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As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

From train-themed bento meals to actual trains, The Railway Museum in Saitama, Japan lets you experience over 150 years of railway history.

Completely new station building was installed between the last Monday night train and the first train on Tuesday morning ...

A practical guide to collecting Japan's eki stamps Japanese eki stamps (station stamps) are a charming feature of Japanese railway culture. Beloved by visitors and oshi-tetsu (train-stamp nerds ...

Hatsushima is not a particularly busy station, relative to Japanese rail commuting as a whole. It serves a town (Arida) of about 25,000, known for mandarin oranges and scabbardfish, that is ...

But inside its train station awaits one of Japan’s most curious treasures. A spectacle to get the hearts of rail fans racing, it happens 17 times a day, and there is always a crowd waiting at ...

The 3-D printed components being placed to build the railway station. In a world first, a railway station in Japan has been built using 3D-printed components in under six hours. Construction firm ...