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Power car, Shinkansen Leading Car 22-141, 'bullet train', built by West Japan Railways, 1976, withdrawn from service in October 2000.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 ...

Over the decades, the bullet train's top speed has increased from ... In 1997, West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) introduced the 500 Series Shinkansen, which operated on the Sanyo section at speeds ...

JR West said it will also abolish smoking rooms on its 500-series bullet trains that service the Sanyo Shinkansen Line and remove smoking areas not separated by walls at Shin-Kurashiki ...

High-speed Shinkansen trains began running between Tokyo and ... in smaller cities if they need to," he told AFP. - Future at 500 kph - At a JR Central site, an engineer taps the inner machinery ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The increase in the speed of Vande Bharats to 280 kmph is based on Japanese experience as the first Shinkansen in 1964 ran up 210 kmph which later reached 320 kmph. Bullet trains are an integral ...

the Indian Railways announced that Vande Bharat trains will run on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed corridor until the arrival of the Japanese Shinkansen trains. At a time the tender for ...