Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Electronic signboards fail to display Shinkansen line information

   By bill937ca, May 5, 2016
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   • cteno4
   • May 6, 2016

2. Rumoi Line to be closed

   By bill937ca, May 4, 2016
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   • ToniBabelony
   • December 5, 2016

3. Japan New Invisible Trains that Blend into Landscape

   By Bernard, April 30, 2016
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   • Welshbloke
   • May 3, 2016

4. Monorails of Japan document/report

   By bikkuri bahn, April 28, 2016   

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   • bikkuri bahn
   • April 28, 2016

5. Guidebook on Tokyo Trains

   By bikkuri bahn, April 26, 2016   

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   • bill937ca
   • April 5, 2017

6. Mooka Rlwy tells ill-mannered railfans to stay away

   By bikkuri bahn, April 18, 2016   

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   • cteno4
   • April 22, 2016

7. Fujisan View Express makes its debut in april

   By splifdfx, April 17, 2016   

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   • Guest
   • October 6, 2016

8. JR West to make Hakata Railyard available for public tours

   By bill937ca, April 15, 2016   

   • jrwest shinkansen
   • hakata railyard tours
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • April 16, 2016

9. Hokuetsu Express revived for winter resort service?

   By Sacto1985, April 10, 2016
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   • Sacto1985
   • April 11, 2016

10. VR cameras

    By donsmith20, April 10, 2016
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    • donsmith20
    • April 10, 2016

11. JR East's New Joyful Train Webpage

    By katoftw, April 9, 2016
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    • JR 500系
    • October 17, 2016

12. Some note of recent changes noted in Tokyo and Northern Kanto.

    By gmat, April 7, 2016
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    • westfalen
    • April 17, 2016

13. Best search term for signal boxes/switch towers?

    By marknewton, April 6, 2016
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    • kvp
    • April 11, 2016

14. Fukui and Echizen through operations started!

    By ToniBabelony, April 5, 2016   

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    • ayokoi
    • April 12, 2016

15. E655 Q

    By Nick_Burman, April 4, 2016
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    • Densha
    • April 4, 2016

16. New Shinjuku Station Highway Bus Terminal opens, April 4

    By bikkuri bahn, April 4, 2016   

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    • railsquid
    • April 5, 2016

17. JR Shikoku: new luxury train, Shikoku Mannaka Sennen Monogatari

    By katoftw, April 3, 2016   

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    • miyakoji
    • April 15, 2017

18. New JR track maintenance vehicle: KaYa 64 21

    By Densha, April 1, 2016
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    • cteno4
    • April 2, 2016

19. cutbacks/closures in Railfan's newsfeed

    By miyakoji, March 27, 2016
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    • railsquid
    • March 29, 2016

20. Shin Hakodate Hokuto station webcam

    By bikkuri bahn, March 26, 2016   

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    • stevenh
    • March 30, 2016

21. Echigo Tokimeki takes delivery of 2 ET122-1000 cruise/resort DMUs

    By miyakoji, March 26, 2016   

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    • maihama eki
    • June 9, 2016

22. Installation of electrical equipment for Hokkaido Shinkansen

    By bikkuri bahn, March 23, 2016   

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    • 5 replies
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    • kvp
    • March 24, 2016

23. Goodbye Seikan Express

    By Suica, March 22, 2016   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • March 26, 2016

24. Connection between 107 and 165 Series?

    By Welshbloke, March 21, 2016
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    • Welshbloke
    • March 21, 2016

25. End of the cassiopeia 1 2

    By Eurostar25, March 21, 2016
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    • miyakoji
    • May 19, 2016