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JR Hokkaido will hold the campaign “Furano/Biei 2023 by JR” around the Furano and Biei area, which is in the high season for tourism, and operate the extra trains for tourists called the “FURANO LAVENDER EXPRESS” and the “FURANO-BIEI NOROKKO TRAIN”.
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Oigawa Railway will hold an official event “DAY OUT WITH THOMAS 2023” with the theme of children’s television series “Thomas the Tank Engine”, which is popular all over the world, and the steam locomotive train “Thomas the Tank Engine” will be operated.
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JR Hokkaido is operating the steam locomotive (SL) towed sightseeing train “SL Fuyu no Shitsugen-go”, which will celebrate its 23rd year this season, between Kushiro and Shibecha on the Semmo Line from January to March 2023.
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Nankai Electric Railway and other four transportation companies in its Group continue to provide transportation services using the “Visa Contactless Payments” that has been tested for about one year and nine months.
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WILLER EXPRESS (Headquarters: Koto City, Tokyo) and Tokyu Bus (Headquarters: Meguro City, Tokyo) will start low-priced direct bus routes (LCB: Low-Cost Bus) connecting Ikebukuro / Shibuya in central Tokyo and Narita Airport on August 1, 2022 (Mon).
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Tokyo Metro will discontinue some of the Wi-Fi services that it has provided mainly to foreigners visiting Japan on their trains without renewing the contract with the telecommunications carrier.
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Alpico Kotsu will resume operation of all lines from June 10, 2022 (Fri) on the Kamikochi Line, which has been disrupted for partial sections due to the heavy rain in August 2021.
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The bus rapid transit system “TOKYO BRT” was opened on October 1, 2020 to meet the traffic demand in the Tokyo coastal areas where the population continues to grow. Keisei Bus is in charge of the operation. For the time being, it is positioned as a pre-operation (primary), and the one shuttle launched from Toranomon Hills (connecting to the station of the Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line) to Harumi BRT Terminal. The new stops are as follows. Toranomon Hills (虎ノ門ヒルズ, B11) Shimbashi (新橋, B01) Kachidoki BRT (勝どきBRT, B02) Harumi BRT Terminal (晴海BRTターミナル, B22) A total of 9 vehicles Tokyo BRT exclusive featuring pastel rainbow colors have been procured. One of them…
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5 new stations of the JR Kesennuma Line BRT and Ōfunato Line BRT started business on March 14, 2020. Akaiwai-minato Station (赤岩港, Miyagi): between Matsuiwa and Minami Kesennuma on JR Kesennuma Line BRT Rikuzen-imaizumi Station (陸前今泉, Iwate): between Osabe and Kiseki-no-ippom-matsu on JR Ofunato Line BRT Ōfunato-marumori Station (大船渡丸森, Iwate): between Hosoura and Shimo-funato on JR Ofunato Line BRT Jinomori Station (地ノ森, Iwate): between Ōfunato and Sakari on JR Ofunato Line BRT Tamoyama Station (田茂山, Iwate): between Ōfunato and Sakari on JR Ofunato Line BRT
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