Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Obscure (To Me) Blue Train Inquiry

   By ATShinkansen, May 22, 2019
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   • railsquid
   • May 22, 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. help finding something

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

4. Kotoden to retire Retro Train

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

5. Romancecar Museum

   By bill937ca, May 9, 2019
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   • bill937ca
   • April 19, 2021

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

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

7. History of Japanese Railways

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

8. Nationality of voice announcements on Japanese trains.

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

9. Tobu New 70090 series

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

10. Joetsu Shinkansen Power Outage 28/4?2019

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

11. 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

12. Mickey Mouse Shinkansen

    By changkh, April 24, 2019
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    • katoftw
    • July 24, 2019

13. Sotetsu Hazawa Yokohama Kokudai Station press preview

    By bikkuri bahn, April 24, 2019   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • April 24, 2019

14. 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

15. Disappearing Yamanote E231-500

    By bill937ca, April 13, 2019
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    • Shinkansenrailfan
    • September 5, 2019

16. Keisei to Launch 3100 Series

    By bill937ca, April 11, 2019
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    • RossDensha
    • November 17, 2019

17. E4 Shinkansen And...

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

18. E4 Shinkansen cars, an unusual feature.

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

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

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

20. Abolition of the Tokyu Tamaden Line

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

21. Help identifying items

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

22. Kyoto municipal subway Karasuma line, new vehicle design

    By bill937ca, March 29, 2019
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    • Socimi
    • March 29, 2019

23. JR Kyushu 821系 entering revenue service.

    By Kamome, March 26, 2019
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    • Kamome
    • March 27, 2019

24. Chiyoda Branch Line starts through-services with the mainline

    By Socimi, March 26, 2019
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    • Socimi
    • March 26, 2019

25. Tokyo Metro 17000 and 18000 series announced

    By railsquid, March 26, 2019
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    • RossDensha
    • October 27, 2020