2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1322+ words) Japan is the land of the train. 28 percent of passenger kilometers in Japan are travelled by rail, more than anywhere else in the developed world. France achieves 10 percent, Germany 6. 4 percent, and the United States just 0. 25 percent. Travel in Japan is…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (62+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Expanded railways see a higher movement of people and a decrease in healthcare costs around well-connected stations. News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only....

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (458+ words) Japan has discontinued rail service on 1, 366 kilometers of track over the past 30 years, equivalent to approximately 5% of the country's total rail network, according to an analysis by Kyodo News based on data released by the Ministry of Transport. In total,…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (240+ words) TOKYO - Railway services on 1, 366 kilometers of track among 68 sections, or 5 percent of Japan's total network, have been discontinued over the past three decades, a Kyodo News analysis showed Saturday, highlighting the shrinking of public transportation options in rural areas. Most…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (237+ words) Ceny Avto. com Japanese company Nankai Electric Railway is opening a large-scale logistics facility in Osaka Prefecture. The facility in question is Freight Terminal No. 7, located in the city of Ibaraki. The official opening is scheduled for April 1, while the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (539+ words) The Shinkansen isn't a single invention, but a complex assembly of subsystems, each optimized to work in perfect harmony. From the outset, Japanese engineers abandoned conventional railway constraints to create a dedicated high-speed network. A foundational decision in the Shinkansen's…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (220+ words) March 29, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- East Japan Railway Co. has launched the country's first freight service using shinkansen bullet trains, aiming to swiftly deliver goods such as fresh produce from the northeastern region of Tohoku to the Tokyo metropolitan area....

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (218+ words) First shipment of Japanese-made train cars for Egypt's Cairo Metro departs from Port of Kobe by car carrier'shipmanagementinternational. com First shipment of Japanese-made train cars for Egypt's Cairo Metro departs'from Port of Kobe by car carrier Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd....

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (840+ words) Hitachi Rail has announced that it will manufacture the rolling stock for Japanese operator Seibu Railway's new premium dining car, which will be named the Fine Dining Train "vies" and is scheduled to enter service in March 2028. Along with the…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (551+ words) By using this site, you agree with our cookies usage in accordance with our cookies policy. You can always disable cookies in your browser settings. Japan: From 23 March a refurbished 7-car E3 series electric set began daily operation on the Tohoku…...