East Japan Railway says it is going to test facial-recognition ticket gates for Joetsu Shinkansen trains. Our site uses ...

announced plans to introduce an automatic transportation system, which automatically controls bullet trains from start to stop, to a section of the Joetsu Shinkansen Line in fiscal 2028.

A power outage disrupted Shinkansen bullet train services on the Tohoku, Hokuriku and Joetsu lines Tuesday ... Four bullet trains ground to a halt between stations. More than 350 passengers ...

Services on three Shinkansen lines in central and eastern Japan were suspended on Jan. 23 after a power outage occurred, triggered by loose overhead wires, forcing many passengers to walk to stations.