Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. 12-car formations, bi-level green cars on Chuo Line in 2023 (was 2020) 1 2 3

   By miyakoji, February 5, 2015   

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   • HankyuDentetsu
   • November 18, 2023

2. 150 Years Of Rail Service In Japan

   By Tony Galiani, April 13, 2022
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   • Tony Galiani
   • April 13, 2022

3. 150th Anniversary of Japanese Railways

   By bill937ca, November 20, 2022
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   • November 20, 2022

4. 165 Series high roof?

   By Welshbloke, October 29, 2017
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   • Welshbloke
   • October 30, 2017

5. 1st TEST RUN EF510-502 with E26 Series Cassiopeia

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

6. 2 Axle / 4 Wheeled Passenger Cars in JGR/JNR Era

   By Steve, January 12
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   • Steve
   • January 12

7. 2 engineers on 2 coupled EMU's

   By hans-diesel, March 1, 2017
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   • Nick_Burman
   • March 2, 2017

8. 20/25kV EH800 locomotive testing and revenue freight

   By bikkuri bahn, July 28, 2014   

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   • stevenh
   • July 29, 2014

9. 2011 worst on record for passengers falling onto train tracks

   By gmat, December 10, 2011
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   • keitaro
   • December 11, 2011

10. 2016 Blue Ribbon Award + Laurel Prizes

    By korat, May 24, 2016
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • May 25, 2016

11. 2019 Blue Ribbon and 2019 Laurel Prize Winners Announced

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

12. 2020 Summer Olympic Games go to Tokyo

    By bill937ca, September 8, 2013
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    • KenS
    • September 29, 2013

13. 2020 typhoon season

    By railsquid, September 5, 2020
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    • September 6, 2020

14. 2022-03-16: M7.3 earthquake off Fukushima coast, tsunami warning, Tohoku Shinkansen derailed 1 2

    By railsquid, March 16, 2022
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    • May 1, 2022

15. 2023 JR East Fall/Winter Tourism Campaign TVCM

    By bikkuri bahn, November 8, 2023   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • November 8, 2023

16. 2023: The year of selling your model trains? What the heck is going on?

    By kndy, August 5, 2023   

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    • Kamome
    • January 19, 2024

17. 205-0 Series pantograph type?

    By Welshbloke, May 28, 2023
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    • 200系
    • May 30, 2023

18. 211 retired from the Utsunomiya and Takasaki Line?

    By gmat, July 13, 2013
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    • Sacto1985
    • July 15, 2013

19. 211 series with fancy camera on the Chuo Line

    By miyakoji, August 31, 2017   

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    • Suica
    • September 1, 2017

20. 22 February turned out to be a bad day for Tokyo train commuters, as freak delays showed

    By gmat, February 24, 2018
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    • miyakoji
    • February 24, 2018

21. 24 Series cars on test run for Twilight Express San'in Course service

    By miyakoji, July 3, 2015   

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    • ayokoi
    • September 2, 2015

22. 25 Tokyo Monorail employees caught fare-dodging

    By gmat, April 15, 2011
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    • Guest
    • April 16, 2011

23. 29-04-2013 Monday, 10th Model Railway City meeting

    By ToniBabelony, April 27, 2013
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    • ToniBabelony
    • April 27, 2013

24. 3 JR group companies to make bidding easier for foreign suppliers

    By bikkuri bahn, June 24, 2014   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • June 24, 2014

25. 3 new DMUs for Sanriku Railway

    By miyakoji, February 17, 2013   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • February 17, 2013