Japan’s bullet train operators are launching high-speed cargo services in a sign of how labour shortages and dwindling passenger numbers are reshaping the economy. JR East, which runs three high-speed ...

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Japan's biggest railway company raised its fares by an average 7.1 percent on Saturday. It is East Japan Railway's first ...

I rode first class on the best overnight Japanese train to Tokyo, experiencing a luxurious environment compared to the ...

Since the first operational line between Shinbashi and Yokohama opened in 1872, rail has become a major Japanese industry, even creating several milestones, such as the Asia Express and Shinkansen.

It still isn’t clear how the Japanese earthquake will affect global commerce, but North American grain railroads are closely monitoring the situation. The U.S. Grains Council received news that the ...

The technology behind Japan's magnetically levitated train system, which whooshes passengers to their destinations at speeds topping 300 mph, could come to the U.S. without a traditional license fee, ...

Sixty years ago, early in the morning of October 1, 1964, a sleek blue and white train slid effortlessly across the urban sprawl of Tokyo, its elevated tracks carrying it south toward the city of ...