Riding packed commuter trains pressed against strangers may be one of the worst parts of living in Tokyo, made worse by groping and long delays from people who commit suicide by jumping onto the tracks. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has declared that the Tokyo Metropolitan ...
It was just after the Sanko Line marked its 40th anniversary when West Japan Railway Co. informed Kazutoshi Masuda, mayor of Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, that it would seek a more "sustainable" public transportation system. "I knew it meant that the Sanko Line would be scrapped," ...
Russia on Wednesday probed the potential motives of the alleged bomber behind a blast in the St. Petersburg metro that killed 14 people, as the grieving city mourned its dead. Investigators have identified the attacker as 22-year-old Akbarzhon Dzhalilov, believed to be a Russian national ...
Another freight train derailment in Hokkaido early Thursday disrupted commuter runs between Sapporo and Hakodate, Japan Freight Railway Co. said. The driver found that one of his two locomotives had derailed between Toya and Usu stations on the JR Muroran Main Line around 4 a.m. ...
A 28-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly pushed a woman and a teen female from behind on a train platform in Osaka.
Odakyu Electric Railway Co. has unveiled a new design for its signature Romancecar limited express train connecting Tokyo with the hot-spring resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture. The new train will offer luxurious trips to and from the famed area near to Mount Fuji. The 70000 ...
The transport ministry plans to instruct railways to revise a regulation so that seniors and people with disabilities can bring their electric scooters onto trains, ahead of the Tokyo Paralympic Games in 2020. According to the revision, only those who have purchased or borrowed electric ...
arsaw Explorers in Poland began digging Tuesday for a legendary Nazi train said to be laden with treasure and armaments. They're not dissuaded by decades of fruitless searches, a scientific determination that no train is there and warnings by historians that such a train might not ...
The injury toll from an explosion that hit a commuter train in Taiwan's capital has risen to 24, with some of the victims in serious condition, police said Friday. The police suspect the blast that engulfed one train car in flames at a station in ...
A CSX freight train derailed Sunday morning in northeastern Washington, D.C., with several cars overturned and leaking hazardous liquids near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station, the District of Columbia Fire Department tweeted. The station and Rhode Island Avenue were closed as three cars were ...
A Tokyo company employee who said he flew into bouts of "rail rage" due to overcrowded trains and has confessed to ripping down hand straps has been arrested on suspicion of destruction of property, police said Tuesday. Michio Matsumuru, 63, of Adachi Ward, was arrested ...
East Japan Railway Co.'s flagship Cassiopeia sleeper train completed its last return journey from Sapporo to Tokyo on Monday morning, marking the end of an era. Cassiopeia will now disappear from the rail operator's timetable after the 17-hour trip wrapped up at JR Ueno Station. JR ...
