Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Unusual Reason Why Trains Were Late on 8 July

   By gmat, July 14, 2013
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   • miyakoji
   • July 14, 2013

2. Seibu S-Train Starts 3.25.2017

   By bill937ca, January 22, 2017
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   • bill937ca
   • January 23, 2017

3. Japanese sugar beet processing and railways

   By velotrain, January 22, 2017
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   • velotrain
   • January 27, 2017

4. JR Kyushu Kiha 66.67 retirement

   By katoftw, July 30, 2020
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   • Socimi
   • July 31, 2020

5. DF200

   By Peter Osborne, March 6, 2021
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   • Das Steinkopf
   • March 9, 2021

6. Service susension in Kyoto area

   By Steve4031, June 30, 2018
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • July 1, 2018

7. Keihin-Tohoku line rerouted onto Yamanote line tracks

   By Socimi, August 18, 2017   

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   • yamanote line
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   • railsquid
   • August 19, 2017

8. Japan gets 2018 disaster bingo as M6.7 earthquake hits Hokkaido

   By Yavianice, September 5, 2018
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   • JR 500系
   • September 6, 2018

9. Old Man Thunder

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

10. Medetai Train debuts in Wakayama

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

11. Sotetsu-Tokyu thru line opening date officially announced- March 2023

    By bikkuri bahn, February 6, 2022   

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      • mita line
      • toei subway
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      • hiyoshi
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    • railsquid
    • May 4, 2022

12. Mie Kotsu DeKi51

    By Nick_Burman, June 21, 2019
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    • marknewton
    • June 25, 2019

13. Kyushu: Shinkansen off power six hours

    By linkey, March 14, 2012
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • March 15, 2012

14. Trains that retired yesterday

    By Shinkansenrailfan, March 14, 2020
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    • railsquid
    • March 14, 2020

15. JR East EV-E801 Series formation leaves the factory

    By miyakoji, December 10, 2016   

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      • akita
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    • Sacto1985
    • December 11, 2016

16. JRF freight consist numbers?

    By katoftw, February 8, 2014
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    • westfalen
    • February 8, 2014

17. Interesting information about railroad signals in Japan

    By Madsing, July 25, 2022
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    • Madsing
    • July 26, 2022

18. JR Tokai museum exceeds visitor number projections

    By bikkuri bahn, March 16, 2012
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    • cteno4
    • March 16, 2012

19. Hokkaido rolling stock

    By ia909, September 29, 2016
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    • Nick_Burman
    • October 28, 2016

20. Head and Tail Lamp and Disc Codes of Meiji era Japanese Railways

    By SL58654号, January 16
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    • Beaver
    • January 20

21. A solution for all those cardboard shipping boxes piling up in the corner...

    By Gryphr, November 17, 2017
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    • velotrain
    • November 18, 2017

22. JR West installing 2 new crossovers on Hanwa Line

    By miyakoji, December 10, 2011
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    • scott
    • December 11, 2011

23. NSK bearing company

    By Kb4iuj, July 16, 2016
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • July 17, 2016

24. Talking TaKis

    By Welshbloke, September 24, 2020
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    • Welshbloke
    • September 25, 2020

25. Japan's last coal freight train February 2020

    By bill937ca, May 29, 2020
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    • 416 views
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    • cteno4
    • May 29, 2020