Japan is launching a new super-fast train, the JR Tokai. The Wall Street Journal reports that the new train will be able to carry commuters from Tokyo to Nagoya at blinding speed of 300 mph thanks ...

A high-speed train crash led to an investigation which found widespread corruption in the railway ministry China's fleet of high-speed trains is set once again to become the world's fastest.

This discrepancy is widest in Asia, home to the most efficient and fastest trains in the world, as well as the most extensive network of tracks.