Tokyo's Ginza Line to be partially suspended over New Year's due to work at Shibuya Station
Tokyo's busy Ginza Line, which runs from Shibuya to Asakusa on a route that connects two of the capital's top spots for tourists, will be partially suspended over the New Year's holiday due to construction of a new platform at Shibuya Station, operator Tokyo ...
Osaka Metro unveils ticket gate with facial recognition tech
Osaka Metro Co. on Tuesday started testing a next-generation automated ticket gate featuring a facial recognition system. The subway operator aims to introduce the gates at all of its train stations by fiscal 2024, ahead of the 2025 World Expo in the city of Osaka. The ...
Paris commuters inched to work Monday through massive traffic jams as strikes against retirement plan changes halted trains and subways for a fifth straight day — with the prospect of a tougher day ahead. French President Emmanuel Macron girded for one of the toughest weeks ...
Transport chaos as French strike bites, but Macron camp vows to press ahead with pension reforms
French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and senior Cabinet ministers were due to meet late Sunday to discuss the government's proposed pensions reforms as public transport in France was crippled for a fourth day running in protest. The country's powerful labor unions, who ...
JR East's new Takanawa Gateway Station to feature robot guide and unstaffed convenience store
East Japan Railway Co. said Tuesday a robotic guide utilizing artificial intelligence and an unstaffed convenience store will feature at a new station slated to open in Tokyo in April 2020. JR East hopes to make Takanawa Gateway Station on the Yamanote Line a model ...
Propane shortage looms as strike at Canada's biggest railroad enters third day
Shippers scrambled to shift freight onto trucks on Thursday as a strike at Canada's biggest railroad, Canadian National Railway Co., entered its third day and left the critical fuel propane and other goods stranded. Some 3,200 unionized employees, including conductors and yard workers, hit picket ...
Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines to be partially suspended Nov. 16 due to construction
Parts of the Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines, major transportation arteries in Tokyo that carry millions of passengers every day, will be partially out of service for most of Saturday due to construction at Shinagawa Station and preparations leading up to the opening of Takanawa ...
JR East and West decide to scrap flooded shinkansen for ¥15 billion loss
Ten Hokuriku bullet trains with 12 cars each will be scrapped because of severe damage from flooding during Typhoon Hagibis last month. Of the 10 trains, eight were owned by East Japan Railway Co. and the other two by West Japan Railway Co. At a news ...
JR East efforts that prevented shinkansen crash deaths in 2004 are lesson to others, expert says
An expert has praised East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) for preventing a shinkansen train from crashing during a powerful earthquake 15 years ago even though the train derailed. After the first derailment accident involving a shinkansen train in commercial operations, some voiced criticism, saying ...
Ueno Zoo's popular monorail halts service after over 60 years
The much-loved monorail at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo halted its service on Thursday after more than 60 years in operation, due to the aging of the train and facilities. The monorail was launched in 1957 by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's transportation bureau as the nation's first ...
Is Japan's rail diplomacy on the right track in S.E. Asia?
The recent development of Japan's high-speed rail projects in Southeast Asia may suggest the shinkansen is leaving the center of its railway diplomacy. Beijing began to export its own HSR systems overseas under the Belt and Road initiative in the last decade. Meanwhile, the Abe ...
