New shinkansen to use revolutionary simple stations

An artist's drawing of a Series E-7 bullet train. (Courtesy of JR East) Hokuriku Shinkansen? Or Hokuriku Nagano Shinkansen? It depends on which prefectural governor you ask. The name of the bullet train line, whose Nagano-Kanazawa connection is ...

None of our answers ranging from technology to the tracks were correct. It is because unlike ordinary trains pulled by a powerful engine at the head, the Shinkansen is powered additionally, by power in every carriage, explained the lecturer. I am ...

TOKYO Shinkansen trains, expressways and airports were packed with travelers on Monday as holidaymakers returned home on the last day of the Golden Week holidays. Narita Airport said it expected more than 50,000 passengers to arrive back at the ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) plans to kick off major bridge and tunnel renovations on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line before its 50th anniversary next year. The railroad will invest around ¥730 billion over 10 years to substantially extend the ...

The company that makes Japan's legendary Shinkansen bullet trains certainly regrets working in China. FORTUNE -- One China defender recently claimed his countryman's "bandit innovators" could be good for the world. That was small consolation for the ...

Ixys Corp., a company focusing on power semiconductors and integrated circuit technologies for energy efficient products announced the full qualification and order series for its IXYS UK division for hermetic power semiconductor thyristors (SCR) and ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun As the spring revisions to train timetables went into effect Saturday, the Akita Shinkansen Super Komachi E6 Series train made its debut and the Tokyu Toyoko and Fukutoshin lines were connected at Tokyo's Shibuya Station, further ...

A porpoise-noised Shinkansen bullet train lies dormant on the platform at Tokyo station, resting after its lightning journey from Sendai in Japan's Tohoku region. From within, a cleaning crew in pristine red uniforms appears, arranges itself in a ...

EAST Japan Railway Company (JR East) began scheduled operations at 320km/h on the Tohoku Shinkansen with the timetable change on March 16. Series E5 Hayabusa trains now operate at up to 320km/h on the Utsunomiya Morioka section of the Tohoku ...