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JR East shinkansen ALFA-X prototype hits 320 kph in test run in northeastern Japan
A prototype of Japan's new shinkansen conducted a trial early Thursday, reaching 320 kilometers per hour, the maximum speed for existing shinkansen models. The prototype, dubbed ALFA-X, is designed to travel at 360 kph when it is put into service by the spring of 2031, ...
Power outage between Niigata and Tokyo leaves vacationers stuck in packed bullet trains
Operations of the Joetsu Shinkansen were halted for 3½ hours on Sunday, the second day of an extended holiday period.
Hyogo police arrest man after he opened door of shinkansen train and stepped out onto tracks
A man in his 50s was arrested Sunday after he opened a door of a shinkansen train and stepped onto the tracks after the train made a sudden stop. Hyogo Prefectural Police officials said the man, who was on a Sanyo Shinkansen Line train running ...
Elderly man disrupts Japanese bullet train service with 10-km walk on tracks
More than 9,000 passengers were affected by the delay, East Japan Railway Co. said.
Municipal mergers, integrated casino resorts, bullet trains and the future of nuclear power plants — local issues with national political repercussions — are expected to be taken up by candidates from Hokkaido to Kyushu in the coming weeks as the country prepares for a ...
Knives must be packed when brought on Japan's trains from April under new regulations
Measures by the transport ministry to ban knives that are not properly packed from being brought aboard trains are set to begin from April. The ministry revised an ordinance to introduce the ban in response to a knifing rampage that occurred on a bullet train ...
Yamanote Line train driver fulfills life's dream, down to the exact second
Ask any group of children in Japan what they want to be when they grow up and one answer in particular is sure to feature. "The first time I thought about becoming a train driver was when I was a fourth-grade elementary school student," said ...
East Japan Railway Co. says starting March 15 it will no longer sell food and other goods aboard Yamabiko bullet trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line. Such sales will be completely terminated on the Yamabiko service, which mainly links Tokyo Station with either Sendai Station ...
Ticket machines were out of service at some stations Friday on bullet train lines across Japan due to a technical glitch. The machines went offline in the morning at stations including Shin-Yokohama and Nagoya. Railway Information Systems Co. said the problems occurred following a system ...
Kansai execs have big dreams of transport projects ahead of G20, Osaka Expo and possible casino
With the 2025 World Expo secured for Yumeshima district in Osaka Bay and growing confidence the man-made island will also host one of Japan's first casino resorts, Kansai's business leaders are stepping up efforts to win local approval and central government funding for major ...
Central Japan Railway Co. has said that its N700S bullet train model will go into service on the Tokaido Shinkansen in early July 2020, just before the start of the Tokyo Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The railway operator plans to introduce a total of 40 ...
Central Japan Railway to test N700S shinkansen at 360 kph ahead of 2020 debut
Shin Kaneko, president of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Central), has said the company plans to conduct test runs of the new N700S shinkansen at a maximum speed of 360 kph this year. The N700S is slated to debut on the Tokaido Shinkansen line in ...
