Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

1,965 topics in this forum

1. Looking for maps, railroad or not, or things to put on walls

   By ote-m, January 22, 2015
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   • Takahama Trainwatcher
   • April 18, 2015

2. Looking for tetsudō otaku

   By TrainTV, December 29, 2015
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   • boilermaker
   • January 6, 2016

3. Looking up trains by number?

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

4. Low-Floor Trams for Hankai Tramway

   By bill937ca, June 5, 2013
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   • Sacto1985
   • June 6, 2013

5. Lupin the 3rd train in Hokkaido

   By bikkuri bahn, April 3, 2012
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   • Minelayer
   • July 4, 2013

6. Luxury Sleeper Train Cassiopeia to Be Retired

   By bill937ca, April 7
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   • RS18U
   • April 7

7. M-250 Super Rail Cargo question

   By gavino200, January 29, 2018
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   • inobu
   • January 29, 2018

8. Maglev (chuo shinkansen) breaks speed record 1 2

   By bikkuri bahn, April 18, 2015   

   • maglev
   • chuo shinkansen
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     • chuo shinkansen
     • jrtokai
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • November 11, 2015

9. Maglev train plan outlined by JR Tokai 1 2

   By cteno4, September 18, 2013
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   • kvp
   • February 1, 2014

10. Major private railways rolling stock roster sizes

    By bikkuri bahn, June 25, 2013   

    • private railways
    • mintetsu
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      • private railways
      • mintetsu
      • rolling stock
      • statistics
      • fiscal 2013
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    • Sacto1985
    • June 26, 2013

11. Major shinkansen bullet train service disruption in northern Japan due to bird strike

    By gmat, June 18, 2018
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    • katoftw
    • June 19, 2018

12. Major Tokyo train line stopped for one hour as passenger gets own head stuck under seat

    By bill937ca, August 3, 2018
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    • maihama eki
    • August 3, 2018

13. Man gets serious shock after climbing atop Shinkansen bullet train in Yokohama

    By cteno4, November 15, 2014
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    • cteno4
    • December 6, 2014

14. Man offers to ride the Yamanote Line for one day wearing ads.

    By gmat, September 11, 2012
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    • JR 500系
    • September 12, 2012

15. Man stops train from leaving station in Japan; video goes viral online

    By bill937ca, April 13, 2019
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    • JR 500系
    • April 14, 2019

16. Manga where a wolf just drives a train

    By Kiha66, May 3, 2021
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    • Kiha66
    • May 3, 2021

17. Manga wrapped express train set to bring summer fun to Tohoku region

    By bill937ca, June 27, 2016
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    • Robert46
    • July 4, 2016

18. Manual signal boxes in Japan

    By Rail Announcement, January 19, 2015
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    • dabsan
    • January 20, 2015

19. Manyo Line 5022 Battling Snow

    By bill937ca, February 6, 2017
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    • bill937ca
    • February 16, 2017

20. Manyosen wrapped critter tram

    By velotrain, July 22, 2016
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    • ToniBabelony
    • July 22, 2016

21. map animation

    By cteno4, October 1, 2012
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    • Boiler
    • October 3, 2012

22. March 2019 Timetable Revision

    By Densha, December 14, 2018
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    • Densha
    • April 6, 2019

23. Marine Liner stranded on Seto Ohashi bridge

    By Kamome, November 11, 2024
    • 1 reply
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    • Tony Galiani
    • November 11, 2024

24. Matsuyama tram question

    By cteno4, May 11, 2014
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    • bill937ca
    • May 29, 2014

25. Meaning of "山区" on JR East station signs (Tokyo)

    By Xiamen, August 2, 2018
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    • railsquid
    • August 2, 2018