Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. JR West will use Italian machine-vision inspection system

   By Melandir, August 7, 2015   

   • jr west
   • mermec
   • 2 replies
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   • Ronny
   • August 7, 2015

2. You cannot miss this site !

   By Kiha_120, July 11, 2015
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   • cteno4
   • August 6, 2015

3. JR Railway Group Poll

   By Guest ___, April 9, 2015   

   • poll
   • 21 replies
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   • miyakoji
   • August 6, 2015

4. A couple Tokyo-area commuter rail questions

   By korat, August 1, 2015
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   • korat
   • August 3, 2015

5. ED500

   By velotrain, July 28, 2015
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   • Kabutoni
   • July 28, 2015

6. Setouchi Area Pass - New

   By katoftw, July 23, 2015
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   • katoftw
   • July 23, 2015

7. JR Kyushu Sweet Train

   By Sascha, July 19, 2015
   • 12 replies
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   • miyakoji
   • July 19, 2015

8. Keisei Skyliner AE series 5 year anniversary

   By Sascha, July 15, 2015
   • 21 replies
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   • railsquid
   • July 17, 2015

9. Shin Hakodate Hokuto Station interiors shown

   By bikkuri bahn, July 16, 2015   

   • hokkaido shinkansen
   • jrhokkaido
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • July 16, 2015

10. Tokyo to get two new subway lines amid redevelopment boom

    By Guest ___, July 13, 2015
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    • Kabutoni
    • July 15, 2015

11. Engineering turnouts

    By Tyler B, July 14, 2015
    • 3 replies
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    • HantuBlauLOL
    • July 14, 2015

12. New SiC power modules on N700- first application on HSR

    By bikkuri bahn, July 13, 2015   

    • jrtokai
    • tokaido shinkansen
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      • sic
      • mitsubishi electric
    • 0 replies
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • July 13, 2015

13. JR East SUROFU 14-701, -702 to Nagano

    By miyakoji, July 12, 2015   

    • jreast
    • salon car
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      • joyful train
      • yutori
      • salon express tokyo
      • passenger car
      • 14 series
      • observation car
    • 2 replies
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    • miyakoji
    • July 12, 2015

14. get a ride on the jr test maglev

    By cteno4, June 2, 2015
    • 5 replies
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    • stevenh
    • July 8, 2015

15. 9th World Congress on High Speed Rail- Tokyo 2015

    By bikkuri bahn, July 7, 2015   

    • uic
    • high speed rail
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      • jreast
    • 4 replies
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    • railsquid
    • July 8, 2015

16. Hokuriku Shinkansen Maibara routing "difficult"- JR Tokai

    By bikkuri bahn, July 7, 2015   

    • hokuriku shinkansen
    • jrtokai
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      • jrtokai
      • maibara
      • chuo shinkansen
      • maglev
    • 17 replies
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    • Kitayama
    • July 8, 2015

17. Unusual way to attract riders to trains (from RocketNews24)

    By Sacto1985, July 7, 2015
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    • Sacto1985
    • July 7, 2015

18. Nankai nostalgic colors 7000/10000 series

    By bikkuri bahn, June 19, 2015   

    • nankai
    • 7000 series
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      • 7000 series
      • 10000 series
      • southern
      • nostalgia
      • throwback
    • 12 replies
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • July 7, 2015

19. JR Freight and Aeon team up to run dedicated train

    By bikkuri bahn, July 6, 2015   

    • jrfreight
    • tokyo freight terminal
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      • tokyo freight terminal
      • kudara freight terminal
      • aeon
    • 0 replies
    • 923 views
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • July 6, 2015

20. Other news re. JR Hokkaido

    By bikkuri bahn, July 3, 2015   

    • jrhokkaido
    • hokkaido shinkansen
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      • hakodate
      • sapporo
    • 4 replies
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    • kvp
    • July 4, 2015

21. Abandoned depot in Yuasa with a mystery

    By yakumo381, June 27, 2015
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    • westfalen
    • July 4, 2015

22. JR Hokkaido JR Shikoku to get funding boost from natl. govt.

    By bikkuri bahn, July 3, 2015   

    • jrhokkaido
    • jrshikoku
    • 9 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • Sacto1985
    • July 3, 2015

23. Suicide (?) on the Shinkansen

    By railsquid, June 30, 2015
    • 17 replies
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    • kvp
    • July 2, 2015

24. new Nankai 8300 series from Kinki Sharyo

    By miyakoji, July 1, 2015   

    • nankai
    • 8300 series
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      • 8300 series
      • kansai
      • kinki
      • kinki sharyo
      • wakayama
      • tokuan
    • 8 replies
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    • miyakoji
    • July 2, 2015

25. Going EF66 Hunting and question about identifiers

    By ote-m, June 22, 2015
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    • gmat
    • June 28, 2015