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Last month, an Isumi Railway train derailed in Chiba Prefecture due to poor track maintenance. The railway has been closed for more than a month, raising concerns about the safety and the future of...

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On 18 October, JR East announced that Ou Main Line between Shinjo and Innai (Yamagata and Akita Prefectures) would reopen by May 2025 but as an unelectrified railway. This is another example of dow...

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On 1 October, Tokaido Shinkansen marks the 60th anniversary. The first high-speed rail in history opened in 1964, and it is still the most heavily used railway in the world. The bullet train networ...

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JR East announced that the Green Car service for Chuo Line (Rapid) and Ome Line would start in spring 2025 ("the first-half of March 2025", to be exact). Chuo Line services between Tokyo ...

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On 1 April 1984, Nicchu Line in Northeastern Japan was closed. It was just 11.6 km (7.2 miles) long, a small rural railway operated by Japanese National Railways. 40 years have passed since then, b...

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JR East has been expanding Suica network, which a contactless smart card for train fare payment, can be used. In spring 2025, "Tokyo Suburbs" (東京近郊区間) will be extended from Matsumot...

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Chuo Line (Rapid) is arguably the most important and heavily used commuter rail in Tokyo. It has always been known since the late-1950s for having rolling stock with the latest technologies as they...

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IntroductionSendai, a city in Miyagi Prefecture with a population of 1.1 million people, is approximately 305 km (190 miles) northeast of Tokyo. Most people use Shinkansen high-speed rail, but ther...

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IntroductionMy website, The Red List of Trains in Japan has focused on rolling stock and especially "endangered" train types in the country. However, it should be noted that rolling stock...

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A train station certificate, which is called 乗車駅証明書 (josha eki shoumei sho) in Japanese, has been increasingly common on JR network not just in rural areas but also in the Greater Tokyo Area....

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381 series, the last operational electric train in the country that Japanese National Railways developed for intercity services, retires on Saturday 15 June. The 381 series was introduced in 1973-8...

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Yokosuka line is a suburban railway in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is 24 km (15 miles) long. It technically connects Ofuna and Kurihama stations, but most trains are extended to Tokyo (including Sho...

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This is a ticket I recently purchased at a JR station. It is a simple standard single fare ticket from Kozukue to Okayama, but looks disproportionately long…not just the distance but also the size ...

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In May 2014, a red train ran Keikyu Daishi line. Keikyu trains have always been red, but this one was completely red. Unit no. 1501 of 1500 series was fully painted red without any white band, whic...

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JR East and Northen Iwate Transportation have launched an experimental one-year scheme with regard to trains and buses between Morioka and Miyako in the northeast region of Japan. JR passengers who...

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Today, a brand new 273 series train entered into limited express Yakumo services that connect Okayama and Izumoshi in western Japan. This article focuses on the new and old trains and briefly looks...

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Tsurumi line is a commuter rail in Yokohama and Kawasaki cities, roughly 20 km (13 miles) south of Tokyo. The line is just 9.7 km (6 miles) long including two short branch lines, and the lines lie ...

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This morning, a bullet train overshot a platform by 500 metres. Tohoku, Yamagata and Akita Shinkansen were closed for more than three hours, causing severe disruptions on the rest of the network. N...

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I added a new article to The Red List of Trains in Japan. The new article is about JR West 273 series which is due to enter into service in approximately five weeks. Furthermore, a quite few articl...

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As this blog described before, the Japanese Government and railway companies have been discussing about the fate of rural railways that run sparsely populated areas. Most of such railways were cons...

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