Japanese eki stamps (station stamps) are a charming feature of Japanese railway culture. Beloved by visitors and oshi-tetsu ...

Japan is full of charming, quirky surprises—and if you thought trains were just a way to get from point A to point B, you’ve ...

The technical term for the event is “coupling,” but it’s known colloquially as the “Shinkansen kiss.” For Japanese rail fans, it’s a big deal. For foreigners, it is a unique insight into the ...

Japan’s SCMaglev will be the world’s fastest train, gliding at 500 km/h and cutting Tokyo–Osaka travel to just over an hour. But with sky-high costs and global skepticism, will this bold leap in ...

A viewing and test ride on the Central Japanese Railway’s magnetic levitation train was the first stop on Moore’s weeklong ...

But inside its train station awaits one of Japan’s most ... often seen as an unlikely stop in a tour of Japan. “It’s not really a place that first-time visitors to Japan would visit ...

Jim Louth, director of Adventures by Train, said: “The launch of Adventures by Train is the result of many years spent ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Trespassing incidents at a central Japan train station depot depicted in the popular anime film ...

India is considering adopting the next-generation shinkansen bullet train being developed by East Japan Railway Co. for a high-speed rail project underway in the western region, sources familiar with ...

The country responsible for one of the world's most robust train networks has broken new ground on 3D-printed transit ...