X-Nico

unusual facts about JR West



700 Series Shinkansen

Originally designated as "N300" during the development phase, they formed the next generation of shinkansen vehicles jointly designed by JR Central and JR West for use on both Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines.

Heian-kyō

The boundaries of Heian-kyō were smaller than those of modern Kyoto with Ichijo-oji (一条大路) at the Northern limit corresponding to present-day Ichijo-dori, (:ja:一条通) between Imadegawa-dori (:ja:九条通) and Marutamachi-dori (:ja:丸太町通), Kyujo-oji in the South corresponding to Kyujo-dori (:ja:九条通) slightly to the South of the present-day JR Kyoto Station and Higashi-kyogoku-oji in the East corresponding to present-day Teramachi Street (Teramachi-dori).

Mahoroba

"The Man-yō Mahoroba Line" became in use for the common name of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Sakurai Line on March 13, 2010, the day of the diagram revision of JR Group.

Osaka International Peace Center

It is a five-minute walk from Morinomiya Station on the JR Osaka Loop Line and Chūō and Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi subway lines.

Shimabara, Kyoto

Proceeding west, Hanayachō ends and the street turns north then west again, where one exits past a marker indicating the ruins of the former west gate, and then faces the JR West Sagano Line (section of Sanin Main Line) and the Kyoto central wholesale market (京都市中央卸売市場).

Watanabebashi Station

JR West JR Tōzai Line Kitashinchi Station (via Watanabe Bridge and Dojima Underground Shopping Center (Dotica))


see also

Furuichi Station

Furuichibashi Station, a station on the JR West Kabe Line in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

Hashidate

One of the services making up JR West's "Big X Network", it connects Kyoto Station, Amanohashidate Station and Toyooka Station via the Sanin Main Line and Kitakinki Tango Railway's Miyafuku Line and Miyazu Line.

Nagata Station

Kii-Nagata Station (紀伊長田駅) - in Kinokawa, Wakayama, on the JR West Wakayama Line

Shigaraki train disaster

A special JR West rapid service train (501D) from Kyoto bound for Shigaraki had entered the Shigaraki Line at Kibukawa Station from the Kusatsu Line, transporting 716 passengers to the World Ceramic Festival that was being held in Shigaraki at the time.

West Japan Railway Company

JR West purchased the line in October 1991 at a cost of 974.1 billion JPY (about 7.2 billion USD) in long-term payable debt.