Japan's famous bullet train used to make a loud BOOM sound when it travelled through tunnels. But, thanks to a spot of bird-watching, an engineer was able to fix the problem after he was inspired ...

Although this falls short of the velocities achieved by Japan's bullet trains and France's TGV by around 45mph, it remains notably fast for a single-track railway. The Gotthard Base Tunnel, despite ...

When it enters service, the Maglev Chuo Shinkansen will be the world's fastest bullet train ... Japan Railway disagrees. The company has told the prefecture it will use waterways and pumps in the ...

To meet the requirements, Japan's Shinkansen features measures built into the tracks to reduce noise and vibrations. The shape of the train's "nose" is also streamlined to reduce "tunnel boom", an ...

The Grand Super Cart sightseeing train was stopped 105 meters in the air on the Takachiho Iron Bridge—the highest railway bridge in all of Japan—on ... through two tunnels along the way ...

GIFU -- Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai ... near the construction site of the Komamba tunnel for the Linear Chuo Shinkansen maglev train line. The company attributed the problem to the ...

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 ...

For many, train journeys ... to the Gotthard Base Tunnel that help passengers get to their destinations at a much faster rate. The Seikan Tunnel in the Tsugaru Strait of Japan was the previous ...

Mumbai: To expedite progress on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project ... the main tunnel. A specially designed machine for this purpose is being manufactured in Japan and will arrive in ...

Although it's around 45mph slower than Japan's bullet trains and France's TGV, it's still quite fast for a single-track railway. Despite being the longest train tunnel in the world, alternatives ...