GWR Class 802 is seen passing through Dawlish Seafront, where trains and tracks often hit by the storm waves in bad weather.

Virgin Trains used to run Class 220 and 221 on West Coast Main Line and CrossCountry services. Some were transferred since Arriva take over the franchise of CrossCountry service. The remaining Cla... (more)

Class 159 is a modified version from Class 158 by having one extra carriage for each train set. They are being used on West of England Line services since 1990s.

BREL built Class 455 in three batches for suburban services in London. Meanwhile, the 455/7 train has a formation of one carriage from Class 508, which has a different profile from other carriages... (more)

The first Shinkansen train that operates at 300km/h, the 500 Series. All nine units belong to JR West, and serve Tokaido.Sanyo Shinkansen between 1997 and 2010. These trains now reformed from 16 t... (more)

Hakata Car Maintenance Centre is the depot to conduct major maintenance for trains on Sanyo Shinkansen. Trains finished washing will line up here and ready for passenger service from Hakata.

SCMaglev and Railway Park exhibit two experimental shinkansen trains introduced in the mid-1990s, 300X and MLX01. 300X was a prototype to test the design features of the existing 700, N700 Series,... (more)

The SCMaglev and Railway Park in Nagoya opened in 2011. Different generations of Tokaido Shinkansen Trains are preserved and on display inside the park.

As part of the projects of new Tuen Ma Line, the reforming of IKK trains began in 2015. Works include adding carriages from the East/West Rail Line or new order to the existing 4-car SP1950 trains... (more)

Osaka Metro was known as Osaka Municipal Subway before its corporatization. In 1973, it introduced the first third rail-powered train with air-conditioning, the 10 Series. It had been serving the ... (more)

Osaka Municipal Subway introduced the second generation 20 Series for several lines in 1990. There were five variants with different formations and liveries for operating each line.

Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway owns several trains for operating through service with Osaka Metro’s Midosuji Line. There were seven sets of 8000 Series entered service since 1987. As of now, only thre... (more)

Blackpool Tramway has been operated for more than 134 years. Flexity 2 is now being used on the main services, running along the coast in Blackpool.

West Coast Main Line connects London and Scotland, it has been operated by Virgin Trains since the privatization of British Rail in 1997. After twenty-two years of service, its outstanding brand i... (more)

Virgin Trains replace its entire electric train fleet with Class 390 Pendolino in 2002, a high-speed tilting train built by Alstom. It is one of the fastest EMUs operating in the UK, at a max. rec... (more)