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Photos of the Month
May 2020
Nahanefu 22 1007
“Nahanefu22 1007” is a 20 series sleeping car constructed in 1965 and was attached as the rear vehicle of many Limited Express Blue Train's such as the Yuzuru, and Asakaze, the latter...
Photos of the Month
April 2020
Kintetsu Meihan Limited Expresses
The Kinki-Nippon Railway, more familiarly known as Kintetsu operates Limited Express services between Nagoya and Ōsaka, competeing directly with JR Tōkai's Tōkaido Shinkansen between the two large urban areas. While not...
Photos of the Month
March 2020
JR West's Okayama Branch
JR West's Okayama Branch covers the cross roads of the Chūgoku region, with routes towards all compass points including the route to Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's home islands, across the...
Photos of the Month
February 2020
Mihara Station
Mihara, in Hiroshima Prefecture features an elevated railway station on the Sanyō Shinkansen & Sanyō Main Line, where the latter junctions with the Kure Line which closely follows the Seto Inland Sea coast...
Photos of the Month
January 2020
JNR Rolling stock still in service
Although the Japan National Railways (JNR) was divided into seven JR companies in 1987, more than 32 years later some JNR multiple units are still in service. Issue 102...
Photos of the Month
December 2019
Limited Express 'Inaho' 50th anniversary
The Inaho Limited Express that operates on the Uetsu Main Line between Niigata-Sakata-Akita celebrated its 50th anniversary of operation in October 2019. To mark the occasion, a “train Festa” was...
Photos of the Month
November 2019
Farewell to the Ueno Zoo Monorail
The Ueno Zoo Monorail suspended service indefinitely on the 31st October 2019. Japan's 1st monorail and the world's first monorail within a zoo, it opened for service in late...
Photos of the Month
October 2019
Lost lines
As Japan's demographics shift towards an increasingly urbanised population, albeit a declining one, the effect on rural railways is greatly reduced patronage. This month we take a look back at some recent closures.
The...