The Shinkansen, Japan's high-speed intercity railway network, is often touted as the gold standard for high-speed rail.

The service disruption occurred on the Tokaido Shinkansen line, which also stops at Kyoto and Nagoya, and is considered the most popular and busiest route. The snake is thought to have become ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line resumed full services from the first train of the day Tuesday, after a derailment accident involving maintenance trains caused a partial suspension the ...

However, since the Tokaido Shinkansen line was constructed in a rush for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, it initially took four hours for the Hikari to travel between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations until ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen train line is one of the busiest in Japan. It connects three big cities: Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, with more than 370 trains carrying about 4.3 lakh people every day.

Japan's Shinkansen bullet train was the first high-speed rail network in the world, debuting in 1964. Tokaido is the busiest line, running at 186 miles per hour and connecting Tokyo and Osaka in ...

Japan's high-speed rail journey began in 1964, just before the Tokyo Olympics, with the opening of the Tokaido Shinkansen. This line connected the capital city with Osaka, covering 320 miles and ...

It is the first specially painted shinkansen train to operate since the Tokaido Shinkansen line opened in 1964, JR Central officials said. "We hope (passengers) will feel as if they're in a dream ...

Heavy rain forced Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) to suspend services on sections of the Tokaido Shinkansen Line on the morning of Aug. 16. JR Tokai announced at 8:45 a.m. that bullet train ...

As the Tokaido Shinkansen line blends into the JR West-operated Sanyo Shinkansen line, the removal of smoking rooms will also affect trains travelling further west from Osaka, with the combined lines ...