Power car, Shinkansen Leading Car 22-141, 'bullet train', built by West Japan Railways, 1976, withdrawn from service in October 2000. Length 82'; width 11' 8"; height 14' 6 1/2". Power car, Shinkansen ...

The amazing line sees trains hurtling along at speeds up to 177mph, and is said to be the world's most punctual high-speed ...

Japan is difficult territory for high speed trains. The mountainous countryside makes for steep gradients and lots of curves. The Shinkansen ... York looks great on a map, but would be impossible ...

7 will halt parts of Japan’s main bullet-train networks on Aug ... between Shin-Osaka and Nagoya stations on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line for Aug. 15, and substantially reduce the number ...

The "Doctor Yellow" T4 edition track-testing bullet train for Japan's high-speed shinkansen lines arrives at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital after making its final run on Jan. 29 ...

Two carriages of the Tohoku Shinkansen uncoupled causing the bullet train to stop between stations at around 8:07 a.m. on Sept. 19 before resuming operation at around 1:12 p.m., East Japan Railway Co.

Brits waiting on chilly, wet railway platforms in the middle of winter for another late arrival may wish the UK could be more like Japan. With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling ...

Join the BBC's Paul Carter in Tokyo as he marks 60 years of the iconic Shinkansen, better known as the bullet train. With 6.8 billion ... and unashamed pride behind Japan's high-speed marvel.

A power outage disrupted Shinkansen bullet train services on the Tohoku, Hokuriku and Joetsu lines Tuesday. East Japan Railway Company says the suspension of over 280 train operations affected ...

A Shinkansen bullet train that was stranded ... season affected more than 3,600 people. The East Japan Railway company says the Komachi No. 43 train that runs through northeastern Japan had ...