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On Christmas Day 2024, Keihan Electric Railway train 7202 pulls into Tōfukuji Station in Kyoto as a northbound sub-express for Demachiyanagi.

Keiō Electric Railway trains 5781, 8713 «Mt. Takao», and 7753 (and a Series 9000 train in the background) wait for their next assignments at the Takahatafudō depot in Tokyo in December 2024.

Keihan Electric Railway train 8008 leaves Tōfukuji Station (Kyoto) as a southbound limited express for Yodoyabashi (Osaka) on Christmas Day 2024. Note the northbound local train reflected in the express train’s windshield.

Hankyū train 7305 pulls out on a southbound track while an Osaka Metro (Sakaisuji Line) Series 66 train arrives at Jūsō Station, the main Hankyū junction shortly north of Osaka-Umeda Station, on Christmas Day 2024.

West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Series 221 train F01 (introduced c. 1989) waits for Sagano Line passengers at Kyoto Station on Christmas Day 2024.

On August 15, 1974 (52 years ago and 29 years after independence), Seoul Subway Line 1 opened as the first subway in South Korea, and as the first urban rail in Seoul after the tramways closed in 1968. The Seoul subway system now has close to 1400 kilometers of track when all operators (Korail, Seoul Metro, etc) and lines are added together.

Korean National Railroad car 1001 (Nippon Sharyō, 1974), the first car on the first train, is displayed as westbound local 323 for Incheon at the Railroad Museum in Uiwang City near Suwon. The first few sets were imported from Japan, but Korea soon began designing and building its own subway trains, and is now exporting them to other countries.

(Seen March 2024)

In June 2022, a new Tōbu Railway Series 500 “Revaty” express train for Asakusa appears at Hikifune Station (Tokyo) on the Skytree Line.

Tōkyū Railways’ Series 1000 car 1524 leads Tamagawa Line local train 25 out of Yaguchinowatashi Station (Tokyo) in May 2022.

Keikyū train 1574 stops at Yokohama Station as express 27D for Haneda Airport (Tokyo) in March 2022.

Front end of Yokohama City Transportation Bureau tram 1311 (Kisha Seizō, 1947) on display at the Yokohama Tram Museum as a Route 13 car arriving at Takigashira. After the tramway closed in 1972, Takigashira has become a major bus depot and the location of the museum.

(Seen December 2024)

Yokohama City Transportation Bureau tram conductor uniform for women (1934 version) on display at the Yokohama Tram Museum (seen December 2024). Even before World War II, the tramway started hiring women, but they became a larger part of the workforce during the war. Like the Los Angeles police uniform, this uniform is actually dyed navy blue but looks almost black.

Yokohama City Transportation Bureau tram conductor uniform for women (1934 version) on display at the Yokohama Tram Museum (seen December 2024). Even before World War II, the tramway started hiring women, but they became a larger part of the workforce during the war. Like the Los Angeles police uniform, this uniform is actually dyed navy blue but looks almost black.

In May 2022, Tōkyū Railways’ car 5821 leads the Tōyoko Line Series 5000 “SDGs Train” into Tsunashima Station (Yokohama, Japan) as southbound local 15K for Motomachi-Chūkagai.

On Christmas Day 2024, West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Series 223 train W34 leaves Kyoto Station as a Tōkaidō Main Line “New Rapid” train.

Tama Monorail train 1112 passes by Tama Zoo and Keiō Rail Land in Hino City (Tokyo, Japan) in December 2024.

Tōkyū Railways' Setagaya Line 1372mm/4'6" gauge articulated tram 305 pulls into Sangenjaya Station (Tokyo, Japan) before turning around and leaving for Shimo-Takaido.

(seen April 2022)

At Tōfukuji Station (Kyoto, Japan) on Christmas Day 2024, Keihan Electric Railway car 7252 brings up the rear of train 7202 running northbound as a semi-express for nearby Demachiyanagi.

On Christmas Day 2024, West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Series 205 electric train 1003 waits for passengers and the green light before leaving Kyoto Station as a southbound Nara Line local for Nara. 

Tōkyū Railways car 1319 sits at the rear of a Series 1000 train ready to leave Kamata Station (Tokyo, Japan) as northbound Tamagawa Line local 22 for Tamagawa (also in Tokyo) in May 2022.

West Japan Railway Company (JR West) Series 683 train B32 arrives at Kyoto Station as a limited express on Christmas Day 2024. Series 683 trains, which began replacing ex-JNR Series 485 trains in 2001, are frequent sights on JR West’s 1067mm/3’6” gauge lines as they can run under both AC and DC wires.