The trains will be replaced by specially equipped N700S Shinkansen. The first generation of Doctor Yellow trains went to work in 1964, the year that the Tokaido Shinkansen started operating.

Two "Doctor Yellow" trains, the T4 and T5 editions, have traveled without passengers along the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines, spanning Tokyo to Hakata Station in Fukuoka. The T4, which ...

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Railfans will have a rare chance to get up close and personal with the recently retired "Doctor Yellow" ...

The two Doctor Yellow trains, T4 and T5 editions, have respectively traveled along the Tokaido and Sanyo shinkansen lines spanning Tokyo to Hakata Station in the southwestern city of Fukuoka ...

Doctor Yellow is known for its vivid exterior ... correctly answering quizzes available on a special website while riding Tokaido Shinkansen trains.

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 ...