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Japan is spending years making one train line a minute faster

It's a two-year project, but the issue has been plaguing them for a decade

It's a two-year project, but the issue has been plaguing them for a decade.

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I went to Japan to drive cars, and fell in love with trains | Autoblog in Japan

We like going fast. Here's how to ride the bullet train

We like going fast. Here's how to ride the bullet train.

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Kobe Steel shares hit 5-year lows over cheating scandal

Even bullet trains have Kobe metals, but no safety problems have surfaced so far.

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China scoops Hyperloop with 2,500-mph supersonic ‘flying train’ idea

State-run space agency wants to go four times faster than an airliner

State-run space agency wants to go four times faster than an airliner.

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China's tragic train crash may change nation's electric vehicle strategy

At least 40 passengers, including two Americans, were killed in a terrible crash of a Chinese bullet train on July 23. The "official" cause of the devastating crash was ruled a lightning strike, though reactions from authorities have raised doubts.

Chinese bullet train sets 300-mph speed record

In 2007, a French train set the locomotive speed record by hitting 360 miles per hour. Given a pair of wings we wouldn't be surprised if that train could take flight. But, while the record was most impressive, that bullet train was an experimental vehicle carrying no passengers, two power cars and only three rail cars. A new high-speed rail in China that will cut the commute from Beijing to Shanghai from 10 hours to four just set its own record, hitting 302 miles per hour.

Top Gear: GT-R vs. Bullet train

Top Gear has turned its stellar production values loose on the GT-R. In the interest of compelling television, it's not just a review. In pursuit of hilariousness, May and Hamster set off on a bullet train to see if they can beat Clarkson to the final destination. It takes about the duration of the ride for Clarkson to figure out what half the buttons in the GT-R do, and May and Hammond don't have it any easier trying to communicate in Japanese to do simple things like figure out the train syste

SPOILER ALERT: Top Gear's big race in Japan revealed

Grassroots support for Jeremy Clarkson to take the reigns as Prime Minister has been covered before, but the Top Gear presenter admits that he'd be a "rubbish" leader. During a speaking engagement in the UK, Jezza waxed about his life on Top Gear, his co-presenters, Hammond's crash and his opinions about the increased amount of government involvement in citizen's lives. Typical Clarkson fare.

Germany to launch a 310 mile-per-hour maglev train

I've been on quite a few flights lately, and usually, the worst part is not the airplane ride itself, but everything else that goes along with it. Like, either getting dropped off with all of your luggage or parking your car in the long-term lot, or taking a taxi ride. It sure would be nice if there was a good way to get to the airport that didn't cost an arm and a leg and was fast. According to this article<