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Photos of the Month
May 2024
Kyōto Tango Railway
The Kyōto Tango Railway was formerly known as the Kita Kini Tango Railway, a third sector operator which comprised the former JNR line between Nishi Maizuru & Toyooka, and the then uncompleted...
Photos of the Month
April 2024
Kisei Main Line Retrospective
This month’s photos of the month comes at the end of the JRS Kisei Main Line Tour. A number of JRS members travelled the long way round from Nagoya to Ōsaka...
Photos of the Month
March 2024
Winter on the Ōito Line
The Ōito Line runs from Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture to Itoigawa on the coast in Niigata Prefecture. It avoids the city of Nagano, running some 50 km west through the...
Photos of the Month
February 2024
Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line Kaminagaya Station
The Yokohama subway is overshadowed by its northern neighbour of Tōkyō with its two subway systems. However, the Yokohama subway is vital to Japan’s second-largest city. The system...
Photos of the Month
January 2024
Snow in the railways of Tōkyo
Every few years in winter, Tōkyō receives snowfall of 10 to 20 centimeters. On such occasions, railways of Tōkyō which are normally regarded as punctual become subject to delays...
Photos of the Month
December 2023
Winter in Aizu Wakamatsu
Aizu Wakamatsu is one of those places where you can see a variety of different coloured mostly DMU trains. Although that is less so nowadays, it is still a good spot...
Photos of the Month
November 2023
Utsunomiya Light Rail
The Utsunomiya Light Railway, also known as Haga Utsunomiya LRT, is the first new tramway built in Japan in 75 years. After 7 years of construction, it opened for traffic on the...
Photos of the Month
October 2023
Steel Truss Bridges
David Dibben has shared some photos from his collection of steel truss bridges from his visits to Japan.
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A selection a 3 pictures of bridges from 2015 and 2023....