Snowboarding rail contest held in Osaka

Snowboarding rail contest held in Osaka

A snowboard rail competition is held on a special course at Honganji Tsumura Betsuin temple in Osaka on Nov. 23, 2024. Two rails were installed on the stairs leading to the temple's main hall for the rail slide competition, a discipline certified by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation last season.

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami.

(2)1 dead, 23 hurt in train-car crash in Aichi

(2)1 dead, 23 hurt in train-car crash in Aichi

NAGOYA, Japan - The scene at a railway crossing in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, after a train of the Nagoya Railroad Co. (Meitetsu) collided with a passenger car on Sept. 26. The car's driver died and 23 people -- the train driver, conductor and passengers -- were injured in the collision. The first two cars of the eight-car train ran off the rails.

Track-laying begins on China's first sea-crossing high-speed railway

STORY: Track-laying begins on China's first sea-crossing high-speed railway DATELINE: March 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site STORYLINE: A pair of 500-meter steel rails were successfully laid on a concrete bed at Putian railway station Thursday in east China's Fujian Province, marking the beginning of track-laying work on the country's first sea-crossing high-speed railway. The 277-km railway links the provincial capital of Fuzhou with the port city of Xiamen. With a designed speed of 350 km per hour, it is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities within one hour. Zhang Xiaofeng, project manager with China Railway 11th Bureau Group said that with the help of an advanced machine, workers are able to lay the left and right tracks at the same time, which nearly doubles their efficiency. At the current pace of about 6 km of track laid per day, the entire track-laying work is expected to finish by the end of this

JR East unveils "cafe" train to help Fukushima's reconstruction

JR East unveils "cafe" train to help Fukushima's reconstruction

East Japan Railway Co., known as JR East, shows a special sightseeing train, "FruiTea Fukushima," to the press on March 27, 2015, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture. JR East will operate the two-carriage "cafe on rails," which will serve cakes using fruits grown in the prefecture, between Koriyama and Aizuwakamatsu stations from late April through June, coinciding with the prefecture's Fukushima Destination Campaign tourism promotion program, to support the recovery of the prefecture from the March 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

St. Valentine's Day chocolates

MIYAKO, Japan - A women hands chocolate to passengers at Sanriku Railway Co.'s Miyako Station in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, on Feb. 14, 2012. Confectionery shop ''Amla-an'' in Hiroshima Prefecture hosted the St. Valentine's Day event to hand some 300 chocolates to passengers and station employees to do some cheerleading for the local railway. Operations on about two-thirds of the railroad along the Pacific are still suspended as stations and rails were swept away by the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo)

A couple of team and diesel locomotive, Rails

A couple of team and diesel locomotive, Rails

Tourist attraction - two historic locomotives, one steam and one diesel, running side by side on rails. The black steam locomotive produces dense dark smoke. (CTK Photo / Roman Krompolc)

A couple of team and diesel locomotive, Rails

A couple of team and diesel locomotive, Rails

Tourist attraction - two historic locomotives, one steam and one diesel, running side by side on rails. The black steam locomotive produces dense dark smoke. (CTK Photo / Roman Krompolc)

A couple of team and diesel locomotive, Rails

A couple of team and diesel locomotive, Rails

Tourist attraction - two historic locomotives, one steam and one diesel, running side by side on rails. The black steam locomotive produces dense dark smoke. (CTK Photo / Roman Krompolc)

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Typhoon Lan damages tracks in Japan

Transport officials inspect a twisted section of tracks operated by Nankai Electric Railway Corp. on a river bridge in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 25, 2017. A train ran the deformed rails as Typhoon Lan hit the area, leaving two passengers injured. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

(2)1 dead, 23 hurt in train-car crash in Aichi

(2)1 dead, 23 hurt in train-car crash in Aichi

NAGOYA, Japan - The scene at a railway crossing in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, after a train of the Nagoya Railroad Co. (Meitetsu) collided with a passenger car on Sept. 26. The car's driver died and 23 people -- the train driver, conductor and passengers -- were injured in the collision. The first two cars of the eight-car train ran off the rails. (Kyodo)