Japan's high-speed train, the Shinkansen, in Tokyo. Can other countries create similar rail links? Texas wants to try. Soeren Stache/dpa Nagoya, Japan (tca/dpa) - Right on schedule, the sleek white ...

European and Asian governments treated fast trains as national infrastructure, not a side project. Countries such as Japan, ...

The number of people taking shinkansen bullet trains and express trains in Japan during the 10-day year-end and New Year ...

In the beginning, we briefly spoke about the history of railways in Japan, starting with Japan’s first railway line, from Shimbashi in Tokyo to Yokohama, which was opened in 1872. We also covered the ...

Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...

A major railway operator in Japan is embarking on a journey to build what it says will be the world’s first 3D-printed train station. The new station structure, measuring about 108 square feet, will ...

Happy 60 th birthday to high-speed rail. It was on October 1 st in 1964 that the Shinkansen, Japan’s revolutionary super-fast train, made its debut. Known as the “bullet train” because of its ...

The Kishigawa Line drew attention after it named cat Tama its first feline stationmaster in 2007. Read more at ...

A calico cat named Yontama was appointed Wednesday the third feline stationmaster of a local Japanese railway station, continuing an almost two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped ...