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New Class E8 Shinkansen For Yamagata Line
New Class E8 Shinkansen For Yamagata Line

On 24 February 2023 the new Class E8 Mini Shinkansen was unveiled in Sendai.

Tokyo Metro Tested Synchronous Reluctance Traction Motors
Tokyo Metro Tested Synchronous Reluctance Traction Motors

Tokyo Metro was testing synchronous reluctance traction motors on two EMU cars on the Hibiya metro line.

New Trains For The Osaka Metro
New Trains For The Osaka Metro

Osaka Metro has introduced a new Class 400 with an unusual "cosmic" design.

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New West-Kyushu Shinkansen Line Inaugurated
New West-Kyushu Shinkansen Line Inaugurated

After years of preparations, finding the economical model and the construction, a new and from the rest of the Shinkansen network isolated high speed line was inaugurated on 23 September 2022.

Further Railway Interconnection In Great Tokyo For A Large Network Of Seven Railways
Further Railway Interconnection In Great Tokyo For A Large Network Of Seven Railways

The interconnection of mayor railway networks in south-western part of the Great Tokyo Area continues. This time the Sagami and Tōkyū private railways have met through a new Sōtetsu Tōkyū Link Line.

New Trains For Yokohama Metro
New Trains For Yokohama Metro

On 30 March 2022, the new Class 4000 metro for Yokohama Municipal Subway was introduced.

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The Nagasaki Shinkansen Progress
The Nagasaki Shinkansen Progress

On 19 March 2022, in Omura on Kyushu island, a new Shinkansen depot was inaugurated.

New Kamome Shinkansen For Nagasaki Line Presented
New Kamome Shinkansen For Nagasaki Line Presented

On 22 December 2021, at the Hitachi Kasado works, JR Kyushu unveiled its new Class N700S Shinkansen train destined for new line to Nagasaki called West Kyushu Shinkansen.

New Trams For Utsunomiya Tram Project
New Trams For Utsunomiya Tram Project

On 27 May 2021 the first tram arrived to Utsunomiya, the capital city of Tochigi prefecture in Kantō region (surrounding Tokyo). The operator has ordered 17 Type HU300 trams, built by Niigata Transys.

New Class 18000 For Tokyo Metro
New Class 18000 For Tokyo Metro

On 2 June 2021 in Tokyo was unveiled new train for Hanzōmon line of Tokyo metro. 19 Class 18000 Hitachi-built ten-car EMUs are on order.

Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Scheduled To Open In 2022
Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Scheduled To Open In 2022

On 28 April 2021 JR Kyushu announced it is about to inaugurate new stretch of Shinkansen high speed line on Kyushu island from autumn 2022.

JR East's Class E131 For Local Trains In Chiba
JR East's Class E131 For Local Trains In Chiba

With the start o the new 2021 timetable, on 13 March 2021, new Class E131 EMUs entered commercial service in Chiba prefecture.

More Class E235 EMUs For JR East
More Class E235 EMUs For JR East

On 21 December 2020, Class E235-1000 EMUs started commercial services on Yokosuka-Sobu Rapid Line.

Tokyo Metro Class 17000 In Regular Service
Tokyo Metro Class 17000 In Regular Service

In August 2020 we informed about the new Class 17000 EMU destined for Tokyo Metro Tokyo Yūrakuchō and Fukutoshin lines.

Modernised Kintetsu Railway's Class 20000 RAKU Luxury EMU
Modernised Kintetsu Railway's Class 20000 RAKU Luxury EMU

The sole EMU in the fleet was built in 1990 to serve excursion services operated on the 1,435 mm gauge part of the Kintetsu railway network. Now it is ready to offer more comfort.