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 passengers and delays averaging just one minute, Paul ...

I took Japan's famous bullet train Shinkansen for the first time. My trip from Osaka to Tokyo was quick with comfy seats, but ...

Power car, Shinkansen Leading Car 22-141, 'bullet train', built by West Japan Railways, 1976, withdrawn from service in October 2000.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 future of Japan ’s incredible £50 billion train line hangs in the balance as the project faces delays. Japan 's ambitious ...

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 ...

All smoking rooms were abolished on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines on March 16, meaning that smoking is no longer allowed on any bullet train nationwide. Smoking had already been ...

The latest Shinkansen is the N700S Series, and the name should give away that this is an evolutionary rather than ...

Passengers on the Nozomi Shinkansen not wanting to sit next ... 8 allowing a passenger to use two adjoining seats in the bullet train's green car for less than the price two passengers would ...

Indian Railways is all set to revolutionise the Indian transportation sector with the country’s first-ever Shinkansen bullet trains connecting Mumbai to Ahmedabad, extending for 508 kilometres.

India is committed to building a high-speed rail network that connects cities efficiently. The focus on Vande Bharat trains and the flexible planning for the Shinkansen’s eventual arrival shows ...