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A privatization of the subway, which carries an average of 7.56 million riders per day, has been keenly awaited for years, especially among retail investors.

Improvements are rapidly being made to allow trains to travel faster and carry more freight in a bid to revive the line's leading role in connecting Asia and Europe.

Inspection failures are believed to have started around 1985 or earlier, sources said.

Heita Kawakatsu's re-election will likely increase uncertainty over plans to run a high-speed maglev railway through his prefecture.

Hitachi Rail Washington won a contract in March to design and manufacture 256 cars of a new series with an option to build up to 800 cars.

The driver, who was experiencing abdominal pain, handed over to a conductor who was not licensed to drive the train.

The transport of packages of perishable food, such as fish and vegetables, from Kagoshima to Osaka has been carried out by some journeys.

The moves, which were later canceled, had been based on requests from authorities despite concerns by some in the industry that they would lead to more crowded trains.

On some JR East trains, congestion rates exceeded 180% during the commuting hours Thursday, when services were reduced.

Ever since it opened nearly a decade ago, the newest Mexico City subway line had been plagued with structural weaknesses that led engineers to warn of potential accidents.

Hitachinaka Seaside Railway Co., a local railway in Ibaraki Prefecture, has won transport ministry approval for an extension — an unusual move in Japan, where many small railways are struggling. Hitachinaka Seaside Railway, a public-private joint business in the city of Hitachinaka, won the approval ...