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.

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) announced that all Tokaido and Sanyo bullet trains will feature women’s-only restrooms by next spring.

Railway employees face possible disciplinary action after driver left an unqualified conductor at the controls of a high speed train carrying 160 passengers while he took a three minute bathroom ...

Railway employees face possible disciplinary action after driver left an unqualified conductor at the controls of a high speed train carrying 160 passengers while he took a three minute bathroom ...

Instead of hitting the brakes for a pit-stop when his stomach gave him trouble, the train driver left the futuristic carriages to hurtle down the track with 160 people on board.

Take the case of a Shinkansen bullet train driver who left the cockpit to use the bathroom on May 16.

Japan‘s trains have earned an almost cult-like status among foreign travelers for being punctual and efficient. Social media users rave about them and many people in Japan take rail operators ...

Take the case of a Shinkansen bullet train driver who left the cockpit to use the bathroom on May 16.