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"Q Seat" is a service that has been provided by Tokyu since 2018. It is a seat reservation scheme during evening rush hour for commuters fed up with extremely packed trains. It was first ...

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新幹線は、上野～大宮駅間の電力設備故障により、東北新幹線東京～仙台駅間、上越新幹線東京～高崎駅間、北陸新幹線東京～高崎駅間の上下線で本日全ての列車の運転を取りやめます。なお、その他の区間では大幅に...

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The Red List of Trains in Japan has been updated. The list of JR trains has rearranged so that it might be less confusing than before.There are only two new articles: Yokohama Seaside Line 1000 ser...

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Christmas has not even arrived yet, and there is still more than a week before the year 2023 ends. Nevertheless, I would like to look back this year with my four favourite photos I took.SpringKotod...

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JR companies published details about timetable revision on Saturday 16th March 2024. Unlike the past three years, several lines will provide more services than before, indicating the end of train r...

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This is 115 series, a suburban train developed in the early-1960s by Japanese National Railways. It is still common in Okayama, roughly 350 miles west of Tokyo. The 115 series had been used across ...

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Unlike other past articles, this is a part of my diary though related to Japanese railways.Yesterday, I went with a friend of mine to Mt Takao in Tokyo, roughly 30 miles west of Shinjuku station. T...

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On Saturday 25 November, annual timetable revision will be taken place on the entire Keikyu network. On this day, all Airport Express services will be renamed simply as Express. This article focuse...

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As shown in the previous article, Japanese National Railways had provided long-distance trains calling at every station, but the number of stopping services per se was far fewer than today. Even in...

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The Red List of Trains in Japan has been updated with six new articles, namely:JNR 50 seriesJR West 207 seriesJR West 321 seriesJR East GV-E400 seriesJGR Class 8620Tobu N100 series SPACIA XMoreover...

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IntroductionOn 26 September, Seibu revealed its detailed plan to purchase and introduce second-hand trains to its branch lines. It is uncommon if not unprecedented for a major railway company to re...

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IntroductionCommuter and suburban trains in the Greater Tokyo Area in 1973 might look quite different for some people, while those who remember the railway before Shonan-Shinjuku Line opened would ...

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On 22 September, JR Hokkaido, JR East, JR Central and JR West announced that Transit Discount (乗継割引, noritsugi waribiki), a 50% discount for limited express tickets, would be discontinued in sp...

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On 25 April, a refurbishment programme at Seibu Railway's Ikebukuro station in Tokyo has been completed. Platforms 1 and 2 now look like King's Cross station in London. Seibu carried out the constr...

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Kotoden (Takamatsu Kotohira Railroad) is a small private railway in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan. There are three lines: Kotohira line (the longest and busiest), Nagao line and Shido line. The ...

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Hokkaido is the northernmost among four main islands in Japan. More than five million people live in the island, and its capital city Sapporo has a population of nearly two million people. Sapporo ...

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Enoden is a small private railway in the ancient capital of Kamakura, and the railway itself is recognised as a tourist spot. There are many places to visit, such as Hase-dera (temple), The Great B...

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The article uploaded last month showed that Tokaido Shinkansen became faster and more frequent in the last 50 years. It is not hard to imagine how have trips between Tokyo and Nagoya, Osaka and Oka...

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On Friday 17 June, JR Central opened a "square" in front of Hashimoto station in Sagamihara City (Kanagawa Prefecture). Here, Hashimoto station of Chuo Shinkansen has been constructed sin...

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Tokaido Shinkansen, the first high-speed rail in Japan opened in 1964. It was extended to Okayama in 1972 as San-yo Shinkansen opened, and further to Hakata in 1975. Thus, the 1973 timetable contai...

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