Shinkansen service on the Tohoku and other lines was disrupted for about three hours. A similar decoupling took place on the line in September last year. JR East says it took preventive measures ...

East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) suspended operations of coupled Shinkansen following a decoupling mishap on March 6 in Tokyo, inconveniencing passengers on those routes and adding runs to ...

East Japan Railway, or JR East, has said that it will start developing a new bullet train series, E10, for the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, which links Tokyo and the Tohoku region. The first train from ...

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 ...

This image provided by the East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) shows the E10 series of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet trains. TOKYO -- East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) on March 4 announced it will ...

This photo shows an artistic rendering of semi-private booths to be introduced on some Tokaido shinkansen bullet trains. (Photo courtesy of JR Central)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Semiprivate booths ...

For one day only, dogs will be allowed to stretch their paws on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and not be caged. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said the trial “Wan-wan (bow-wow) Express ...

Central Japan Railway Company, or JR Central, is the main railway operator in Nagoya and the Chubu region in central Japan. It serves far fewer passengers than JR East but what JR Central lacks in ...

Tokyo, March 14 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, resumed the operations of coupled trains on its Tohoku Shinkansen high-speed rail line on Friday, eight days after their suspension.