Japan’s high-speed bullet trains are famous for speeding across the country—but China wants to set a new world record for the fastest electric passenger rail. Prototype tests are reportedly underway ...

East Japan Railway says it will gradually resume operations of coupled Shinkansen bullet trains from Friday, before having them return to normal schedules on Saturday. The operator has suspended ...

"The slow train fare was only 2 yuan, much cheaper than the 18-yuan bus fare," Liu recalled. "It was a lifeline for people like us." Last year, Liu took the high-speed rail from Tianjin to Beijing ...

Passengers prepare to board a tourist train for seniors at Tianjin Railway Station in Tianjin, north China, March 15, 2025. A tourist train for seniors departed from north China's Tianjin on Saturday.

JR East suspended the operations in response to an incident in which a coupler connecting the Hayabusa No. 21 and Komachi No. 21 bullet trains on the line, which runs between eastern and ...

Japanese bullet trains were back in service, including on the Shinkansen line seen here in 2014, after a decoupling incident that left them suspended for more than a week. File Photo by Frank ...

Suspended coupled bullet train services in northeastern Japan resumed Friday, the operator said, after safety checks were completed following an incident last week in which linked shinkansen trains ...

March 14 (UPI) --Japanese high-speed bullet trains, suspended over a decoupling while in motion issue, resumed service Friday. East Japan Railway Co. said full operations are expected to be in ...