The transport ministry gave administrative guidance Tuesday to East Japan Railway (JR East) over a recent series of problems, including service disruptions on its Yamanote and Joban lines. The ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from JR East Train Simulator: Joban Line – Shinagawa to Katsuta: E531-0 series The Joban Line runs from Ueno Station in Taito-ku, Tokyo to Sendai Station in ...

In rail-reliant Japan, trains come and go with such frequency that most stations don’t bother to have an actual employee individually announce each arrival and departure. Instead, there’s usually a ...

The East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has awarded a contract to Thales to design a communications-based train control system (CBTC) for Tokyo’s 30km-long Joban suburban line. The new CBTC system ...