TSUCHIURA, Ibaraki Prefecture--A Joban Line train struck a car being chased by police early on March 26 in a fiery crash here, derailing the train and partially disrupting service along the line for ...

The transport ministry gave administrative guidance Tuesday to East Japan Railway (JR East) over a recent series of problems, including service disruptions on its Yamanote and Joban lines. The ...

Evacuation orders in the towns of Futaba, Okuma and Tomioka - imposed after the March 2011 accident at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant - are to be partially lifted in early-March. The ...

The East Japan Railway Company (JR East) has awarded a contract to Thales to design a communications-based train control system (CBTC) for Tokyo’s 30km-long Joban suburban line. The new CBTC system ...

In rail-reliant Japan, trains come and go with such frequency that most stations don’t bother to have an actual employee individually announce each arrival and departure. Instead, there’s usually a ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from JR East Train Simulator: Joban Line – Shinagawa to Katsuta: E531-0 series The Joban Line runs from Ueno Station in Taito-ku, Tokyo to Sendai Station in ...