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Bullet trains and the race for speed

Bullet trains have become synonymous with speed, efficiency, and technological prowess. As countries like Japan and China ...
Stepping onto a Japanese bullet train feels like taking a trip into the future. The sleek, white cars with blue stripes down the side glide out of stations across the country every three minutes. The ...
Shinji Higuchi’s high-speed action flick Bullet Train Explosion has a trailer that reveals plot details and cast. The film, based on Junya Sato’s film The Bullet Train, which inspired Sandra Bullock ...
In the first week of June, I took a high-speed train between Osaka and Tokyo, Japan’s two largest cities. It was seamless, fast and efficient, and part of the allure of visiting a land where tradition ...
Aboard the train is conductor Takaichi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), who looks like he's about to demonstrate a ridiculously fierce commitment to customer service and passenger safety. He won't be alone on the ...
Journeys that once took hours now take only half the time. Bullet trains and high-tech infrastructure have changed the way we ...
My husband and I paid $230 for Gran Class tickets on the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan. On our way from Tokyo to Nagano, we enjoyed complimentary snacks and drinks. Overall, we thought the premium ...
Japan’s high-speed bullet train services were halted on its busiest line connecting Tokyo and Osaka after a snake became tangled in the overhead wires, causing a power outage. The incident occurred ...
Stepping onto a Japanese bullet train feels like taking a trip into the future. The sleek, white cars with blue stripes down the side glide out of stations across the country every three minutes. The ...