Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Shinkansen N-700s at Shinegawa Station.
Ron Yee (May 6, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Shonan monorail departing Ofuna.
Ron Yee (May 5, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Toyama trams near Japan Railroad Station.
Ron Yee (May 8, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Okayama trams passing on Line 2 at junction with Line 1.
Ron Yee (May 11, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Japan Railroad 1000 Series RDC DMU arriving at Kochi.
Ron Yee (May 16, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Sapporo tram 101 and regular tram at shop.
Ron Yee (May 21, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Sapporo trams passing.
Ron Yee (May 21, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Sapporo Subway Toho Line at Japan Railroad Station.
Ron Yee (May 21, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Hakodate tram barn with truck turntable.
Ron Yee (May 22, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Hakodate low-floor tram at Hakodate Ekimae.
Ron Yee (May 22, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Tozai Line newer blue-stripe subway coming off bridge to Nishi Kasai.
Ron Yee (May 24, 2014)
Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour
Narita Express passing Shin Okubo.
Ron Yee (May 24, 2014)
Ron Yee
June 19, 2015
Join us in June as Ron Yee, co-editor of the ERA Bulletin Commuter and Transit News column, presents a summary of the ERA’s May 2014 Japan Rail, Tram and Sightseeing Tour. This extensive three-week expedition, which began and ended with the Tokyo area, covered all but two tram operations in Japan and included time to cover quite a number of commuter rail, subway and metro systems in the cities that were visited.
Tram systems that Ron plans to cover with his digital slideshow include Tokyo, Toyama, Sapporo, the Tateyama-Kurobe Alpine route near the Nagano Olympic site, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Kyoto, Wakayama, Fukui, Hakodate, Kochi, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Matsuyama and Okayama. The commuter railways around many of those cities will also be shown as will be the subway systems of Tokyo, Kyoto and Sapporo. To travel between cities, ERA scheduled many rides on intercity trains, including narrow-gauge routes as well as the famed Shinkansen “bullet” trains.
Many of these rail systems are quite exotic! Please join us for a fascinating grand tour of Japan.