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 ...

Services on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines were halted and delayed early on Aug. 17 as cancellations the previous day caused by heavy rain affected crew and train car preparations.

The 15 intermediate stops on the Tokaido Shinkansen (four of them even on the fastest route) dramatically curtail the advantages of high speed rail, adding to both the time and the energy ...

All Tokaido and Sanyo bullet trains will include female-only toilets by next spring. Operator Central Japan Railway's 16-car bullet trains currently have only unisex toilets on each end of odd ...

Japan's eye-catching yellow Shinkansen, affectionately known as "Doctor Yellow," will be retired in coming years due to their age and condition. The diagnostic trains, which are based on the 700 ...

Central Japan Railway Co (JR Tokai) said it will start replacing almost half of the shared toilets with women-only toilets on shinkansen trains this month, with work to be completed by March 15. JR ...

President Shunsuke Niwa pledged to continue efforts to make the Tokaido Shinkansen Line "loved by people for the future starting today." Train enthusiasts watched the day's first Tokaido bullet ...

A Tokaido Line N700S shinkansen bullet train is seen in Obu, Aichi Prefecture, on July 1, 2020. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo) TOKYO -- Women-only washrooms will soon be installed on shinkansen bullet ...