Maglev trains, which can run at 500 kilometres per hour, were meant to begin service between Tokyo and Nagoya in central Japan in 2027, but JR Central has pushed this back to 2034 or later.

So, on a recent trip to Japan, I was excited to book a journey on the country's famous Shinkansen, a bullet train that can reach top speeds of nearly 200 miles per hour. My one-way ticket was ...

(JR Tokai) in charge of high-speed rail projects outside Japan, noted in an interview with The Asahi Shimbun that the bullet train technology has, however, taken root in Taiwan. In stressing the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains on some sections between Mikawa-Anjo near Nagoya in central Japan and Osaka are operating at a slower speed than usual due to snowfall in Maibara ...

The future of Japan’s incredible £50 billion train line hangs in the balance as the project faces delays. Japan's ambitious Maglev bullet train project, designed to revolutionise high-speed ...

now Japan Rail, managed to almost double the speed of its fastest trains when it created the first Shinkansen, known in English as the bullet train. The first Shinkansen line opened on October 1 ...