Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Quick Question - What is the "Skirt" of a Japanese Train?

   By nickhp, September 13, 2013
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   • ToniBabelony
   • September 20, 2013

2. JR East to develop former Manseibashi Station area

   By miyakoji, July 4, 2012
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   • miyakoji
   • September 22, 2013

3. Manual signal boxes in Japan

   By Rail Announcement, January 19, 2015
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   • dabsan
   • January 20, 2015

4. Scrapping at a young age

   By Peter Osborne, January 31, 2021
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   • railsquid
   • March 17, 2021

5. Moving Scrap/Decommissioned Stock? 1 2

   By GDorsett, March 1, 2019
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   • cteno4
   • March 22, 2019

6. Koya Station; The Station in an Apartment Building.

   By gmat, January 24, 2018
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • January 27, 2018

7. Kiha 40 original orange makes its return: JR Hokkaido

   By bikkuri bahn, March 15, 2010
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   • marknewton
   • March 17, 2010

8. Central Japan 2-day ticket

   By ToniBabelony, July 26, 2016
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   • ToniBabelony
   • July 27, 2016

9. Tokyo Metro's place in the world's most complex metro systems

   By bikkuri bahn, February 29, 2016   

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   • ToniBabelony
   • March 4, 2016

10. Seibu Amusement Park "Toshimaen" Closes on August 31 Ends 94 years of history

    By bill937ca, June 12, 2020
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    • Welshbloke
    • September 15, 2020

11. new Nankai 8300 series from Kinki Sharyo

    By miyakoji, July 1, 2015   

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    • miyakoji
    • July 2, 2015

12. New Type: JR Hokkaido Series 735

    By bikkuri bahn, March 12, 2010
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • March 14, 2010

13. Kita Kinki Tango Railway to be renamed Kyoto Tango Railway

    By bikkuri bahn, January 30, 2015   

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    • westfalen
    • February 2, 2015

14. Planned outages bring rail chaos

    By Guest ___, March 15, 2011
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • March 24, 2011

15. New Twilight Express launched

    By yakumo381, May 17, 2015   

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    • miyakoji
    • May 20, 2015

16. Derailment on Odakyu

    By bikkuri bahn, June 19, 2014   

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    • Guest
    • June 25, 2014

17. Chichibu's C58 363 derails

    By miyakoji, August 7, 2012
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    • The_Ghan
    • August 10, 2012

18. Gaijin Commentary: Why must Tokyo’s railways engage in aural assault?

    By gmat, January 27, 2011
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    • Guest
    • February 5, 2011

19. Tokyo Metro 13000 Series for Hibiya Line

    By bill937ca, December 27, 2016
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    • kvp
    • December 27, 2016

20. Imperial train run- first time in 2 years

    By bikkuri bahn, September 28, 2010
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    • yakumo381
    • October 6, 2010

21. Ashidachi Station on the Hakubi Line

    By marknewton, October 1, 2015
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    • marknewton
    • November 19, 2015

22. Construction on the Tokyu Toyoko Line

    By ote-m, April 8, 2015
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    • railsquid
    • April 9, 2015

23. JR West creates 289 series

    By miyakoji, May 28, 2015   

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    • miyakoji
    • May 29, 2015

24. Guidebook on Tokyo Trains

    By bikkuri bahn, April 26, 2016   

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    • bill937ca
    • April 5, 2017

25. Why are they coupling the E5 and E6 together?

    By Sascha, February 11, 2016
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    • Sacto1985
    • February 13, 2016