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Photos of the Month
September 2019
Toyama Chiho Tetsudo
The Toyama Chiho Tetsudo is a private electrified railway system in Toyama prefecture, which operates the city's tramway system (excluding the Port Tram light railway) and 3 railway lines connecting Toyama city,...
Photos of the Month
August 2019
101 Series Trams
The 101st issue of our magazine, Bullet-In, features type 101 trams and trains. The only 101 series trams in Japan are the Randen (Keifuku) trams in western Kyoto, of which cars #101...
Photos of the Month
July 2019
Hakone Tozan Tetsudō
This month we take a look at the Hakone Tozan Railway, which was opened between Hakone-Yumoto and Gora on 1st June 1919, so it is exactly 100 years old this year. Read...
Photos of the Month
June 2019
Tōkaidō Shinkansen
The world's first High-Speed Railway, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, celebrates it's 55th anniversary of operation later this year, and in April, the 60th anniversary since construction commenced in earnest to complete the route from...
Photos of the Month
May 2019
Bullet-In 100
This spring saw the publication of the 100th issue of our magazine, Bullet-In. To celebrate this issue, series 100 trains and trams at various railway companies in Japan are featured, giving information about...
Photos of the Month
April 2019
Sanriku Tetsudō
In March 2019, the Sanriku Tetsudō took over the operations of the JR East Yamada Line between Miyako & Kamaishi, allowing through service on their previously isolated sections for the first time in...
Photos of the Month
March 2019
Meitetsu Bisai Line
The Bisai Line (Yatomi – Tsushima – Ichinomiya – Tamanoi) is 31 km long and runs north-south in the westernmost part of Aichi Prefecture. “Bisai” is short for “western Owari”, where Owari...
Photos of the Month
February 2019
From the vault - Shinkansen 100 Series
The 100 series Shinkansen stock were the third development of high speed stock for the high speed network by JNR, and the last development which offered dining car...