Season
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- Season 3 Turning Problems Into Opportunities: The Tsugaru Railway's Strategy
- Season 3 Japan's World-Class Rail and Wheels
- Season 3 Keihan Electric Railway: Advanced Technology That Dominated the Railway Hub
- Season 3 The Long Winter of Discontent: One Railway's Battle Against Snow
- Season 3 Dreams of a Texas Bullet Train: Future Plans for Japan's High-Speed Railways
- Season 3 Using Railways to Promote Local Tourism: Kyushu Railway Company's Strategy
- Season 3 Toden Arakawa Line: A Hidden Gem for Tourists from Overseas
- Season 3 All the Comfort You Require: Onboard Services on Japanese Trains
- Season 3 The Unsung Hero of Japanese Railways: Series Kiha 40 Diesel Trains
- Season 3 Airport Express Lines: How Competition Is Improving the Ride Into the City
- Season 3 Prepaid E-money Cards: The Smart Way to Travel in Japan
- Season 3 HIGH RAIL 1375: The Tourist Train That Touches New Heights
- Season 3 Train Suite Shiki-shima: The High-Tech Luxury Cruise Train
- Season 3 A Long-Awaited Whistle: Tobu Railway's Steam Service Revival
- Season 3 Rediscovering Old Horizons: Preservation and Utilization of Railway Heritage
- Season 3 Hankyu Corporation: A Leading Private Railway Company's Business Model
- Season 3 Advanced Urban Travel: Japan's Monorail Systems
- Season 3 Safeguarding the System: Maintaining JR Central's Conventional Line
Japan Railway Journal - Season 3 Episode 13 Train Suite Shiki-shima: The High-Tech Luxury Cruise Train
8.00 28 minutes May 2017 saw the launch of JR East's new cruise train, "Train Suite Shiki-shima". "Cruise trains" are a new type of luxury train that stop at sightseeing spots in Japan. "Train Suite Shiki-shima" is Japan's second cruise train following the launch of JR Kyushu's "SEVEN STARS IN KYUSHU" in 2013, and with JR West's "TWILIGHT EXPRESS MIZUKAZE" coming in June 2017, Japan is entering a new "cruise train" era. See the technology and support that makes this cruise train a truly luxurious experience.
