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Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy "Shinkansen" service. On Tuesday evening, a passenger alerted ...

TOKYO — It’s likely some of the tens of thousands of passengers were hissing with anger after a snake brought Japan’s busiest bullet train line to a halt. The 39-inch reptile slithered onto an ...

Even small delays in Japan's much-vaunted bullet trains are rare, and more unusual still are snakes on board holding up the speedy "shinkansen" services. On Tuesday evening, a passenger alerted ...

May 13 (UPI) --The East Japan Railroad Co. said about 2,700 passengers experienced delays when a snake was spotted aboard a commuter train. The company said a passenger on a JR Yamanote Line train in ...

A passenger spotted a snake curled around the armrest of another person's seat on a Japanese Shinkansen "bullet" train on Monday, forcing the train to make an unscheduled stop. The train's operator, ...

April 17 (UPI) --One of Japan's famously punctual high-speed bullet trains experienced a rare 17-minute delay when a snake was found in a passenger car. The Central Japan Railway Company said the ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Almost nothing stops Japan’s famous high-speed bullet trains from running exactly on time – but a tiny snake slithering through a passenger carriage will do the trick, albeit for just 17 ...