The 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics may be two years away, but Japan is already flexing its transportation muscles. Central Japan Railway Co. has rolled out its new high-speed Shinkansen N700S – or ...

Japan’s latest record-breaking bullet train doesn’t only run faster and smoother – it’s also able to transport passengers to safety in the event of an earthquake. The N700S – the ‘S’ stands for ...

India is working hard to improve its infrastructure, especially in rail and road projects, with investments worth thousands of crores. One of the biggest projects is the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train, ...

High-speed trains—which can hit 300 miles per hour or more—are the ultimate example of how futuristic engineering can solve real-world transportation problems. In the past several decades, dozens of ...

TOKYO — It was, retired Japanese railway engineer Fumihiro Araki recalls, "like flying in the sky." Zipping cross-country in a super-high-speed train has become commonplace in many countries these ...

In a significant development for the bullet train project under the strategic partnership between India and Japan, the Japanese government has agreed to introduce next-generation E10 Shinkansen trains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl ...

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 less ...

Japan's new model of the Shinkansen bullet train can run faster and smoother, and even during natural disasters like an earthquake. The launch was originally supposed to coincide with the Tokyo ...