Shinkansen platforms have become more wheelchair friendly at JR Tokyo Station thanks to improvements reducing the gap between the vehicle and platform, according to Central Japan Railway Co.

Tokyo Station is the first station for all Japanese railways, including Tokaido, Chuo, Sobu and Tohoku lines and Shinkansen. The red-brick Marunouchi station building, restored to its original ...

At a ceremony held at JR Tokyo Station, Central Japan Railway Co. President Shunsuke Niwa pledged to continue efforts to make the Tokaido Shinkansen Line "loved by people for the future starting ...

Standing on platform 19 at Tokyo Station, a bustling cathedral to modern rail travel, it's hard to believe that it was 60 years ago this year that the first Shinkansen train departed from here ...

The Shinkansen ... the high speed rail station will not be a problem. The best station locations will be those that are close to highway connections, not close to mass transit links.

52 bullet train running from Shin-Aomori to Tokyo. A man in his 20s ... the train was about to stop at Sendai Station. A crew member contacted the Shinkansen control headquarters, which reported ...

TOKYO - Japanese railway companies are using lessons learnt from a decline in passenger numbers during the Covid-19 pandemic to dream up ways to get more people to ride the Shinkansen bullet trains.

With the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Tsuruga ... eagerly awaiting the extension as improved access to the Tokyo Metropolitan area is expected to increase the number ...

shows a Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from the popular Japanese manga series "One Piece." (Photo courtesy of West Japan Railway)(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A shinkansen bullet ...

Oh to be a pampered pooch on one of Japan's iconic Shinkansen trains heading to ... Pomeranians and Schnauzers, boarded at Tokyo's Ueno station, and made the hour long journey to the mountainous ...