Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Shinkansen driver forgets glasses

   By bikkuri bahn, August 29, 2011
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   • Guest
   • August 30, 2011

2. Automated Container Crane of Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding,

   By bill937ca, December 15, 2016
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   • medusa
   • December 16, 2016

3. Abandoned depot in Yuasa with a mystery

   By yakumo381, June 27, 2015
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   • westfalen
   • July 4, 2015

4. Train firm courts rail fans with offer to drive diesel locomotive

   By gmat, February 12, 2018
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   • westfalen
   • February 17, 2018

5. Emperor rides the train

   By bikkuri bahn, October 2, 2019   

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   • JR 500系
   • October 5, 2019

6. E5 Hayabusa starts 320km/h service

   By bikkuri bahn, March 17, 2013   

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   • POMU
   • March 18, 2013

7. Hakone Tozan Railway 110 retirement train

   By bill937ca, December 15, 2016
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   • adrianKeith
   • May 17, 2017

8. After successful first year, Kyoto Railway Museum faces challenge

   By bill937ca, May 29, 2017
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   • Das Steinkopf
   • June 19, 2017

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

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

10. JR Hokkaido another incident

    By bikkuri bahn, January 26, 2012
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    • westfalen
    • January 28, 2012

11. First 700系 End Car To Be Preserved

    By 200系, December 7, 2013
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    • Ochanomizu
    • December 9, 2013

12. JR East’s 485 series train to make final runs in Sendai in June

    By gmat, May 16, 2016
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    • cteno4
    • May 29, 2016

13. New Type: JR West Series 287

    By miyakoji, November 27, 2010
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    • Nozomi4ever
    • December 3, 2010

14. Tokyo subway 'phantom station' reveals itself to passengers for first time in nearly 90 years

    By gmat, November 30, 2017
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    • Socimi
    • December 1, 2017

15. Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Kyoto??!!

    By westfalen, May 22, 2016
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    • westfalen
    • May 23, 2016

16. Seven Stars Documentary

    By bc6, March 11
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    • RS18U
    • March 12

17. Military-purpose subway lines?! - Secrets of underground Tokyo

    By Socimi, February 16, 2017   

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    • kvp
    • February 20, 2017

18. Kyotram brings new luxury look to public transport in Kyoto

    By RS18U, March 11
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19. JR West DEC700

    By Szdfan, August 6, 2021
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    • Socimi
    • August 16, 2021

20. C58 239 lives!

    By miyakoji, December 21, 2013   

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    • cteno4
    • February 10, 2014

21. 583 series going to be retired

    By HantuBlauLOL, February 19, 2017
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    • Densha
    • April 9, 2017

22. B20 1

    By mattdwnunder, May 27, 2016
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    • marknewton
    • June 13, 2016

23. Prototype information sources

    By ozman2009, October 6, 2014
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    • kvp
    • October 7, 2014

24. Differences between gran class seating

    By bikkuri bahn, March 5, 2015   

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    • spacecadet
    • March 6, 2015

25. Hanwa line crash just now

    By keitaro, August 31, 2012
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • September 1, 2012