Central Japan Railway disagrees. The company has told the prefecture it will use waterways and pumps in the tunnel to redirect groundwater, so the river won't be affected. But Kawakatsu is ...

The two men were working inside the tunnel with three others when the collapse occurred around 7:20 p.m., according to Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai), which is developing the maglev train ...

NAGOYA—Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) said May 20 it will “immediately suspend” all tunnel excavation work for the magnetic-levitation (maglev) Chuo Shinkansen Line in an area where ...

attraction for photography enthusiasts near Uranosaki Station on the Matsuura Railway in Saga Prefecture. The stop is nicknamed Sakura Station. In 1930, to coincide with the opening of the station ...

The West Japan Railway said the exercises were designed ... point - employees will now observe the trains from outside the tunnel, behind a fence. A spokesperson said the new sites were found ...

A Japanese rail company has apologised after a train left a station 25 seconds early, the second such case in months. The operator said the "great inconvenience we placed upon our customers was ...

At 500 kilometres an hour, the Maglev could revolutionise rail travel. But it’s also causing plenty of controversy.