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The “JAPAN RAIL PASS”, which is offered to tourists by the six JR Group companies (JR Hokkaido, JR East, JR Central, JR West, JR Shikoku and JR Kyushu) and allows you to travel around Japan by train, will be expanded in terms of product content and raised in price.
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In line with the opening of Osaka Station (Umekita Area) in March 2023, JR West will operate the extra limited express trains “MAHOROBA” that connects Osaka, Shin-Osaka and Nara without changing trains.
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JR West has decided on a nickname for the new suburban trains “227 series” to be introduced in the Okayama & Bingo area from 2023 that was solicited from the general public.
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The six JR Group passenger railway companies will revise their timetables on March 18, 2023 (Sat), speeding up and increasing the number of trains on the Shinkansen, opening new stations on conventional lines, and improving transportation through the progress of double-tracking.
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JR West will introduce a new tourist train, which is a remodeled KIHA 189 series express diesel railcar, and will operate on routes that change line sections according to the season from the fall of 2024.
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JR West has decided on the rolling stock design for the new model “273 Series electric train” that is scheduled to be introduced on the limited express ‘Yakumo’ connecting the San-in and San-yo areas.
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On October 1, 2022 (Sun), JR East, JR Hokkaido, and JR West renewed the on-board services provided in the ‘Gran Class,’ the highest seats on the Tohoku-Hokkaido and Hokuriku Shinkansen.
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JR Central and JR West will introduce the “business booth” on a trial basis inside the Tokaido & San-yo Shinkansen to further enhance the telework environment before and after moving by trains.
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JR West will enhance services such as expanding the applicable section of the Kinokuni Line “Cycle Train”, which has been held since September 2021.
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JR West has announced that they will suspend operation until the further notice due to heavy snow between Izumo-Yokota Station and Bingo-Ochiai Station on the Kisuki Line.
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