Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

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1. Production lists of Japanese locomotive builders?

   By Pashina12, March 3, 2017
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   • March 3, 2017

2. Japanese bullet train operator to aim at its own cleaning 'miracle' (7 minute miracle)

   By bill937ca, June 5, 2019   

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   • June 5, 2019

3. JR Kyushu Kiha 66.67 retirement

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

4. Kyoto municipal subway Karasuma line, new vehicle design

   By bill937ca, March 29, 2019
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   • Socimi
   • March 29, 2019

5. Blue train cars to new hostel in Kan-onji

   By miyakoji, April 25, 2021   

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   • April 25, 2021

6. Well cars

   By Mlminto, November 14, 2022
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   • November 15, 2022

7. Japanese airlines, railways compile plans for accident victim support programs

   By cteno4, July 8, 2013
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   • July 8, 2013

8. Eurpoean-style single arm pantographs in Japan

   By Socimi, June 15, 2018
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   • Suica
   • June 16, 2018

9. Freight train Fukuoka to Sapporo

   By katoftw, June 8, 2020
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   • railsquid
   • June 8, 2020

10. JR Banetsu West Line to introduce reserved seating service

    By bill937ca, October 25, 2019
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    • October 25, 2019

11. E7 to be used for driverless testing in 2021

    By bikkuri bahn, November 11, 2020   

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    • November 11, 2020

12. Aoto station derailment

    By marknewton, June 13, 2020
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    • June 13, 2020

13. Interesting information about railroad signals in Japan

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

14. JR East to introduce ATACS to Yamanote, Keihin Tohoku Lines, with an aim for eventual driverless operation

    By bikkuri bahn, December 8, 2021   

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    • bikkuri bahn
    • December 8, 2021

15. My favourite departure melodies. Part 1.

    By LevIsJR_EAST_fan, April 22, 2022
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    • April 23, 2022

16. Timetable Changes March 2023

    By bill937ca, March 12, 2023
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    • simonbp
    • May 8, 2023

17. Century Old Business

    By toc36, February 16, 2020
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    • February 17, 2020

18. Point and Call & Announcement Translation

    By bill937ca, April 29, 2020
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    • April 29, 2020

19. Shinkansen Ticket Machine Trouble

    By bill937ca, February 16, 2019
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    • February 16, 2019

20. Tokyo Metro Ginza Line New Shibuya Station opens

    By bikkuri bahn, January 5, 2020   

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    • January 5, 2020

21. Keisei's overheads are exploding!

    By railsquid, October 5, 2018
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    • Socimi
    • October 5, 2018

22. Three workers suffer (serious) burns after inspecting new Chuo-Shinkansen maglev train

    By Yavianice, October 9, 2019   

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    • October 9, 2019

23. Loco-hauled Stock with Tail Lights?

    By GDorsett, February 25, 2019
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    • March 1, 2019

24. Tokyo Teleport Station

    By Sascha, October 14, 2018
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    • October 14, 2018

25. Trains that retired yesterday

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