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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...