Step into the thrilling world of Japan’s Shinkansen trains, where cutting-edge innovation and sleek design have propelled ...

Initially, the 0 Series Shinkansen traveled at a maximum speed of 210 kph, making it the first train to operate at over 200 kph. However, since the Tokaido Shinkansen line was constructed in a ...

The Shinkansen network has expanded steadily since ... Although the iconic blue and white 0-Series trains of 1964 are long since retired, they still form many people’s image of what a bullet ...

West Japan Railway, or JR West, has said its 500 series Shinkansen bullet trains, which were once among the fastest trains in the world, will be retired in 2027 due to their aging. The 500 series ...

This was a full-spec route, not a mini-Shinkansen, allowing maximum speeds of 260 kilometers per hour. A series of new full-spec lines and extensions followed. The Tōhoku Shinkansen expanded ...

When Taiwan built the Taiwan High Speed Rail, the first non-Japanese high-speed railway using the shinkansen technology, Japan provided it with a train from the 0 series, the country's first ...