Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Yamanote Line Operational Graphic

   By bill937ca, June 17, 2018
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   • lesliegibson
   • June 17, 2018

2. Looking up trains by number?

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

3. Tobu Tojo in Snow

   By bill937ca, November 26, 2016
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • November 27, 2016

4. Ayoyoshi Limited Express

   By Szdfan, October 16, 2021
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   • Socimi
   • October 18, 2021

5. Accident on Tokaido Shinkansen 18/10/2021

   By JR 500系, October 18, 2021
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   • cteno4
   • October 18, 2021

6. 165 Series high roof?

   By Welshbloke, October 29, 2017
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   • Welshbloke
   • October 30, 2017

7. Upside down triangles?

   By Tintinfan, April 2, 2018
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   • Socimi
   • April 3, 2018

8. Thieves target Hokkaido train line for rip-offs of ‘railroadania'

   By cteno4, June 28, 2016
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   • kvp
   • June 29, 2016

9. Tokyo Rail System as Efficient as Slime Mold

   By Kamiyacho, November 8, 2010
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   • Guest
   • November 12, 2010

10. Kyotrain Starts in March

    By VentureForth, December 11, 2018
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    • Socimi
    • December 13, 2018

11. Commemorative coins for Shinkansen 50th

    By E231-500, September 7, 2014
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    • westfalen
    • September 8, 2014

12. JR West 225-100 new builds

    By Slobo, January 19, 2017
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • January 20, 2017

13. king kong godzilla 1962 train

    By jrcrunch, September 19, 2016
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    • Kiha66
    • September 20, 2016

14. JR Hokkaido to discontinue 3 steam locomotive services

    By bikkuri bahn, July 11, 2014   

    • jrhokkaido
    • steam locomotive
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    • Guest
    • July 14, 2014

15. AC traction: do 50Hz and 60Hz need different equipment?

    By miyakoji, February 8, 2015   

    • 485 series
    • 521 series
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    • Sacto1985
    • February 8, 2015

16. Question about station names

    By Pashina12, March 15, 2017
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    • velotrain
    • March 16, 2017

17. Unusual Reason Why Trains Were Late on 8 July

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

18. Seibu S-Train Starts 3.25.2017

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

19. Japanese sugar beet processing and railways

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

20. JR Kyushu Kiha 66.67 retirement

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

21. DF200

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

22. Service susension in Kyoto area

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

23. Keihin-Tohoku line rerouted onto Yamanote line tracks

    By Socimi, August 18, 2017   

    • keihin-tohoku
    • yamanote line
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    • railsquid
    • August 19, 2017

24. 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

25. Old Man Thunder

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