Japan’s Shinkansen was introduced in a decade dominated by jet airliners and booming highways. Critics called it too ...

The aroma of aged wood and the feel of burnished metal on some of the oldest trains to the modern shinkansen, or bullet trains, awaits visitors to a unique experience in Nagoya, Japan. The train ...

Japan is a paradise for train enthusiasts worldwide. From the futuristic bullet trains to the nostalgic local railways and with nearly 10,000 train stations scattered across the country, we can see ...

Welcome aboard the Yamabiko Shinkansen on Japan’s legendary Tohoku Line, traveling at speeds up to 200 miles per hour. Today’s ride takes us from Oyama Station to Koriyama in the comfort of the Green ...

FUKUOKA -- Reserved seat tickets for Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu)'s popular steam locomotive sightseeing train "SL Hitoyoshi," which is retiring on March 24, are being resold on the internet at more ...

FUKOUKA, Japan: Train enthusiasts in Japan have launched a crowdfunding project to send experts to Thailand to advise on the maintenance and operation of two Japanese locomotives exported to the ...

As part of a safety drill, a group of employees at one of Japan’s largest railway operators were made to sit between train tracks in tunnels as high-speed bullet trains passed by. In this image, a ...

The days when "tetsudo otaku," or hardcore train fans, were the most ridiculed of the bunch in Akihabara have gone the way of the steam locomotive thanks to a spike in female interest and increasingly ...

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- The Japan locomotive pantographs market is projected to reach USD 52.4 million by 2035, expanding at a 5.0% CAGR from 2025. Pantographs, which are essential ...

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