All bullet trains in Japan will be smoke-free from spring next year following a decision by the operators of the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines to abolish smoking rooms. The flagship ...

All smoking rooms were abolished on the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines on March 16, meaning that smoking is no longer allowed on any bullet train nationwide. Smoking had already been ...

Japan Railways group companies are calling on people to keep up with the latest information, saying Shinkansen bullet train services could be affected through Monday. The operator of the Kyushu ...

such as JR Kyushu's Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen (scheduled to open in the fall of 2022), produced by an industrial designer. See how new design elements are causing Japanese trains to evolve.

For the Kyushu Shinkansen Line's Kagoshima route, the digital tickets are available through the membership reservation system ...

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Sixty years after the world's first high-speed train launched, rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along ...

Furthermore, the Kyushu Shinkansen has suspended high-speed train services between Kumamoto and Kagoshima, while both the ...

There are now nine Shinkansen lines across the country, covering the islands of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu. In March 2024, the most recent extension to the Hokuriku Shinkansen line opened ...

Typhoon Haishen wreaked havoc in southwestern Japan, knocking out power to around 475,000 houses in Kyushu and severely disrupting flights and train services including Shinkansen bullet trains ...