Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Japanese Rail History

   By TimWay4, March 19
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   • cteno4
   • March 22

2. New Limited Express Yakumo Train Designs Revealed

   By bill937ca, March 21
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   • disturbman
   • March 21

3. Children learn about model trains at the 40th Anniversary of the Meitetsu Hashima Line

   By kndy, March 20
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   • kndy
   • March 20

4. Kumamoto resident does crowdfunding to have a model railroad cafe to boost tourism to Misumi-cho

   By kndy, March 20
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   • kndy
   • March 20

5. Cab view- a run through the soon to be opened JR Osaka underground station

   By bikkuri bahn, February 18   

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   • Sacto1985
   • March 19

6. Unparalleled access draws Japan railway lovers to pricey closed photo shoots

   By bill937ca, March 14
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   • kndy
   • March 18

7. Taiwan to buy N700s

   By bikkuri bahn, March 17   

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   • bikkuri bahn
   • March 18

8. New Sotetsu Tokyu Line CM feat. Odagiri Joe and Yamasaki Ten

   By kndy, March 17
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   • kndy
   • March 17

9. Tickets to ride Doctor Yellow on Mar. 23/24 sell out

   By bikkuri bahn, March 14   

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   • Cat
   • March 15

10. TBS news visits COMTRAC mainframe room- Tokaido Shinkansen report

    By bikkuri bahn, March 13   

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    • miyakoji
    • March 14

11. Okayama Electric Tramway Applies for Extension into JR Okayama

    By bill937ca, March 9
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    • bill937ca
    • March 9

12. When did gauges wider than 1067mm first appear?

    By Beaver, March 2
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    • Nick_Burman
    • March 5

13. Shinkansen Leaves Tokyo Station With Extended Wheelchair Ramp

    By bill937ca, February 1
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    • Drunkenclam
    • March 5

14. Minami Aso Railway to reopen

    By katoftw, February 21
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    • katoftw
    • February 21

15. JR East announces E8 Series for the Yamagata Shinkansen

    By Yavianice, March 3, 2020   

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    • cplchanb
    • February 8

16. Kyoto station in the snow

    By chadbag, January 25
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    • Sean
    • January 25

17. The elevator at Roppongi station is out of order, and can't be repaired

    By mojo, January 17
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    • Beaver
    • January 20

18. Hyperdia discontinues timetable search

    By bill937ca, April 2, 2022
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    • maihama eki
    • January 17

19. JR Shibuya reconstruction starts 1 2 3

    By railsquid, September 7, 2015
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    • railsquid
    • January 10

20. Solid bottom gondola?

    By Nick_Burman, October 25, 2022
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    • Welshbloke
    • January 3

21. Train Geeks

    By Dave K, December 28, 2022
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    • cteno4
    • December 29, 2022

22. Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen begins low speed test runs

    By bikkuri bahn, May 18, 2022   

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    • James-SNMB
    • December 24, 2022

23. Tokaido shinkansen power failure disrupts operations

    By JR 500系, December 18, 2022
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    • Yavianice
    • December 19, 2022

24. The end of SL Hitoyoshi

    By Kiha66, October 24, 2022
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    • Yugamu Tsuki
    • December 8, 2022

25. No clue what it can be and why it's open

    By JR East, November 20, 2022
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    • Sacto1985
    • December 5, 2022