Japan Rail: News & General Discussion

1,965 topics in this forum

1. Uetsu Line Museum

   By bill937ca, April 24, 2017
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   • miyakoji
   • June 11, 2017

2. Ugliest Trains? 1 2 3 4 20

   By Guest keio6000, June 20, 2013
   • 477 replies
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   • Griffinrails
   • November 25, 2020

3. Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum

   By mattdwnunder, September 1, 2015   

   • umekoji
   • 3 replies
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   • bikkuri bahn
   • September 1, 2015

4. Undersea Stations in Seikan Tunnel to close

   By cteno4, August 13, 2013
   • 12 replies
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   • Sacto1985
   • April 25, 2014

5. Understanding Japan's Track and Loading Gauges 1 2

   By rogerfarnworth, January 3, 2019
   • 48 replies
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   • Foolworm
   • August 24, 2022

6. Unique Wrapping

   By Yugamu Tsuki, February 11, 2021
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   • cteno4
   • March 3, 2021

7. Unknown freight car

   By Yavaris Forge, April 16, 2020
   • 15 replies
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   • railsquid
   • April 20, 2021

8. Unparalleled access draws Japan railway lovers to pricey closed photo shoots

   By bill937ca, March 14, 2023
   • 5 replies
   • 738 views
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   • kndy
   • March 18, 2023

9. Unusual Reason Why Trains Were Late on 8 July

   By gmat, July 14, 2013
   • 3 replies
   • 758 views
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   • miyakoji
   • July 14, 2013

10. Unusual Stowaway Causes Train Delay.

    By gmat, September 30, 2016
    • 4 replies
    • 756 views
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    • toc36
    • October 1, 2016

11. Unusual way to attract riders to trains (from RocketNews24)

    By Sacto1985, July 7, 2015
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    • Sacto1985
    • July 7, 2015

12. Upcoming summer- sweltering train interiors??

    By bikkuri bahn, May 30, 2011
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    • gmat
    • June 30, 2011

13. Update on JR West "Twilight Express Mizukaze" 1 2

    By Sacto1985, February 15, 2016
    • 32 replies
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    • stevenh
    • June 21, 2017

14. Update on JR/Tobu Nikko Switch to 253-1000 series.

    By gmat, May 17, 2011
    • 14 replies
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    • The_Ghan
    • June 7, 2011

15. Upside down triangles?

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

16. Users of shinkansen, express trains down 11% in Golden Week: JR group

    By gmat, May 11, 2011
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    • bill937ca
    • May 11, 2011

17. Utsunomiya LRT 1 2

    By Densha, October 3, 2016   

    • utsunomiya
    • lrt
    • 45 replies
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    • Sacto1985
    • September 4, 2023

18. Vale Umeda Freight Yards

    By stevenh, August 28, 2015
    • 5 replies
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    • stevenh
    • August 29, 2015

19. Vandals target metro subway lines nationwide 1 2

    By gmat, November 22, 2011
    • 34 replies
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    • The_Ghan
    • January 16, 2012

20. Various tech questions re JR DMUs

    By NGT6 1315, March 29, 2015
    • 1 reply
    • 709 views
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    • HantuBlauLOL
    • March 29, 2015

21. Vegetable Traffic

    By Szdfan, May 26, 2021
    • 2 replies
    • 617 views
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    • bikkuri bahn
    • May 26, 2021

22. Very specific question about the Tokyu and JR lines

    By ote-m, October 17, 2014
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    • ote-m
    • October 17, 2014

23. Video of Kintetsu 50000 testing

    By bill937ca, March 2, 2013
    • 5 replies
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    • 3railgreg
    • March 3, 2013

24. Video of man throwing fireworks at an oncoming train frightens Japanese net users (Apparently has mental disability)

    By gmat, September 23, 2019
    • 1 reply
    • 627 views
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    • katoftw
    • September 24, 2019

25. Visitor Navigating The Tokyo Subway System, with a little help from Strangers

    By gmat, March 15, 2013
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    • JR 500系
    • June 4, 2013