"As fast as a bullet" is a common yardstick for something that's surprisingly speedy, and there are some others that immediately come to mind when we think of incredibly fast-moving things. Cheetahs, ...

"High-speed rail" is admittedly one of those dry-sounding infrastructure phrases that conjures thoughts of schedules and itineraries, but footage of a bullet train in action is entirely different.

NAGOYA, Japan – Right on schedule, the sleek white train with a blue streak and a bullet-shaped head pierced the late-morning mist and majestically cruised into the station. Gov. Greg Abbott and a ...

Aspiring to build India’s own Shinkansens? That needs governance to speed up first  Why does any country want to follow in Japan’s bullet train tracks? Because speedier movement of people and goods ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China plans to raise the speed of its bullet trains back up to 350 kph (217 mph), state media reported on Thursday, six years after a deadly high-speed rail crash prompted ...