The Shinkansen, Japan's high-speed intercity railway network, is often touted as the gold standard for high-speed rail.

The term Shinkansen means "new trunk line," and it literally redefined rail travel across the globe. Its newest sibling, the Chuo Shinkansen maglev, is poised to leave everything else in the dust.

Returns are enhanced by extra charges for seat reservations, first class seats, and non-Shinkansen express trains. The company's focus is on building the new magnetic levitation, or maglev ...

Returns are enhanced by extra charges for seat reservations, first class seats, and non-Shinkansen express trains. The company's focus is on building the new magnetic levitation, or maglev ...

Superconductivity, or power transmission with zero electrical resistance, may bring the Chuo Shinkansen maglev rail project under constructio ...

JAPAN is set to add another super bullet train to their impressive collection with the introduction of the Chuo Shinkansen. The train is set to reach staggering speeds of up to 311mph and will ...

Known as Chuo Shinkansen, this new line will glide above the tracks at roughly 10 cm. This train is not just another high speed way of travel but rather the world's first major commercial maglev line.

Now, the east Asian powerhouse is embarking on a new bullet train - the Chuo Shinkansen. This one will connect Tokyo’s 37 million inhabitants with the city of Nagoya to the south west.

NAGOYA—Soft ground in Aichi Prefecture will delay completion of a tunnel for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line by more than five years to the end of January 2030. The soft ...

One was an inbound Shinkansen, which was halted near Saitama’s Chuo Ward. At around 1 p.m., about three hours after the outage occurred, the evacuation of passengers began from the train.