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Yamanote Line will be partly closed for 2 days – Track works at Shibuya on January 8-9
January 4, 2023
Seoul Metro reopens midnight train services – Korea’s COVID-19 controls quite cleared
June 15, 2022
Daylight “HARUKA” train restart to Kansai Airport – Link to accepting tourists into Japan
June 10, 2022
Earthquake-damaged Tohoku Shinkansen resumed – takes extra time due to slow driving
April 14, 2022
Tohoku Shinkansen will resume in full on April 14 – Recovering well from the earthquake
April 6, 2022
Tohoku Shinkansen reaches Fukushima on April 2 – Recovering from heavy earthquake
April 1, 2022
[Service Status] Kutchan – Shikaribetsu on the Hakodate Line is disrupted in 2 weeks
April 9, 2021
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Yamagata Shinkansen “Tsubasa” direct to Tokyo will expand from 1 to 3 round trips – E8 series train malfunction still unknown
July 14, 2025
“All-you-can-drink” beer train returns to Fujikyu Railway – Realizing a midsummer beer trip of “up to five hours” at the foot of Mount Fuji
July 11, 2025
New “rapid service” from Hiroshima Station to Kamiyacho – With the opening of the Hiroden “Ekimae Ohashi Route”
July 10, 2025
Tokyu cruise train to travel the Tokaido route towards Aichi & Gifu – Lunches on the train: French → Eel → Italian → Chinese
July 9, 2025
The yellow 1000 series also gets a “vermilion” design – “Red-bodied” colors comeback on Hanshin’s 120th anniversary since opening
July 8, 2025
New ticket vending machines prevent you from saying “Where do I press?” – Self-refund system to ease congestion at the counters
July 7, 2025
JR Kyushu’s all express trains can now be boarded with a QR code – No ticket required, just go directly to the “Green Ticket Gate”
July 4, 2025
Kumamoto Dentetsu will raise fares again – The initial fare 30 yen upper – Improvements to working conditions for drivers urgently needed
July 3, 2025
The legendary “Mountain Night Train” revived this summer using former Kintetsu train – Once operated on the Oigawa Railway for mountaineers
July 2, 2025
Odakyu “Hakone Freepass” to increase by 1,000 yen – From October to coincide with fare revisions for ropeway and pirate ship – Why?
July 1, 2025
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