Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. 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

2. History of Japanese Railways

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

3. Nationality of voice announcements on Japanese trains.

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

4. Tobu New 70090 series

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

5. Joetsu Shinkansen Power Outage 28/4?2019

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

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

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

7. Sotetsu Hazawa Yokohama Kokudai Station press preview

   By bikkuri bahn, April 24, 2019   

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   • bikkuri bahn
   • April 24, 2019

8. E4 Shinkansen cars, an unusual feature.

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

9. 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

10. E4 Shinkansen And...

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

11. best time for the Yamanote

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

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

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

13. 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

14. March 2019 Timetable Revision

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

15. Abolition of the Tokyu Tamaden Line

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

16. Help identifying items

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

17. More EF200 being scrapped 1 2

    By yakumo381, May 26, 2015   

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    • Das Steinkopf
    • March 30, 2019

18. Kyoto municipal subway Karasuma line, new vehicle design

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

19. Rias Line Reopens under Sanriku Railway Co.

    By bill937ca, March 24, 2019
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    • Sacto1985
    • March 29, 2019

20. JR Kyushu 821系 entering revenue service.

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

21. Trip in April

    By MikePerth, February 26, 2019
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    • Kamome
    • March 26, 2019

22. Hello Kitty Osaka Loop Line

    By chadbag, March 26, 2019
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    • cteno4
    • March 26, 2019

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

    By miyakoji, February 20, 2015   

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    • katoftw
    • March 26, 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. Moving Scrap/Decommissioned Stock? 1 2

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