The roughly $35 billion project began construction in 2019. Now, just four years later, the new line is fully operational. To ...

Sixty years after the world's first high-speed train launched, rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along ...

Japanese rail operator JR East is considering adding add freight cars to its Shinkansen trains, and may develop entire ...

Departure melodies are musical versions of traditional train departure signals like bells. Join us as we take a look at this ...

I wrote about 18 of them in my book Eki mero monogatari (Tales of Train Station Melodies), published in April 2024. Station melodies are a distinctive aspect of Japanese railway culture.

India aims to produce an indigenous version of the Japanese bullet train for its expanding high-speed rail network.

A yearslong effort to bring high-speed rail to Texas has recently shown signs of life, but state lawmakers have consistently ...

The toritetsu subset of Japanese train otaku which specializes in photography has long been notorious for a string of ...

Travellers using Zurich Central Station will get a chance to try ekiben, or bento box meals, as their Japanese makers eye ...

Two ekiben varieties from each company will be available at the Swiss pop-up store, with the lineup to include Hanazen's ...