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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 7 Toden Arakawa Line: A Hidden Gem for Tourists from Overseas
8.00 28 minutes The Toden Arakawa Line is a streetcar service in the center of Tokyo. There are over 30 stops on the 12.2km line, and transports over 16.6 million people annually. Throughout the years, the line has operated as a means of local transport but recently has been gaining interest among tourists from overseas. In 2015, the line was awarded the "Certificate of Excellence" from the world's largest tourist website, TripAdvisor. In this program, we introduce the Toden Arakawa Line and the everyday lives of local Tokyo residents. Then "Trains in Focus" grants a peek of Yamagata Shinkansen's "Toreiyu Tsubasa".
