Locals, train staff, rail fans and others welcomed the restoration of service on March 14 to part of the JR Joban Line in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, closed since the nuclear disaster ...

Ordinarily, passengers bringing bicycles on board are required to disassemble them and pack them in special carry bags. 03:07 But on this trial service, cyclists can simply roll their bikes onto the ...

A power outage occurred near JR Ueno Station in Tokyo at around 7 a.m. on Friday, prompting the partial suspension of operations on the Joban Line. According to its operator East Japan Railway, or JR ...

In rail-reliant Japan, trains come and go with such frequency that most stations don’t bother to have an actual employee individually announce each arrival and departure. Instead, there’s usually a ...

TOKYO - Some trains in the Tokyo area were disrupted early Friday due to a power outage at JR Ueno Station, the railway operator said, with all having resumed later in the day. Trains were suspended ...

The East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has awarded a contract to Thales to design a communications-based train control system (CBTC) for Tokyo’s 30km-long Joban suburban line. The new CBTC system ...

TOKYO -- A power outage hit JR Ueno Station on the morning of Jan. 30, halting rapid and local services on sections of the JR Joban Line. An overhead wire on the Joban Line platform was found to be ...