The 2025 Osaka Expo has boosted earnings at major railroad operators in western Japan, with four out of six major railroads set to surpass profit projections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/companies/osaka-expo-rail-operator-earnings-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rail #jrwest #osakametro #osakaexpo
Japan’s maglev is a train to nowhere that continues to wow crowds with record speeds and a smooth, quiet ride at 500 kph. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/tech/maglev-ride/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #shinkansen #jr #rail #jrcentral #aichi #shizuoka #tokyo #maglev #bullettrains
Billy Smith
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The #UK government lost YOUR rail #consultation responses - take action
Thousands of passengers responded to the government’s #rail consultation in April.
We’ve discovered that they lost 6120 - ALMOST ALL - of your responses.
This is absolutely unacceptable. They are required by law to “conscientiously consider” all responses. They broke the law.
Take 2 minutes now to add your name to our letter:
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/railways-bill
#ToxicLabour #KeirStalin #corruption #transport #trains #railway
Could Japan’s women-only train carriages be a model for the U.K.? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/society/uk-women-only-trains/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #women039sissues #uk #rail
The #UK government lost YOUR rail #consultation responses - take action
Thousands of passengers responded to the government’s #rail consultation in April.
We’ve discovered that they lost 6120 - ALMOST ALL - of your responses.
This is absolutely unacceptable. They are required by law to “conscientiously consider” all responses. They broke the law.
Take 2 minutes now to add your name to our letter:
https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/railways-bill
#ToxicLabour #KeirStalin #corruption #transport #trains #railway
Heisei Chikuho Railway served 3.42 million passengers in the year to March 1993, but that plummeted to 1.25 million in the year to March 2025. Amid financial difficulties, the railway now stands at a crossroads. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/japan-kyushu-rural-railway-survival/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #rail #fukuoka #kyushu #heiseichikuhorailway
Penguin-less Suica will take on PayPay in payments with QR codes and balance limits increased to ¥300,000 from ¥20,000. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/12/companies/jr-east-suica-qr-code/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #cashless #jr #jreast #rail #suica
The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday conducted on-site inspections of the transportation bureau of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and six construction firms over alleged bid-rigging. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/11/companies/ftc-railroad-tracks-bid-rigging/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ftc #rail
High-speed rail is expensive, difficult and seen as a key to growth in the developing world and as way to help with decarbonization. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/06/companies/ihra-forum-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bullettrains #rail #shinkansen
We’re launching a bold plan to make high-speed rail the fastest, more sustainable way to travel across Europe by 2040.🚆
It’s a realistic timeline to remove bottlenecks, unlock investment, and harmonise rail systems.
For passengers, this means:
⌚ Shorter travel times
💺 Faster, more comfortable, and reliable trains
🌙 Expanded night train services
@EUCommission Great to see that the EU high speed #rail network is being boosted! But for a 15 year plan, this is not very ambitious. In order to be competitive compared to flights, rail connections need to be much faster - at least 150km/h on average. Amsterdam-Berlin should not be more than 4 hours.
Liziba Monorail Station, where the #trains go through a residential building! 🚈 (Which do you think came first? The answer: Both the station and the #building were actually constructed together!) Chongqing, #China.
#Train #Transit #Transportation #PublicTransit #Rail #Railway #Architecture #Buildings #City #Cityscape #Urban #UrbanPlanning #UrbanPhotography #Landscape #Travel #TravelPhotography #Photo #Photography #MobilePhotography #ShotoniPhone
Hokkaido’s future as a “great dairy district” was already foreseen by an American academic in November 1925. In 2000, the founder of the Japanese Red Army militant group was arrested in Osaka after years on the run. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/01/japan/history/japan-television-hokkaido-strike-shigenobu-1925-1950-1975-2000/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #hokkaido #dairyindustry #television #japanesenationalrailways #rail #unions #fusakoshigenobu #japaneseredarmy #osaka
Central Japan Railway has said that the total construction costs for its planned superfast magnetically levitated shinkansen train line is expected to swell further to ¥11 trillion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/30/companies/maglev-shinkansen-double-cost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shinkansen #jr #rail #jrcentral #aichi #shizuoka #tokyo
Beneath Tokyo’s constant motion lie traces of another era. These “phantom” stations — once bustling gateways for commuters — now act as monuments to Japan’s prewar ambition and resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/japan/history/tokyo-phantom-train-stations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #trains #tokyo #rail #wwii
Emma Davidson
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Interested in better #rail services between #Canberra and #Sydney ?
More often? Faster? Allowing bikes to be taken on board without the absurdity of putting them in boxes...?
Have your input here.
https://tfnswsurvey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_efeY4X06nI9xFl4?Q_CHL=si
Interested in better #rail services between #Canberra and #Sydney ?
More often? Faster? Allowing bikes to be taken on board without the absurdity of putting them in boxes...?
Have your input here.
https://tfnswsurvey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_efeY4X06nI9xFl4?Q_CHL=si
phildini
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Forget leaves on the line... now dry weather in the Fens is blamed for rail delays
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/25559334.rail-bosses-say-dry-weather-blame-rail-delays/
Let's not mention that all those examples of more extreme weather are linked to climate change, eh, EDP? If we pretend it isn't happening, it might go away(!)
A woman in Tokyo has been arrested for pepper-spraying two men on the Yamanote Line. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/crime-legal/yamanote-line-train-pepper-spray-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yamanoteline #rail #jr #japanesepolice
