Season
Season 11 Episode
- Season 6 Sunrise Seto and Izumo: The Last of the Overnight Sleeper Trains
- Season 6 Echigo Tokimeki Railway: A Railway for Everyone
- Season 6 A Guide to Tokyo's Airport Access Lines
- Season 6 Kintetsu Railway's Hinotori: Challenging the Shinkansen with Comfort
- Season 6 Takanawa Gateway Station: The New Gateway to Tokyo
- Season 6 Securing the Future of Japan's Local Railways
- Season 6 The Blue Ribbon & Laurel Prize: Japan's Best New Trains
- Season 6 Bicycle Onboard: Cycling with JR East
- Season 6 Heisei Chikuho Railway: A Tourist Train Recovering From the Pandemic
- Season 6 Tsugaru Railway: Surviving the Coronavirus Pandemic
- Season 6 JR Freight: In Business for the Long Haul
- Season 6 Beyond the Pandemic: Discussing the Railway With Industrial Designer Mitooka Eiji
- Season 6 JR West: Redefining the Role of the Railway Post Pandemic
- Season 6 Tenryu Hamanako Railroad: Working with the Community to Revitalize the Railway
- Season 6 Reviewing the New Trains of 2020
Japan Railway Journal - Season 6 Episode 2 Echigo Tokimeki Railway: A Railway for Everyone
8.00 28 minutes Echigo Tokimeki Railway in Niigata Prefecture started service in 2015, coinciding with the opening of the Hokuriku Shinkansen. However, due to a drop in passenger numbers, the company is currently 490 million yen in debt. The railway's hopes now rest with a new president, Akira Torizuka, who was appointed in September 2019. See how the president plans to revive the railway with exciting ideas that will benefit everyone.
