suspended service on Friday, January 16, after a power outage caused ...

A Train in Japan Was 35 Seconds Late, and Everyone Got a Refund

There are delays, and then there are delays that turn into stories people repeat for years. The incident happened on Japan’s Shinkansen network, a rail system that moves hundreds of thousands of ...
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Viewer stunned after watching typical run of Japan's high-speed bullet train: 'I can literally feel the change in air pressure'

"High-speed rail" is admittedly one of those dry-sounding infrastructure phrases that conjures thoughts of schedules and itineraries, but footage of a bullet train in action is entirely different.
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Japan's No.1 freight train company halts all cargo, NHK reports

TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Japan Freight Railway (JR Freight) suspended all cargo train operations on Wednesday after the company found evidence of misconduct in safety tests, public broadcaster NHK ...