Although railway construction issues have pushed back the scheduled start of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line, improvements on ...

A final piece of the construction puzzle has been approved for the ultra-high-speed Linear Chuo Shinkansen Line project, raising hopes for economic windfalls along the route between Nagoya and Tokyo.

The city is hosting the 2020 Olympic games -- maglev is set to be officially unveiled in 2027 When the record-breaking Shinkansen high-speed rail line opened in 1964, it was perfect timing. That year, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reporters stood by waiting to catch a glimpse of Japan's fast high-speed train on the new Chuo Shinkansen rail line, and if any of ...

Long delay: Passengers queue to board a Shinkansen bullet train in Tokyo. JR Tokai plans to begin construction of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev line, but the Shizuoka section is seen as the ‘most ...

In contrast to the likes of Spain, China and Germany, high-speed rail (HSR) has thus far received little support in the US, where a host of factors – economic, political and cultural – have held back ...