Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. 2019 Blue Ribbon and 2019 Laurel Prize Winners Announced

   By bill937ca, May 23, 2019
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   • ben_issacs
   • May 24, 2019

2. Not looking at the scenery from a Japanese train.

   By ben_issacs, May 21, 2019
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   • ben_issacs
   • May 22, 2019

3. Kiso Forest Railway 1 2

   By rogerfarnworth, February 9, 2019
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   • Martijn Meerts
   • May 22, 2019

4. Obscure (To Me) Blue Train Inquiry

   By ATShinkansen, May 22, 2019
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   • railsquid
   • May 22, 2019

5. help finding something

   By shadowtiger25, May 19, 2019
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   • shadowtiger25
   • May 20, 2019

6. An Overview of Present and Future Rolling Stock Changes in the Tokyo Area

   By Socimi, January 7, 2018
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   • Socimi
   • May 12, 2019

7. Kotoden to retire Retro Train

   By bill937ca, May 11, 2019
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   • maihama eki
   • May 12, 2019

8. Raiway books, a couple of good specialist stores.

   By ben_issacs, May 9, 2019
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • May 9, 2019

9. Amagasaki Train Crash 2005 documentary

   By JR 500系, April 20, 2014
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   • Das Steinkopf
   • May 7, 2019

10. Special trains for change of Era in Japan at midnight 30th. April.

    By ben_issacs, April 28, 2019
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    • bill937ca
    • May 5, 2019

11. History of Japanese Railways

    By Pashina12, May 3, 2019
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    • ben_issacs
    • May 4, 2019

12. Nationality of voice announcements on Japanese trains.

    By ben_issacs, May 3, 2019
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    • ben_issacs
    • May 4, 2019

13. Tobu New 70090 series

    By bill937ca, April 30, 2019
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    • Sascha
    • May 1, 2019

14. Joetsu Shinkansen Power Outage 28/4?2019

    By scotspensioner, April 28, 2019
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    • railsquid
    • April 29, 2019

15. Taiheiyo Coal Line will cease operations at the end of March

    By katoftw, March 14, 2019
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    • scotspensioner
    • April 27, 2019

16. Sotetsu Hazawa Yokohama Kokudai Station press preview

    By bikkuri bahn, April 24, 2019   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • April 24, 2019

17. E4 Shinkansen cars, an unusual feature.

    By ben_issacs, April 10, 2019
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    • JR 500系
    • April 14, 2019

18. Man stops train from leaving station in Japan; video goes viral online

    By bill937ca, April 13, 2019
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    • JR 500系
    • April 14, 2019

19. E4 Shinkansen And...

    By ATShinkansen, April 11, 2019
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    • JR 500系
    • April 11, 2019

20. best time for the Yamanote

    By EF57, March 12, 2019
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    • ben_issacs
    • April 10, 2019

21. JR East replace title of 'train conductor' with just 'crew'

    By bill937ca, April 10, 2019
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    • Socimi
    • April 10, 2019

22. Researching Kyoto's "Randen" tram (Keifuku Electric Railway) 1 2 3

    By Ken Ford, June 12, 2014
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    • bill937ca
    • April 9, 2019

23. March 2019 Timetable Revision

    By Densha, December 14, 2018
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    • Densha
    • April 6, 2019

24. Abolition of the Tokyu Tamaden Line

    By bill937ca, April 3, 2019
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    • bill937ca
    • April 3, 2019

25. Help identifying items

    By shadowtiger25, March 31, 2019
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    • ben_issacs
    • April 2, 2019