Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Bullet train passenger's comment about exploding bladder reported to police as bomb threat

   By cteno4, October 13, 2013
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   • 3railgreg
   • October 22, 2013

2. Return of Salon Car Naniwa

   By bill937ca, November 4, 2019
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   • katoftw
   • November 4, 2019

3. Engineering turnouts

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

4. Traffic temporarily suspended on parts of the Tokaido main line.

   By MeTheSwede, December 27, 2021
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   • Sacto1985
   • December 31, 2021

5. Tokyo train halt operations at 2:46 on Sunday- drill/moment of silence

   By bikkuri bahn, March 12, 2012
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • March 12, 2012

6. DD51 with 1500 hp engines

   By hans-diesel, June 8, 2016
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   • hans-diesel
   • June 9, 2016

7. Akenono running on January 3rd

   By Akenono, January 2, 2015
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   • Akenono
   • January 3, 2015

8. JR Electric Locos

   By wazzd, March 6, 2015
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   • Kabutoni
   • March 6, 2015

9. Kumoha 12052 - it lives!

   By railsquid, February 7, 2016
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   • railsquid
   • February 7, 2016

10. Railway Infrastructure History Photo Show

    By cteno4, September 30, 2015
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • October 1, 2015

11. When did gauges wider than 1067mm first appear?

    By Beaver, March 2, 2023
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    • Nick_Burman
    • March 5, 2023

12. Special Red Arrow train to run on Seibu Haijima Line

    By bikkuri bahn, August 17, 2012
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • August 17, 2012

13. More News -- Sorry, this should be in the Sekisho Fire thread

    By gmat, May 31, 2011
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    • gmat
    • May 31, 2011

14. Why couple the E5 and E6?

    By gavino200, February 22, 2017
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    • cteno4
    • February 22, 2017

15. 3rd annual Mass-Trans Innovation Japan

    By bill937ca, November 10, 2013
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    • cteno4
    • November 11, 2013

16. Shinkansen 50th Anniversary Celebrations?

    By Sacto1985, August 31, 2014
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • August 31, 2014

17. How to signal a layout (Arakawaoki) - part 2

    By Andrew Nummelin, March 14, 2019
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    • Andrew Nummelin
    • March 15, 2019

18. Wasabi Terrorism & Cranky Conductor

    By bill937ca, October 12, 2016
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    • bill937ca
    • October 12, 2016

19. After some information about a fictional future JR map

    By bluejeans, December 12, 2016
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    • kvp
    • December 12, 2016

20. Okay, I've Got To Ask...

    By ATShinkansen, April 25, 2017
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    • Kiha66
    • April 26, 2017

21. Boy, 14, killed by train in Nikko following school disciplinary warning

    By gmat, February 10, 2011
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    • gmat
    • February 10, 2011

22. Landslide on JR West Fukuchiyama line

    By Densha, August 18, 2014
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • August 19, 2014

23. Shinano Railway Coca Cola 115 Series crowd funding

    By Suica, October 14, 2017
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    • Suica
    • October 23, 2017

24. Steam Freight Nostalgia Trains?

    By Tony Galiani, September 20, 2020
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    • marknewton
    • September 21, 2020

25. Bullet train makes departure, mistakenly leaves 200 passengers behind on platform

    By gmat, December 18, 2017
    • 10 replies
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    • westfalen
    • December 21, 2017