Shinkansen series E2 high-speed train southbound toward Tokyo station

The regular Cassiopeia service ceased in 2016 for the opening of the Hokkaido Shinkansen, but the E26 Series carriages remain in use with EF81 Locomotive for charter service within the JR East reg... (more)

View onto Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital Tokyo. It is located on the border between the central districts of Chiyoda and Chuo and between the districts of Marunouchi in the west and Yaesu i... (more)

Fuji-san. In 2027 the JR East Maglev should be in service decreasing the time between Osaka and Tokyo to nearly half. For now a pokey 180mph will suffice

Straight Outta Blade Runner Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai Station opened just 4 years ago in 2019 and it's easily the most modern-looking train station I've ever been to.

Hitachi is a limited express service between Tokyo and Miyagi Prefecture, while there is also a shorter journey named Tokiwa for service to Ibaraki Prefecture. As they operate through both AC and ... (more)

In 2015, JR East introduced the new generation train for Yamanote Line, the E235 Series. It featured many new technologies, including the train management system INTEROS. But the testing was prolo... (more)

Hokuriku Shinkansen, formerly named Nagano Shinkansen, connects Tokyo to the northern part of the Chubu region. While the first phase of the extension was going to open in 2015, JR East and West j... (more)

Following the tests on the experimental train Fastech 360 S, JR East developed the E5 Series for the expanding network in the future. The train adopted the arrow-line design nose profile, with a m... (more)

In 1995, JR East unveiled the E2 series to operate the Nagano Shinkansen, which opened two years later. The train was also to replace the first-generation train on Tohoku and Joetsu Shinkansen. Th... (more)

Class E956, also named ALFA-X, is an experimental train by JR East for developing the new generation Shinkansen train. Built by Kawasaki and Hitachi, this 10-car train has different designs of nos... (more)

Land of the Setting Sun? A Chuo-Sobu Line train accelerates towards Tokyo.

The 300 series Shinkansen bullet trains were introduced in the 1990s as replacements for the 100 series (the nose on the right). Behind the 300 is a 700 series which is the replacement for the 300... (more)

JNR C57 180 Pacific in maintainance depot. It runs as "Ban-etsu Monogatari" from Niitsu to Aizu-wakamatsu.

EH200 with TaKi1000 tanker Freight train.