April 17, 2025 - India's first bullet train project is set to receive a major boost with Japan announcing a gift of two Shinkansen bullet trains – East Japan Railway E5 and E3 – to India.

All bullet trains in Japan will be smoke-free from spring next year following a decision by the operators of the Tokaido, Sanyo and Kyushu Shinkansen lines to abolish smoking rooms. The flagship ...

Japan is set ... using the E5 and E3 trains for inspection, India will gain valuable firsthand experience with the technology before the E10’s full implementation. The bullet train project ...

Japan will provide two high-speed shinkansen trains (E5 and E3 models) free of charge to India for use as test and inspection vehicles in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, boosting India’s ...

Japan will gift two Shinkansen bullet trains (E5 and E3 series) to India by early 2026, accelerating testing for the ₹1.1 lakh crore Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor. These retrofitted trains ...

Since then, East Japan Railway Co. had suspended the operation of coupled bullet trains. The Hayabusa-Komachi No. 9, which was the first coupled train after the malfunction to run on the outbound ...

the production achieved unprecedented access to Japan’s iconic bullet trains. “We were able to rent an entire bullet train and film it in motion seven times, travelling back and forth from ...

Japan To Gift Bullet Trains To India: New Delhi is set to receive two train sets by early 2026, which will be equipped with specialized inspection tools to gather vital operational data. Trending ...