Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Another one bites the dust...

   By Nick_Burman, November 12, 2019
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   • Yavianice
   • November 12, 2019

2. A restaurant at unusual railroad crossing location....

   By Sacto1985, July 3, 2013
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   • Sacto1985
   • July 3, 2013

3. Named trains on the Hokuriku Shinkansen line revealed

   By Sacto1985, October 10, 2013
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   • Densha
   • October 13, 2013

4. 1st TEST RUN EF510-502 with E26 Series Cassiopeia

   By VVVF, February 13, 2010
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   • disturbman
   • February 13, 2010

5. JR Hokkaido JR Shikoku to get funding boost from natl. govt.

   By bikkuri bahn, July 3, 2015   

   • jrhokkaido
   • jrshikoku
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   • Sacto1985
   • July 3, 2015

6. Retiring of JR Central 117 series

   By Densha, January 6, 2013
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   • E6系
   • January 8, 2013

7. Kintetsu 5200 revival color scheme

   By bikkuri bahn, October 12, 2014   

   • kintetsu
   • revival
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     • 5200 series
     • 2250 series
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   • Mudkip Orange
   • October 13, 2014

8. H5 JR Hokkaido design reveled

   By cteno4, April 17, 2014
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   • Guest
   • April 25, 2014

9. Private railways/3rd sector railways popularity survey

   By bikkuri bahn, April 15, 2017   

   • private railways
   • mintetsu
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   • Kiha66
   • August 6, 2017

10. ekiin - your choice of location

    By miyakoji, June 6, 2015
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    • miyakoji
    • June 8, 2015

11. Sanyo Shinkansen halted for 3 hours today

    By bikkuri bahn, November 12, 2011
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • November 16, 2011

12. Yamanote line in Tokyo features AKB48 train

    By Guest ___, March 20, 2012
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    • Guest
    • March 23, 2012

13. Other news re. JR Hokkaido

    By bikkuri bahn, July 3, 2015   

    • jrhokkaido
    • hokkaido shinkansen
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      • sapporo
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    • kvp
    • July 4, 2015

14. New Railway Companies Born

    By katoftw, March 29, 2015
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    • Sacto1985
    • April 4, 2015

15. Container Car Question

    By Jimbo, January 19, 2020
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    • ben_issacs
    • January 23, 2020

16. New Type: Tokyo Metro Series 15000

    By bikkuri bahn, April 7, 2010
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    • bill937ca
    • July 9, 2010

17. Iyotetsu 5000 type LRT announced

    By Densha, January 25, 2017
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    • cteno4
    • September 6, 2017

18. Derailment in Chiba

    By bikkuri bahn, March 10, 2011
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • March 11, 2011

19. Old Rare and Obsure Photos

    By Jace, January 24, 2017
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    • velotrain
    • January 25, 2017

20. Tetsudo Fan August 2013

    By bikkuri bahn, June 25, 2013   

    • magazine
    • tetsudou fan
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    • westfalen
    • June 30, 2013

21. Shinkansen Trial Run to Kanazawa

    By katoftw, February 7, 2015
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    • The Next Station Is...
    • February 18, 2015

22. Japanese High Speed Train Lines

    By katoftw, October 9, 2013
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    • Ochanomizu
    • October 14, 2013

23. JR Central orders more N700A Shinkansen trains

    By Ronny, October 22, 2015
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    • katoftw
    • October 31, 2015

24. Japanese companies and U.S. HSR bidding

    By bikkuri bahn, February 27, 2011
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    • Mudkip Orange
    • March 1, 2011

25. Shinkansen 100 yen coin exchange begins nationwide 4/22

    By bikkuri bahn, April 23, 2015   

    • 100 yen coin
    • shinkansen
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    • NuclearErick
    • April 25, 2015