Heavy snow fell in areas of northern and western Japan facing the Sea of Japan on Friday, disrupting bullet train services ...

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The two Doctor Yellow trains, T4 and T5 editions, have respectively traveled along the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines spanning Tokyo to Hakata Station in the southwestern city of Fukuoka without ...

The two Doctor Yellow trains, T4 and T5 editions, have respectively traveled along the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines spanning Tokyo to Hakata Station in the southwestern city of Fukuoka ...

TOKYO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Heavy snow hit Sea of Japan coastal areas in northern, central and western Japan on Friday, disrupting bullet train operations and forcing the closure of some sections of ...

Reservations on Sanyo Shinkansen trains have increased by 14 percent. Within the Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) region, reservations on Kyushu and Nishikyushu Shinkansen trains are up 19 percent ...

OSAKA -- A passenger on a bullet train that had stopped at Okayama Station on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line on Jan. 5 pushed an emergency button to inquire about tickets with a conductor, causing 14 ...

3, there is a chance of lengthy service disruptions. West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) has also canceled its Sanyo Shinkansen service between Hiroshima and Hakata, from around 5 p.m. on Aug. 29 ...

JR Central and JR West have announced that all seats on the Nozomi trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines will be ...

A Tokaido Shinkansen platform at JR Tokyo Station on Saturday morning is packed with travelers who spent the year-end and New ...

The T4 train consisting of seven cars started operation in 2001, and together with the T5 train operated by JR West, have conducted inspections of the tracks and overhead wires between Tokyo and ...