Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. New "Galaxy Express 999 train" enters service

   By bill937ca, October 15, 2016
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   • JR 500系
   • October 16, 2016

2. JR East fires up steam locomotive to drum up tourism

   By cteno4, February 12, 2013
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   • cteno4
   • February 26, 2013

3. JR West Hakusan General Rolling Stock Center open day

   By bikkuri bahn, June 23, 2014   

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   • hokuriku shinkansen
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   • katoftw
   • June 24, 2014

4. E231s to end service on Yamanote Line very soon

   By bill937ca, January 6, 2020
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   • railsquid
   • February 1, 2020

5. Winter steam: Amemiya #21 makes rare winter run today

   By bikkuri bahn, December 15, 2012
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   • marknewton
   • December 18, 2012

6. [NEW] JR East Tohoku Area Pass

   By katoftw, November 23, 2015
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   • katoftw
   • November 23, 2015

7. Tiles used at stations

   By kuro68000, August 4, 2022
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   • kuro68000
   • July 19, 2023

8. SaRo 165/455 - what's the headlight for?

   By Welshbloke, December 27, 2015
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   • SuRoNeFu 25-501
   • December 30, 2015

9. Interrupted Service on the Minobu Line?

   By gmat, January 5, 2012
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   • ISO8
   • February 15, 2012

10. Hakone Tozan Railway 110 retirement train

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

11. No Moonlight Echigo this summer?

    By ote-m, June 11, 2015
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • June 11, 2015

12. Osaka Station Redevelopment

    By stevenh, April 4, 2011
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    • stevenh
    • April 4, 2011

13. Hiroden 5200 Type 'Green Mover APEX' announced

    By Densha, July 25, 2018   

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    • tram
    • 4 replies
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    • JR 500系
    • June 29, 2019

14. Disposition of the Withdrawn E217-Series Trains in Shonan Colors?

    By Philphil, January 25, 2019
    • 10 replies
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    • Socimi
    • January 29, 2019

15. Keihin-Tohoku line rerouted onto Yamanote line tracks

    By Socimi, August 18, 2017   

    • keihin-tohoku
    • yamanote line
    • 3 replies
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    • railsquid
    • August 19, 2017

16. Typical weathering

    By shadowtiger25, December 3, 2018
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    • cteno4
    • December 10, 2018

17. JR Shikoku to get new rolling stock for Yosan Line

    By miyakoji, July 18, 2012
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    • Nick_Burman
    • July 19, 2012

18. Old Man Thunder

    By Sascha, February 28, 2016
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    • splifdfx
    • February 28, 2016

19. TV program heads up (2)- 9/29 (sun.) TV Tokyo, 7 Stars in Kyushu

    By bikkuri bahn, September 22, 2013   

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    • tv tokyo
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      • 7 stars
    • 2 replies
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    • cteno4
    • September 29, 2013

20. JR Freight Umeda Station operations to Kudara, Suita

    By miyakoji, March 16, 2013
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    • Sacto1985
    • March 17, 2013

21. I Wish Journalists Would Do Their Homework

    By Jcarlton, September 21, 2014
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    • Guest
    • September 23, 2014

22. JR East: another HB-E300 formation

    By miyakoji, May 28, 2016   

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    • hb-e300
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      • shirakami
      • resort
      • resort shirakami
      • buna
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      • akita
      • aomori
    • 1 reply
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    • katoftw
    • May 28, 2016

23. N700A begins scheduled running

    By angusmclean, February 12, 2013
    • 9 replies
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    • Sacto1985
    • February 16, 2013

24. Osaka Electric Tramway #203

    By stevenh, February 4, 2015
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • February 5, 2015

25. what will be the last JNR rolling stock in service?

    By miyakoji, March 15, 2013
    • 8 replies
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    • Sacto1985
    • March 18, 2013