Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. VR cameras

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

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

   By bikkuri bahn, April 4, 2016   

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   • railsquid
   • April 5, 2016

3. E655 Q

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

4. Best looking trains 1 2 3 4

   By Densha, June 24, 2013
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   • Socimi
   • April 3, 2016

5. New JR track maintenance vehicle: KaYa 64 21

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

6. Night buses!

   By JR 500系, November 20, 2015
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   • JR 500系
   • March 31, 2016

7. Jōetsu Shinkansen faster speeds by October 2016?

   By Sacto1985, March 15, 2016
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   • Melandir
   • March 30, 2016

8. Shin Hakodate Hokuto station webcam

   By bikkuri bahn, March 26, 2016   

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   • stevenh
   • March 30, 2016

9. cutbacks/closures in Railfan's newsfeed

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

10. Goodbye Seikan Express

    By Suica, March 22, 2016   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • March 26, 2016

11. Installation of electrical equipment for Hokkaido Shinkansen

    By bikkuri bahn, March 23, 2016   

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    • kvp
    • March 24, 2016

12. Connection between 107 and 165 Series?

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

13. Nagaragawa Railway gets the Mitooka treatment

    By miyakoji, November 28, 2015   

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    • miyakoji
    • March 19, 2016

14. Yufuin no Mori, now 5 cars!

    By katoftw, August 11, 2015
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    • katoftw
    • March 16, 2016

15. Postponement of start of operation of “SL Hitoyoshi” 2016

    By katoftw, March 5, 2016
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    • SuRoNeFu 25-501
    • March 9, 2016

16. New Type: JR West Kiha 189 1 2

    By bikkuri bahn, March 19, 2010
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    • serotta1972
    • March 8, 2016

17. How come Japan didn't unify on 1,500 V DC for overhead electric power? 1 2

    By Sacto1985, April 11, 2015
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    • hans-diesel
    • March 5, 2016

18. Tokyo Metro's place in the world's most complex metro systems

    By bikkuri bahn, February 29, 2016   

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    • Kabutoni
    • March 4, 2016

19. Old Man Thunder

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

20. new JR West 225-100 Series

    By miyakoji, February 24, 2016   

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    • Sacto1985
    • February 26, 2016

21. Children book?

    By Sascha, February 26, 2016
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    • Robert46
    • February 26, 2016

22. Keikyū N1000-1800

    By Kabutoni, February 22, 2016
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    • Suica
    • February 25, 2016

23. Shinkansen named "best high speed train"

    By bikkuri bahn, February 24, 2016   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • February 24, 2016

24. Tobu Railway freight?

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

25. Why are they coupling the E5 and E6 together?

    By Sascha, February 11, 2016
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    • Sacto1985
    • February 13, 2016