SHIZUOKA--Railway officials deemed a self-driving Shinkansen test as successful here, in a step toward having automated high-speed bullet trains debut in Japan in 2028. The driver pressed a button in ...

As a replacement for the Doctor Yellow, known as a “doctor for Shinkansen lines,” the driver’s cab will be equipped with a ...

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A conductor, who was not qualified to drive the train, sat in the driver’s seat during his three-minute absence, in breach of the rules A driver on one of Japan’s shinkansen bullet trains is facing ...

Give someone the prompt “The shinkansen is _____”, and they’re almost certain to complete it with “fast.” Sure, theoretically “awesome,” “convenient,” and “a surprisingly tasty source of ice cream” ...

A Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train is seen. (Mainichi/Koji Hyodo) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about what Japan's shinkansen bullet train drivers should do when ...

A driver of a Shinkansen bullet train left the cockpit to use the bathroom while the train was running at 150km/h (93mph) with some 160 passengers on board in central Japan, Central Japan Railway Co.

A Shinkansen driver is in trouble after a railway enthusiast snapped a shot showing him driving the train with both of his feet propped on the train's control platform. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR ...

Four women debuted Friday as bullet train drivers on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line, the first for the high-speed route linking Tokyo and Osaka, Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) officials said. Mika ...

Explain to me why there wasn't a co-driver? I assume that it's a long haul journey so if the primary driver fell ill, why did he not have a backup? Sudden onsets of illnesses can be debilitating and ...