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June 2020

Heisei Chikuhō Railway The Heisei Chikuhō Railway is a third sector operator in Northern Fukuoka Prefecture of 3 lines which until 1987 were operated by JNR and briefly until 1989 by JR Kyūshū. It operates...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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