Operator Central Japan Railway's 16-car bullet trains currently have only unisex toilets on each end of odd-numbered cars.

This amazing station is nestled in the mountains and built on a cliff in the middle of a wide lake making it one of the world ...

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

I visited train stations around Japan that had adopted melodies as a strategy for local revitalization. I wrote about 18 of them in my book Eki mero monogatari (Tales of Train Station Melodies ...

Lockers at train stations had been largely deserted and rendered useless during the commuter-depleted COVID-19 pandemic.

Located in the heart of Tokyo, Shibuya station is the busiest station ... from other regional trains. Commuter rail and high-capacity rapid transit link Japan’s suburban areas with its urban ...

Travellers using Zurich Central Station will get a chance to try ekiben, or bento box meals, as their Japanese makers eye ...

TOKYO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A freight train derailed on the JR Kagoshima main line in Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima prefecture on Thursday, causing no injuries and disrupting train operations in the ...

A shinkansen bullet train adorned with characters from the popular manga series "One Piece" will start operations in western ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the significant changes to Japan Railways (JR) group's special discount "Sei･･･ ...