Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Question about JR East Bi-level Green Car Trains

   By YamanoteRider95, February 20, 2015
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   • E6系
   • February 20, 2015

2. JR West introduces Promotional Character for the Sanyo Shinkansen

   By bikkuri bahn, October 6, 2012
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   • Guest
   • October 7, 2012

3. Tokyo Area Train News

   By gmat, June 15, 2014
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   • gmat
   • June 19, 2014

4. Tsunami-damaged JRE 721 Series scrapped at Shinchi Station

   By miyakoji, April 16, 2011
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   • miyakoji
   • April 16, 2011

5. JR West - new sightseeing DMU on the western San'in Line

   By miyakoji, June 1, 2017   

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   • Sacto1985
   • June 3, 2017

6. TV program heads up Mon. Sept. 1, TV Tokyo 10pm~

   By bikkuri bahn, August 31, 2014   

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   • railsquid
   • September 1, 2014

7. Toden Arakawa Line Open Day June 8 (Sun.)

   By bikkuri bahn, June 6, 2014   

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   • bikkuri bahn
   • June 8, 2014

8. Mystery WAMU 49000 Anybody got a photo of one?

   By kevsmiththai, September 30, 2024
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   • kevsmiththai
   • October 1, 2024

9. Looking up trains by number?

   By scott, March 29, 2011
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   • westfalen
   • March 30, 2011

10. what's on the upper floors of station buildings?

    By miyakoji, September 7, 2015   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • September 8, 2015

11. MLIT to set up committee to promote rail transport of import/export containers

    By bikkuri bahn, December 5, 2014   

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    • Nick_Burman
    • December 5, 2014

12. Towing Locos for Shinkansen Emergency?

    By medusa, February 1, 2017
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    • HantuBlauLOL
    • February 3, 2017

13. Four E2 trainsets to be transferred to Joetsu Shinkansen Line

    By bikkuri bahn, November 17, 2012
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    • westfalen
    • November 18, 2012

14. More tanker trains for earthquake areas

    By bikkuri bahn, April 8, 2011
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    • westfalen
    • April 9, 2011

15. Thunderstorm in Tokyo area disrupts train operations

    By bill937ca, July 24, 2013
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    • ToniBabelony
    • July 29, 2013

16. Shinkansen from Kanazawa to Kyoto??!!

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

17. Volunteering on the Hisatsu Line

    By SL58654号, October 23, 2023
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    • November 27, 2023

18. Hiroshima tram resumes service in original colors to convey horrors of A-bomb

    By cteno4, June 14, 2015   

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    • Sacto1985
    • June 14, 2015

19. Toei Bus Network Map

    By bill937ca, May 11, 2020
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    • May 11, 2020

20. Kotatsu Train

    By linkey, December 30, 2012
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    • cteno4
    • January 12, 2013

21. 70,000 commuters delayed by quarrel over cell phone on train in Chiba

    By gmat, December 8, 2010
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    • ToniBabelony
    • December 8, 2010

22. JR Kyushu Two Stars 4047 Joyful Train

    By Yavianice, November 26, 2021
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    • tridentalx
    • December 5, 2021

23. Railway Technology Research Institute Open House Oct 8 2016

    By cteno4, October 3, 2016
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • October 4, 2016

24. Sendai Kirin Brewery to restart rail shipments

    By bikkuri bahn, October 25, 2011
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    • linkey
    • November 3, 2011

25. West Kyushu Shinkansen pics

    By katoftw, December 22, 2021
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    • katoftw
    • January 6, 2022