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Annual timetable revision has been held in Japan on 12 Mar. All seven JR companies have changed their timetables, and there were minor service reduction on many lines due to a decline in demand cau...

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There is an old footbridge in Mitaka, approximately 24 km (15 miles) west of Tokyo station. It looks like an ordinary footbridge, but it is a little heritage. It was built in 1929 near Mitaka Depot...

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In Japan, over a million people use Shinkansen high-speed rail each day. The pandemic made the number of passengers less than before, but still trains are heavily used. Tokyo and Shin-Osaka station...

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Kegon Falls, 26 Aug 2004Nikko, a city in Tochigi Prefecture and roughly 120 km (75 miles) north of Tokyo, is one of the most famous and popular place for tourists, with magnificent nature and histo...

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The monthly update of The Red List of Trains in Japan includes 28 new articles as listed below. Some existing pages have the latest data and information as well!Tokyo MetroHanzomon Line 18000 serie...

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(Additional information added on 26 Mar 2022)The future of railways in the northern island of Hokkaido has always been bleak, due to significant costs to tackle severe winter. Since JR Hokkaido has...

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IntroductionOverviewRouteRolling stockService patternsOther relevant informationConclusionIntroduction(Click for larger image)On 27th January, Sotetsu published another press release regarding new ...

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Literally all major countries in the world have been hit by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, and Japan is no exception. Reportedly imported by American military personnel who have not even taken a ...

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The monthly update of The Red List of Trains in Japan includes 33 new articles as listed below. Measurement, Shunter and Experimental TrainsJNR 145 seriesTwo new articles this time, the one is abou...

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IntroductionYokohama, approximately 20 miles south of Tokyo, is one of major cities in Japan with 3.7 million people. There are several railway lines connecting two cities, including JR East and Ke...

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Nagoya, 17 Nov 2021JR Central is the most successful company in introducing new rolling stock, thanks to the lucrative Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed rail. The company has already replaced almost of...

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The monthly update of December 2021 The Red List of Trains in Japan, includes 35 new articles as listed below. There are less new pages than last month, as I have spent too much time in November to...

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On 7th December, JR East published another document regarding driver-only operation on commuter trains in the Greater Tokyo Area. The company is going to develop more enhanced train-protection syst...

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On 18th November, E131 series trains entered service on Sagami Line in Kanagawa Prefecture, about 23-36 miles southwest of Tokyo. Blue stripes and wave-like patterns represent beaches in Chigasaki ...

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Isuzugawa, 9 Mar 2016Today (20 Nov 2021), farewell tours of Kintetsu 12200 series New Snack Car were held between Osaka-Uehommachi and Kashikojima, as well as Kintetsu-Nagoya and Kashikojima. The 1...

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43013 at Cambridge, 9 Sep 2019Cambridge South is a planned station in Cambridge, which is going to be near Addenbrooke's Hospital and Cambridge Biomedical Campus. According to Network Rail, constru...

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"Trains in Japan are always on time" is a cliché that non-Japanese people often speak of. As this blog showed before, trains in Japan are not always punctual, though still better t...

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Shinagawa - Kitashinagawa, 16 Feb 2013On Tuesday 26th October 2021, the unit 1513 of Keikyu 1500 series has been taken out of mainline, and sent to Kurihama Factory. At present, the unit is stored ...

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Yotsugi, 15 Jun 2017Keisei 3050 series, formally variant 3050 of 3000 series, was introduced in 2010 just months before Narita Sky Access Line was opened. Keisei designed the 3050 series specifical...

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The monthly update of October 2021 The Red List of Trains in Japan, brought more than 140 articles, including new articles listed below:Commuter and Suburban trains of JR East719 series123 seriesE1...

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