JR Hokkaido Announces New Tourist Trains ‘Red Star’ and ‘Blue Star’ Routes: Kushiro, Abashiri, and More

The ‘Norokko’ Train on the Senmo and Furano Lines to Cease Operation in Fiscal Year 2025 Due to Aging Carriages and Locomotives

JR West Aims to Start Automated Driving on the Hokuriku Shinkansen by Fiscal Year 2029 Between Tsuruga and Kanazawa

JR Kyushu Opens ‘JR KYUSHU RAIL PASS Exchange Counter’ at Fukuoka Airport

Izu Hakone Railway Offers Contactless Payment for Boarding on Sunzu Line Starting December 18

JR East Group to Launch Integrated ID ‘JRE ID’ in February 2025

Hamamatsu Station Installs a Giant Monument of Unagi Pie, Standing 3 Meters Tall

Awajiya Opens ‘Awajiya no Omoutsubo’ in Piore Akashi on November 18

London Transport Authority to Raise Tube and Rail Fares

JR East to Open ‘Kamitokoro Station’ on March 15, 2025

JR West to Regularize the ‘Mahoroba’ Limited Express from March, With Renovated Trains to Be Introduced After April

Keikyu and Tobu Railway Release ‘Haneda Airport to Tokyo & Nikko Travel Pass’ for International Visitors

Yokohama Municipal Subway Initiates Contactless Payment Riding Service at All Stations from December 4

JR West to Operate Direct Trains from Shin-Osaka to Sakurajima Station for Expo Access Route

Hokuriku Shinkansen to Add Extra

Seibu Railway to Introduce Train Boarding Service via Contactless Payments Starting December 16

Hitachi Rail Secures Contract with UK Railway Operators for 70 Carriages

Tokaido Shinkansen Expands Extra “Nozomi” Services, Up to 14 Trains Departing Tokyo Station in the Early Morning