Since the schedules for the bright-yellow Shinkansen were never announced publicly, sightings of the trains were said to bring good luck to all who spotted them. After the Doctor Yellows make ...

Japan's eye-catching yellow Shinkansen, affectionately known as "Doctor Yellow," will be retired in coming years due to their age and condition. The diagnostic trains, which are based on the 700 ...

From January, Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special ... a chance to tour inside one of them as part of celebrations to mark 60 years of Japan's shinkansen bullet ...

Rail fans bid farewell to one of Japan's iconic "Doctor Yellow" bullet trains, used to diagnose faults on the country's high-speed shinkansen lines, as it made its final run Wednesday after about ...

This photo shows the "Doctor Yellow" shinkansen diagnostic bullet train that retired in January. (Photo courtesy of the Central Japan Railway Co.)(Kyodo) NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Railfans will have a ...

Rail fans will have a rare chance to get up close and personal with the recently retired "Doctor Yellow" shinkansen -- touted as a symbol of happiness -- during a special event to be hosted soon by ...

Paid visitors will be allowed to board the Shinkansen track-testing trains known as Doctor Yellow and East i this month as railway companies try to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.