Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Baggage storage for luggage storage in cars of Tohoku, Hokkaido and Akita Shinkansen

   By bill937ca, May 9, 2017
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   • May 9, 2017

2. New Hankai Tramway Tennoji Ekimae Terminal

   By bill937ca, December 4, 2016
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   • railsquid
   • December 5, 2016

3. Article on JR East ATACS control system from Rail Engineer

   By bikkuri bahn, October 2, 2016   

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   • utrainia
   • October 2, 2016

4. New Train News

   By bill937ca, May 29, 2017
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   • cteno4
   • June 1, 2017

5. Typical weathering

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

6. Travel to Hokadate and Wakkanai Suspended from Sapporo

   By Guest ___, July 11, 2013
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   • westfalen
   • July 16, 2013

7. JR Tokai HC85 hybrid DEMU ltd express press debut

   By bikkuri bahn, December 13, 2019   

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   • Sacto1985
   • December 22, 2019

8. Yamato To Deliver Parcels By Tram In Kyoto

   By cteno4, October 15, 2011
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   • cteno4
   • October 15, 2011

9. Emperor rides the train

   By bikkuri bahn, October 2, 2019   

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   • JR 500系
   • October 5, 2019

10. Kiah 48 Resort Umineko Train question.

    By Sascha, December 20, 2014
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    • Sascha
    • December 22, 2014

11. Tired of teleworking from home? Get a change of atmosphere by working in an express train!

    By gmat, November 25, 2020
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    • The Birmingham train spotter
    • November 22, 2021

12. JR West: alphabetic line designations

    By miyakoji, January 25, 2015   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • January 26, 2015

13. Bogie steering mech on tokyo Ginza line wins award

    By cteno4, June 11, 2015   

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    • cteno4
    • June 11, 2015

14. Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen begins low speed test runs

    By bikkuri bahn, May 18, 2022   

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    • James-SNMB
    • December 24, 2022

15. Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum

    By mattdwnunder, September 1, 2015   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • September 1, 2015

16. Privately owned industrial switchers / shunters?

    By Ken Ford, October 31, 2017
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    • velotrain
    • November 2, 2017

17. JR East cruise train Shikishima interior revealed to media outlets

    By bikkuri bahn, March 17, 2017   

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    • Sacto1985
    • March 18, 2017

18. E231-500s to be moved to the Chuo-Sobu Line

    By bill937ca, June 10, 2016
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    • bill937ca
    • June 10, 2016

19. Kinki Sharyo to build new Hibiya Line cars

    By bikkuri bahn, November 7, 2014   

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    • nartak
    • November 8, 2014

20. Why are romancecars articulated?

    By utrainia, March 14, 2015
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    • Densha
    • March 15, 2015

21. Is the E233 the contemporary115 Series Train?

    By serotta1972, October 20, 2015
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    • SuRoNeFu 25-501
    • October 21, 2015

22. Hacker illegally accesses JR East Web site and alters part of system

    By bill937ca, December 23, 2009
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • December 23, 2009

23. Punctuality and Japanese railways

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

24. Farewell Izuhakone 1100 series

    By bill937ca, June 12, 2012
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    • ToniBabelony
    • June 14, 2012

25. Average ages of JR East rolling stock

    By bikkuri bahn, June 9, 2016   

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    • Sacto1985
    • June 9, 2016