Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. JR West considering ending service on Wadamisaki Line

   By miyakoji, December 9, 2010
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   • Mudkip Orange
   • December 10, 2010

2. Snow falls on Tokyo, surrounding areas; flights disrupted

   By gmat, January 22, 2018
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   • railsquid
   • January 27, 2018

3. Freight trains running in street trackage?

   By enodenlover, May 20, 2015
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   • Nick_Burman
   • May 22, 2015

4. SL/DL/EL JR East Excursion Trains

   By katoftw, January 8, 2015
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   • katoftw
   • January 26, 2015

5. Sanyo Dentetsu new rolling stock- 6000 series

   By bikkuri bahn, May 21, 2015   

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   • ayokoi
   • April 17, 2016

6. JR News

   By Guest bill937ca, January 26, 2008
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   • Guest
   • January 26, 2008

7. Osaka Modern Transportation Museum to close April 6, 2014

   By miyakoji, July 27, 2013   

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   • westfalen
   • August 2, 2013

8. Japanese Trains Getting More Boring to Look At? 1 2

   By Sean, July 3, 2019
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   • miyakoji
   • July 19, 2019

9. What is "BRIDALTRAIN"?

   By Fasubkhanali (Ali), November 22, 2015
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   • miyakoji
   • November 25, 2015

10. Tokyo Monorail may be extended to Tokyo Station

    By bikkuri bahn, August 20, 2014   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • August 21, 2014

11. Shinkansen driver forgets glasses

    By bikkuri bahn, August 29, 2011
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    • Guest
    • August 30, 2011

12. Military movement by rail next week- Thurs. Daily Yomiuri article

    By bikkuri bahn, October 28, 2011
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • November 5, 2011

13. N700A unveiled today (AM Aug. 21)

    By bikkuri bahn, August 21, 2012
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    • The_Ghan
    • August 23, 2012

14. Wakasa Railway's pink C12

    By Densha, May 15, 2016   

    • wakasa railway
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    • railsquid
    • May 19, 2016

15. Goodbye Doraemon Train

    By RapitBunny, September 23, 2011
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    • linkey
    • October 4, 2011

16. Military-purpose subway lines?! - Secrets of underground Tokyo

    By Socimi, February 16, 2017   

    • tokyo metro
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    • kvp
    • February 20, 2017

17. JR Freight: new HOKI 1100 hopper car

    By miyakoji, November 17, 2015   

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    • SuRoNeFu 25-501
    • November 17, 2015

18. spy shots of E7 at KHI Hyogo

    By bikkuri bahn, August 30, 2013   

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    • Jace
    • September 3, 2013

19. DD51 push-pull

    By hans-diesel, November 5, 2015
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    • Claude_Dreyfus
    • November 9, 2015

20. 381 Series in Kansai end regular service

    By miyakoji, October 31, 2015   

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    • serotta1972
    • November 13, 2015

21. new JR Shikoku express EMU type

    By miyakoji, November 25, 2013   

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    • Gora
    • November 27, 2013

22. Ichibata Electric Railway to introduce first original railcar in 83 years

    By bikkuri bahn, July 13, 2016   

    • ichibata densha
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    • velotrain
    • March 5, 2017

23. 24 Series cars on test run for Twilight Express San'in Course service

    By miyakoji, July 3, 2015   

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      • okayama
      • yonago
      • shimonoseki
      • sanyo main line
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    • ayokoi
    • September 2, 2015

24. work on Osaka Higashi Line at Shigino Station

    By miyakoji, November 6, 2011
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    • stevenh
    • February 7, 2019

25. JR West: new station at Kyoto Railway Museum in 2019

    By miyakoji, February 20, 2015   

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    • katoftw
    • March 26, 2019