Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Japanese Railway Glossary (WIP)

   By eldomtom2, Friday at 10:10 PM
   • 1 reply
   • 73 views
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   • kuro68000
   • Saturday at 09:49 AM

2. English Language Publications on Japanese Rail 1 2

   By cteno4, May 11, 2019
   • 39 replies
   • 9.5k views
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   • Kamome
   • March 29

3. Maintenance Car Database

   By Madsing, September 14, 2019
   • 9 replies
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   • ATShinkansen
   • August 27, 2023

4. Railway Maps of Japan

   By Densha, June 15, 2015
   • 23 replies
   • 7.6k views
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   • Aleks
   • August 4, 2023

5. Japanese Rail Car Nomenclature (KuHa, SaHa, MoHa, KiHa) 1 2 3

   By scott, March 12, 2009
   • 59 replies
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   • Pashina12
   • April 29, 2019

6. Japanese train topic on Australian comedy game show

   By N-Osoi, August 31
   • 1 reply
   • 101 views
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   • katoftw
   • Sunday at 09:13 PM

7. SL Yamaguchi resumes operation from May 2024

   By ED75-775, April 10
   • 6 replies
   • 612 views
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   • katoftw
   • Sunday at 09:01 PM

8. 500 Series Retirement Announced

   By ATShinkansen, September 8
   • 17 replies
   • 333 views
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   • maihama eki
   • Friday at 06:11 AM

9. JR Freight Suspends all trains over concerns over data tampering.

   By Kamome, September 12
   • 4 replies
   • 129 views
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   • chadbag
   • Thursday at 02:44 PM

10. What are the rectangular sensors(?) at the end of platforms for?

    By eldomtom2, August 18
    • 1 reply
    • 152 views
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    • railsquid
    • August 18

11. Origins of Japanese rail signal aspects

    By eldomtom2, April 24
    • 6 replies
    • 450 views
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    • brill27mcb
    • August 15

12. JNR/JR 381 Series Question

    By Hakubi Line, August 6
    • 4 replies
    • 169 views
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    • Tony Galiani
    • August 9

13. Guard Fence at DD51 (and other diesels)

    By al camino, July 28   

    • guard fence
    • dd51
    • 7 replies
    • 323 views
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    • al camino
    • July 31

14. Tokaido Shinkansen services disrupted all day (July 22)

    By bikkuri bahn, July 22   

    • tokaido shinkansen
    • schedule disruptions
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

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      • schedule disruptions
      • jrtokai
      • track maintenance
      • accident
    • 2 replies
    • 186 views
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    • bc6
    • July 24

15. Japan Domestic TV show heads up- 100 kame/NHK (sogo) Mon. July 22

    By bikkuri bahn, July 18   

    • nhk
    • tv program
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      • tv program
      • documentary
      • tokyo metro
      • ctc
      • traffic control
      • string diagrams
      • schedule disruptions
      • kotake mukaihara
    • 1 reply
    • 125 views
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    • kuro68000
    • July 19

16. Decline in ridership on the Tokyo Metro.

    By Sascha, July 10
    • 4 replies
    • 238 views
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    • RS18U
    • July 11

17. JR West to start using robot for railway maintenance

    By RS18U, July 2
    • 9 replies
    • 270 views
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    • miyakoji
    • July 4

18. 923 series Doctor Yellow Retirement Announced

    By Kamome, June 13
    • 13 replies
    • 506 views
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    • kuro68000
    • July 1

19. Furano Lavender Express Train

    By RS18U, June 27
    • 2 replies
    • 196 views
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    • chadbag
    • June 28

20. New Hydrogen HYBARI FV-E991

    By bc6, June 10
    • 6 replies
    • 382 views
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    • JR East
    • June 16

21. Otaru Museum to dismantle two locomotives in August

    By ED75-775, June 26, 2023
    • 3 replies
    • 769 views
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    • ED75-775
    • June 15

22. JNR C571

    By Dillon, June 10   

    • steam locomotive
    • 0 replies
    • 122 views
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    • Dillon
    • June 10

23. Wikipedia’s list of Japanese railway museums

    By miyakoji, May 5   

    • museum
    • 5 replies
    • 371 views
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    • Rod.H
    • June 10

24. East Japan Railways & major private railways phasing out magnetic paper tickets

    By bill937ca, May 30
    • 9 replies
    • 314 views
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    • kuro68000
    • June 6

25. Abroad in Japan does the Yamanote Line

    By N-Osoi, June 4
    • 4 replies
    • 460 views
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    • Kamome
    • June 6