From luxury heritage routes to routine service passing through extraordinary scenery, here are 19 of our favorite rail ...

This request was made to enable the construction of a viaduct over the main passenger line — which ... which NHSRCL officials say has not even been built for the Japanese Shinkansen high-speed network ...

This request was made to enable the construction of a viaduct over the main passenger line — which ... which NHSRCL officials say has not even been built for the Japanese Shinkansen high-speed network ...

India has ambitious plans for several new high-speed lines, as well as domestically-produced trains to run on them, but they are likely to come at a high price, as Srinand Jha explains. UNABLE to ...

Construction began on the West Kyushu Shinkansen from Takeo Onsen to Nagasaki in 2012 ... 2.4km of cut-and-cover tunnel, and 2.4km of viaduct. Siemens is also providing system engineering, project ...

Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Pref., Feb. 17 (Jiji Press)--Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, unveiled a specially painted Shinkansen bullet train Monday with a theme of Fantasy Springs, a new area of ...

The Jackson City Council has approved the reopening of a viaduct near Grove Park, which has affected neighborhoods on both sides of the tracks for years. The Jackson City Council has approved the ...

NOTHING beats the excitement of a trip. And hopping on a train has the romance of a days-gone-by adventure. Now travel ...

So, on a recent trip to Japan, I was excited to book a journey on the country's famous Shinkansen, a bullet train that can reach top speeds of nearly 200 miles per hour. My one-way ticket was ...

With its amazing Shinkansen line seeing trains hurtling along at speeds up to 177mph, the Asian country's high-tech railway is said to be the world's most punctual. Japanese National Railways ...

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.