Metro and monorail systems in Japan:
Chiba* | Fukuoka | Hiroshima | Kitakyushu* | Kobe | Kyoto | Nagoya | Naha* | Osaka | Sapporo | Sendai | Shonan* | Tama* | Tokyo | Yokohama
Tram systems in Japan:
Enoshima (Shonan) | Fukui | Hakodate | Hiroshima | Kagoshima | Kitakyushu | Kochi | Kumamoto | Kyoto | Matsuyama | Nagasaki | Okayama | Osaka | Sapporo | Takaoka | Tokyo | Toyama | Toyohashi | Utsunomiya
* Monorail
Our books about Japan: |
Andrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl: METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN - Vol. 1: Tokyo Region Subways, suburban railways (JR East and Private Railways), trams, monorail and guided-transit systems in the Toyko conurbation - including Yokohama, Shonan, Tama, Saitama and Chiba
Text: German & English |
Andrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl: METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN - Vol. 2: North & Central Japan Metros in Sapporo, Sendai and Nagoya as well as trams in Hakodate, Toyama, Fukui, Takaoka, Toyohashi, Kochi, Matsuyama plus various other urban rail systems in North & Central Japan 144
pages; Network maps; ca. 300 colour photos The second volume of our trilogy about urban rail systems in Japan covers all the systems in North and Central Japan, from the metros in Sapporo, Sendai and Nagoya to the numerous tram networks and various private suburban railways. This volume also includes all the cities with urban rail systems on the islands of Shikoku and Okinawa. As usual, the book is illustrated with a large number of recent colour photos and detailed network maps. |
Andrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl: METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN - Vol. 3: West & South Osaka - Kyoto - Kobe - Okayama - Hiroshima - Kitakyushu - Fukuoka - Nagasaki - Kumamoto - Kagoshima The third volume of our trilogy about urban rail systems in Japan covers all the systems in West and South Japan, from the metros in Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka to the different special transit systems like monorails and people movers, and to the numerous tramways, including Japan's largest network in Hiroshima. As usual, the book is illustrated with a large number of recent colour photos and detailed network maps.
Text: German & English; 160 pages, ca. 300 photos; Detailed
network maps |
General Japan Links
Trams in Japan (Picture Gallery)
Hyperdia - All-Japan timetable search in English
Kitayama Rail Pages - A Guide to Japanese Railways by Göran Baeckström
2011 ©
UrbanRail.Net
by Robert Schwandl