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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.

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)

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.

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.

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)

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

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.

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.