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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...
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...