Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Long rail transport from Kita-Kyushu to Hokkaido for Shinkansen line construction

   By bikkuri bahn, April 21   

   • jrfreight
   • rail
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   • Kamome
   • April 30

2. Freight Train Derailed in Hokkaido Again 22 Jun 14

   By gmat, June 22, 2014
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • June 24, 2014

3. 7501 delivered to Kagoshima City Transport Bureau

   By bill937ca, March 6, 2017
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   • kvp
   • March 7, 2017

4. Japanese railway company plans to sell data from e-ticket records

   By Guest ___, July 7, 2013
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   • ToniBabelony
   • July 8, 2013

5. N700S Shinkansen car numbering

   By Kingmeow, December 21, 2023
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   • brill27mcb
   • December 23, 2023

6. Daylight road haulage of rolling stock attracts crowd of 30,000

   By bikkuri bahn, March 7, 2017   

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   • hitachi rail
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • March 9, 2017

7. JR firms offer cross-country train tour featuring a ride on the resurrected Cassiopeia

   By katoftw, October 19, 2017
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   • Densha
   • October 20, 2017

8. Meitetsu welded rail train question

   By velotrain, May 6, 2017
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   • velotrain
   • May 8, 2017

9. crew training on JRW Bantan Line goes wrong

   By miyakoji, November 27, 2011
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   • Guest
   • December 12, 2011

10. Anyone fancies an E7 car?

    By JR 500系, January 30, 2015
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    • Sacto1985
    • January 31, 2015

11. Haven't seen this yet

    By shadowtiger25, December 5, 2018
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    • shadowtiger25
    • December 5, 2018

12. Tobu Railway freight?

    By Welshbloke, February 16, 2016
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    • Welshbloke
    • February 17, 2016

13. Typhoon No. 21 (October 2017)

    By Densha, October 22, 2017
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    • cteno4
    • October 24, 2017

14. 0 Series moved for renewal, future display

    By bikkuri bahn, November 8, 2014   

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    • osaka
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • November 12, 2014

15. ex-JRE/JNR 205 series on Fujikyu Railway

    By miyakoji, March 1, 2012
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    • miyakoji
    • March 2, 2012

16. Nagoya's Sunken Trams - Aichi News Documentary

    By ED75-775, April 30
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    • ED75-775
    • Wednesday at 12:46 AM

17. Adjustable train platform door tested in Saitama

    By cteno4, September 3, 2013
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    • cteno4
    • September 3, 2013

18. JR East offers “Internship for Foreigners”

    By bill937ca, March 31, 2018
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    • kvp
    • April 1, 2018

19. Origins of Japanese rail signal aspects

    By eldomtom2, April 24, 2024
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    • brill27mcb
    • August 15, 2024

20. Blue Train "Fuji" one day revival

    By bikkuri bahn, September 4, 2014   

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    • Guest
    • December 23, 2014

21. Shinkansen to require reservations for large suitcases from next May

    By bill937ca, September 1, 2019
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    • IST
    • September 8, 2019

22. Kambara Railway Last Winter (1999)

    By bill937ca, November 28, 2016
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    • lighthouse
    • December 1, 2016

23. That Japanese train driver incident

    By railsquid, September 19, 2016
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    • westfalen
    • September 20, 2016

24. SaRo 163 and 165 - what's the difference?

    By Welshbloke, December 2, 2016
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    • Welshbloke
    • December 15, 2016

25. Nozomi shinkansen marks 25 years as vital transport artery

    By bill937ca, March 14, 2017
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    • Sacto1985
    • March 16, 2017