23. After the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Line opened, Takeo-Onsen Station, located between Haiki and Kohoku stations, was connected to the new line. A transfer to a bullet train at Takeo-Onsen ...

rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along what's been dubbed the "New Golden Route". Standing on platform 19 at Tokyo Station, a bustling cathedral to modern rail travel ...

23, the first Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen, named Kamome No. 2, a N700S series bullet train, left Nagasaki Station with all reserved seats taken. Three hours earlier, at around 3:30 a.m., train fans ...

Kyoto is the cultural capital of Japan, so it is no wonder the city is teeming with unique hotels, hostels, ryokans, and ...

Join the BBC's Paul Carter in Tokyo as he marks 60 years of the iconic Shinkansen, better known as the bullet train. With 6.8 billion passengers and delays averaging just one minute, Paul ...

Caroline McGuire Tokyo to Kyoto by Shinkansen "Nothing quite beats the Shinkansen bullet train, one of the fastest in the world. It hardly feels like you're whizzing along at speed until you look ...

A newly launched bullet train in Japan is delivering passengers from Tokyo to Fukui prefecture (and vice versa) in under three hours, Railway Supply reported. The roughly $35 billion project began ...

Japan is difficult territory for high speed trains. The mountainous countryside ... Getting to and from the high speed rail station will not be a problem. The best station locations will be ...