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10.11.25 - 00:36
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Facility to Preserve Crashed JR West Train to Be Completed in Dec. (Nippon)
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Takarazuka, Hyogo Pref., Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)--West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, has said a facility to preserve its train that crashed in 2005 and killed more than 100 passengers will be completed in mid-December. The company informed bereaved relatives and people injured in the accident of the schedule at a meeting held behind closed doors in the city of Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, we......
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04.11.25 - 16:12
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JR Tokai, JR West Enjoy Record Sales, Profits amid Osaka Expo (Nippon)
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Tokyo, Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)--Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, and West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, have both logged record group sales and net profits for April-September, thanks to the 2025 World Exposition in the western city of Osaka and brisk travel demand from foreign visitors. Sales rose 12.4 pct from a year earlier to 982.2 billion yen at JR Tokai and 7.4 pct to 871.8 billion......
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04.11.25 - 09:06
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West Japan Railway EPS Rises In H1 (AFX)
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TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - Japan-based railway operation business West Japan Railway Company (WEJ.F) on Tuesday reported interim results for the six months ended September 30, 2025, that revealed higher re......
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05.08.25 - 10:54
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West Japan Railway Company Q1 Profit Climbs (AFX)
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TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - West Japan Railway Company (WEJ.F) released earnings for its first quarter that Increases, from the same period last yearThe company's bottom line totaled JPY48.842 billion, or J......
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05.07.25 - 15:42
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Locker-to-Hotel Luggage Delivery Service Expanding in Japan (Nippon)
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Osaka, July 5 (Jiji Press)--A luggage delivery service from train station lockers to hotels is expanding in Japan. The service allows users to leave their luggage in lockers and have them delivered on the same day to the hotels they are staying. Last year, West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, and Osaka Metro Co. launched the service in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka, which has been......
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14.05.25 - 10:24
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34-Year Memorial Held for Victims of Shiga Train Collision (Nippon)
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Koka, Shiga Pref., May 14 (Jiji Press)--A 34-year memorial ceremony for a train collision killing 42 people in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, was held near the site in the city of Koka on Wednesday. In front of a monument near the site, 21 participants, including bereaved family members and the heads of Shigaraki Kohgen Railway Co. (SKR) and West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, observed a ......
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25.04.25 - 08:12
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Victims Mourned 20 Years after Train Derailment Accident in Japan (Nippon)
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Amagasaki, Hyogo Pref., April 25 (Jiji Press)--Bereaved families and others on Friday mourned more than 100 people who died in a train derailment accident that occurred in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, 20 years ago. Kazuaki Hasegawa, president of West Japan Railway Co., reiterated the company's apology in a memorial ceremony for the accident that happened on its Fukuchiyama Li......
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26.03.25 - 13:06
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JR West Builds Station Building Using 3D Printer (Nippon)
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Arida, Wakayama Pref., March 26 (Jiji Press)--West Japan Railway Co., or JR East, on Wednesday built a station building that consists of parts made with 3D printer technology, in Wakayama Prefecture. It is the world's first station building built with 3D printer technology, the company said. The building at Hatsushima Station in the city of Arida on the Kisei Line is some 2.6 meters high,......
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29.01.25 - 13:18
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JR Tokai′s "Doctor Yellow" Shinkansen Ends Final Inspection (Nippon)
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Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)--The iconic "Doctor Yellow" Shinkansen train of Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, arrived at Tokyo Station on Wednesday, completing its final inspection of tracks on the Tokaido Shinkansen line before its retirement. The other Doctor Yellow inspection train, owned by West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, is expected to retire as soon as 2027. JR Tokai and ......
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18.12.24 - 12:32
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JR West to Start Automated Hokuriku Shinkansen Operations (Nippon)
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Osaka, Dec. 18 (Jiji Press)--West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, said Wednesday that it will introduce an automated operation system for its Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line. The system will be used from as early as fiscal 2029 between Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, and Kanazawa Station in the neighboring prefecture of Ishikawa. The Grade of Automation 2 system, wh......
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29.10.24 - 14:19
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JR East, JR West Struggle with Unprofitable Train Lines (Nippon)
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Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co. continued to struggle with unprofitable local train lines due to a decline in the number of passengers, data released by the companies on Tuesday showed. East Japan Railway, or JR East, said that 72 sections of 36 train lines had an average daily number of passengers of less than 2,000 per kilometer in fiscal 2023,......
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