The 39-inch serpent tangled itself on an overhead power line, electrocuting itself and causing delays of over an hour and a ...

One of Japan’s busiest bullet train lines screeched to a halt Wednesday after a snake tangled itself in a power line, triggering an outage that froze the Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo and ...

The incident occurred between Gifu-Hashima and Maibara station around 5.25pm on Wednesday, 30 April, halting trains to the Japanese capital and the city of Osaka for around an hour and a half ...

But inside its train station awaits one of Japan’s most curious treasures. A spectacle to get the hearts of rail fans racing, it happens 17 times a day, and there is always a crowd waiting at ...

Whether you’re hopping on a bullet train in Japan, gliding to night markets in Vietnam, or rolling through the scenic countryside of Italy, these new train trips offer a unique ...

Need a train station shelter in a hurry? You can now print that. In Arida, Japan, a Japanese architectural firm and 3D-printed house manufacturer partnered with JR-West, a railway network ...

First, the teal green Tohoku Shinkansen “Hayabusa” — one of Japan’s world-famous bullet trains — arrives at the platform. It stops, passengers alight, and the train waits patiently for ...

Japan’s high-speed Shinkansen bullet trains can reach speeds of up to 285 kilometres per hour (JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images) ...