Paid visitors will be allowed to board the Shinkansen track-testing trains known as Doctor Yellow and East i this month as railway companies try to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

This month, Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special bullet trains that have diagnosed faults on the country's high-speed shinkansen lines in some form for around 60 years ...

The iconic "Doctor Yellow" train belonging to Central Japan Railway, or JR Central, arrived at Tokyo Station on Wednesday after completing its final inspection of tracks on the Tokaido Shinkansen ...

The iconic Doctor Yellow, a brightly colored train that has patrolled the Shinkansen tracks for 24 years, arrived at Tokyo Station on Jan. 29, completing its final journey.

Doctor Yellow and the N700 Shinkansen. (Photo by Aichou/Pixta) The trains assess safety on Shinkansen lines between Tokyo and Hakata Station in Fukuoka on the island of Kyūshū.

Part of the 700 series of shinkansen trains, the current model of Doctor Yellow has been in use since 2001, but will be replaced to make way for newer technology and equipment.

Japan's eye-catching Doctor Yellow Shinkansen, used to monitor the condition of tracks and other infrastructure on the bullet train network, will be retired in coming years due to age.

Railway fans have flocked to a museum in central Japan to see a retired "Doctor Yellow" Shinkansen bullet train that went on display on Saturday.

JR Tokai and JR West announced on June 13 that the bright yellow "Doctor Yellow" trains have become old and will be retired. The trains have been loved as the "doctors of shinkansen bullet trains." ...

From January, Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special bullet trains that have diagnosed faults on the country's high-speed shinkansen lines in some form for around 60 ...

This month, Japan begins saying goodbye to the famous "Doctor Yellow" special bullet trains that have diagnosed faults on the country's high-speed shinkansen lines in some form for around 60 ...