Japan Mass Transit Thread

[coldstar]

Trains of KINTETSU (Japan's biggest railway company except JR)

Kintetsu's network (Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Nara.... )


(Keihana Line, its new line between Osaka and Nara, opens in March, 2006)




Kintetsu trains
Kintetsu 21020 series










Kintetsu 21000 series






Kintetsu 23000 series







Kintetsu 26000 series





Kintetsu 22000 series





Kintetsu 30000 series(full double deck)

[Vapour]

Thanks again for the great contribution coldstar

I took these below last week in Saitama (from Saitama Super Arena, close to Omiya station)

[coldstar]

Type 321 brandnew prime commuter rolling stock car of JR West (Osaka)
operation speed 120km/h



left: type 312 (new), right: type 207 (old)

twin OLED displays
(left: train and network infomation, right: TV broadcasting)



On the other hand, JR East (Tokyo) is to roll out new commuter cars (type 233) next year.







BTW, some new cars of this year in Tokyo area
type 531, JR East's commuter trains



type 257, JR East limited tran to Chiba



Tobu 50500 series



ShinKeisei N800 series


JR East type 209 for local lines in suburaban areas



Toyo Rapid Railways 2000 series



Tokyu 5050 series

[coldstar]

1 prototype car of Osaka's new subway (No. 8 Line)

(completion of Osaka Subway No.8 line : 2006)

2 pics of Osaka's new access rail to Universal Studio Japan (Yumesaki Line)






3 construction photo of Kobe PortLiner (one of Kobe's people movers) extension to new Kobe Airport. (open: 2006)




4 trains of Nagoya's new lines

Nagoya Subway's Kami-Iida Line (open: 2003)

Meijo Line (open:2004)...Nagoya's new subway loop line


Aonami line (open:2004)...new line to Nagoya bay area

[coldstar]

Toyama City's new LRT line (Portline) opens next April








BTW, major LRT's in Japan


Nagasaki









Kagoshima









Kumamoto






Hiroshima














Takaoka





Okayama











Matsuyama




Kochi




Sapporo



Hakodate





Tokyo

[Inabowl]

I like west Japan's train designs.

[coldstar]

Originally Posted by Inabowl

I like west Japan's train designs.

as for the design, agree. They are ahead of Tokyo. Tokyo's trains are generally boring. Just look at them.


Trains of Tokyo TOEI subways.(TOEI owns Tokyo's 4 subway lines out of 13 lines)

Asakusa Line

through service with Keisei Line

with Keikyu Line

and with Hokuso Line

Mita Line

through service with Tokyu Line

Shinjuku Line

through service with Keio Line

Oedo Loop Line




But technologically, Tokyo is also great.
TIMS (Train Information Management System) of JR Yamanote Loop Line in Tokyo
destinations, arrival time, transfer information, current operation status, the places and maps of the gates, staircases and elevators/escalators, and weather forcast, latest news so on (both in Japanese and English)





FeLiCa..Tokyo is the birthplace of world leading contactless IC card technology.


mobile phone with FeLiCa


Tokyo subways adopt platform screen doors second in the world (after Singapore)


And instead of platform screen doors, some subway lines have platform gates


train seat reservation and payment with mobile phone (i-mode) system

[Vapour]

Thanks a lot for your pictures and information Coldstar

Some pics I took at Saitama rapid railway's Kawaguchi-motogo station:



Before entering the station:

[coldstar]

Thanks again, Vapour.

Saitama Subway is said to be extended from Urawa-Misono to Hasuda City (12.5km) by 2015. (maybe through service with Tobu Noda Line at Iwatsuki as well)


trains of Saitama Subways

(from the left, Saitama Rapid Railway's 2000 series, TOEI Mita line's 9000 series, Tokyo Metro Nanboku lines's 6300 seires, and Tokyu Meguro Line's 5080 series)

some stations of Saitama Subway
Urawa-Misono

Saitama Stadium (venue of FIFA World Cup 2002 SEMI FINAL) is next to the stn.


Higashi-Kawaguchi


Hatogaya


Akabane Iwabuchi


All the stations of the line have platform screen doors.

[coldstar]

Station Photos in TOKYO

Tokyo Central
(Marunouchi side)

(Yaesu Side)

Otemachi

Hibiya

Akihabara

Nihonbashi

Mitsukoshimae

Shinbashi

Tamachi
(Mita Side)

(Shibaura Side)

Omotesando

Shinagawa
(Takanawa Side)

(kounan Side)

Takeshiba (Yurikamome Skytrain)

Seibu Shinjuku

Shinjuku
(Southeast Exit)

(West Side)

Odakyu Shinjuku

Korakuen

IIdabashi

Ueno
(hirokoji Side)

Kinshicyou

Tokyo Teleport Stn

Telecom Center Stn

Exhibition Center Stn

Oimachi

Tenouzu Isle Stn (Tokyo-Haneda Monorail)

Shinagawa Seaside Forest Stn

Osaki


Meguro

Jiyugaoka

Futakotamagawa

Shibuya
(South Exit)

(Park Avenue Exit)

(Mark City Exit)

Ebisu

Hiroo

Ikebukuro
(West Exit)

Mejiro

Hikarigaoka

Oizumigakuen

Koyadai

Narimasu

Akabane

Minamisenju

Kitasenju

Nishikasai

Wakabadai

Kiyose

Kokubunji

Nishikokubunji

Komae

Tachikawa
(North Exit)

(South Exit)

Seisekisakuragaoka

Tama Center Stn

Karakida

Nagareyama

Tanashi

Hibarigaoka

Minamiosawa

Hachiouji


Fucyu
(South Exit)


(North Exit)

Fussa

Minamimachida

Machida

(Central Exit)

(Terminal Plaza Exit)

Mizuho

[mrgazpacho]

Originally Posted by coldstar

Station Photos in TOKYO

Ikebukuro
(West Exit)
http://askayama.net/machicard/tokyo2...ma/metplax.jpg

"It's a bird; it's a plane; no; it's SUPER-SANTA!"

[coldstar]

station photos in the suburbs of Tokyo [Metro Tokyo]

Sakuragicyo

Minatomirai

Yokohama
(West Exit)

(East Exit)

Shinyokohama

Wakabadai

Futamatagawa

Kamiooka

Higashitotsuka

Kawasaki
(Azelia Exit)

(West Exit)

Musashikosugi

Mizonokuchi

Haruhino

Shinyurigaoka

Kurihama

Yokosuka Central


Ofuna


Syunandai

Fujisawa

Chigasaki


Hiratsuka

Odawara


Hashimoto

Sagamiono



Sagamihara

Yamato

Cyuourinkan

Sagamino

Ebina


Honatsugi


Hatano

Chiba


Chibaminato


Kaihinmakuhari

Kemigawahama

Funabashi

(North Exit)

Kashiwa
(West Exit)


Shinwurayasu


Saitamashintoshin


Urawa

Omiya

Kawaguchi

Kawagoe

Honkawagoe

Hannou

Higashihannou

Koshigaya

Soka

Takasaki

Mito

Hitachi

Tsuchiura

Toride

[Inabowl]

I think these are some of the most comprehensive and up-to-date subway maps in Japan.

Tokyo


Yokohama


Nagoya


Kyoto


Osaka


Kobe


Fukuoka


Sapporo

[Inabowl]

The JR line maps:

Tokyo


Osaka


Nagoya

[coldstar]

New Sendai Airport Line


status: under construction
inauguration: 2006
distance: 17.5 km (sendai airport Stn- Natori Stn - Sendai Stn.), whole elevated railway


(JR) Sendai Stn

(Sendai municipal subway) Sendai Stn


Sendai Airport








station renderings




construction shots

[Vapour]

Looks good

[urgel23]

[coldstar]

Originally Posted by urgel23

Chiba Urban Monorail's #1 Line is to be extended again in the year of 2008 from Prefectural Govenment Bldg Stn to Municipal Hospital Stn/ Central Museum Stn.

[coldstar]

skytrains/people movers in Metro Tokyo


Yurikamome Line










Yokohama Seaside Line







Saitama New Urban Line




Seibu Yamaguchi line (access rail to Seibu Dome)


(Seibu Dome: the ballpark for the professional baseball team, the Seibu Lions)


Chiba Yamaman Line




monorails in Metro Tokyo


Chiba Urban Monorail







Maihama Monorail







Tama Monorail







Yokohama Shonan Monorail





Tokyo Haneda Monorail







Ueno monorail

[mopc]

This is astounding!