Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Medetai Train debuts in Wakayama

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

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

   By bikkuri bahn, February 6, 2022   

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     • hiyoshi
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   • railsquid
   • May 4, 2022

3. Mie Kotsu DeKi51

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

4. Kyushu: Shinkansen off power six hours

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

5. Trains that retired yesterday

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

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

   By miyakoji, December 10, 2016   

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   • Sacto1985
   • December 11, 2016

7. JRF freight consist numbers?

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

8. Interesting information about railroad signals in Japan

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

9. JR Tokai museum exceeds visitor number projections

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

10. Hokkaido rolling stock

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

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

    By SL58654号, January 16, 2024
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    • Beaver
    • January 20, 2024

12. 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

13. JR West installing 2 new crossovers on Hanwa Line

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

14. Japanese train capacity

    By Ochanomizu, June 2, 2024
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    • Ochanomizu
    • June 3, 2024

15. NSK bearing company

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

16. Talking TaKis

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

17. Japan's last coal freight train February 2020

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

18. 583 series preserved in Taiwan

    By Densha, November 20, 2017   

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    • kvp
    • November 20, 2017

19. Hello Kitty Shinkansen Article

    By RS18U, October 3, 2024
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    • Yugamu Tsuki
    • October 3, 2024

20. E7 Accident

    By Kamome, January 24, 2024
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    • railsquid
    • January 26, 2024

21. JR East plans safety gates for Keihin-Tohoku Line stations

    By bill937ca, December 15, 2016
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    • kvp
    • December 15, 2016

22. A theory behind JR Shibuya's mysterious "Amoing torains only" signs

    By Yavianice, February 12, 2018
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    • kvp
    • February 12, 2018

23. The danger of watching NHK World...

    By Ken Ford, February 20, 2015
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    • miyakoji
    • February 20, 2015

24. Solid Fuel Gasification

    By xylstra, November 11, 2020
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    • katoftw
    • November 11, 2020

25. Kyoto station in the snow

    By chadbag, January 25, 2023
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    • Sean
    • January 25, 2023