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Contrasting Local Trains
This month we take a look at different rolling stock used in local passenger service around Japan.
Stuart Render has shared a collection from his visit in May 2024.
All Photos: Stuart Render
Former Keiō...
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Tōhoku Shinkansen
Billy Bunda has shared some photos from the Tōhoku Shinkansen platforms at Tōkyō station.
All photos taken 25th August 2024
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JR West's Hakubi Line
This electrified line runs through the central Chūgoku region of western Honshū from Kurashiki on the Sanyō Main Line, to Hōki Daisen on the San'in Main Line. It allows for a...
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Tōhoku Shinkansen
Although the Tōkaidō Shinkansen will always be an icon of Japan, the shinkansen trains running in the East of Japan are more interesting. The Tōhoku Shinkansen has the highest maximum operating speed of...
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Seibu Ikebukuro Line
Seibu's Ikebukuro Line is a busy suburban line running North West from Tōkyō. It has an intensive service of local, express and limited express trains that run to Chichibu in the Saitama...
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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...
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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...
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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...