Osaka Expo boosts earnings at rail operators in western Japan

OSAKA – The 2025 Osaka Expo has boosted earnings at major railroad operators in western Japan, with Osaka Metro and West Japan Railway, or JR West, set to pay special bonuses to their employees. Four out of six major railroads in the Kan…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1421714/osaka-expo-boosts-earnings-at-rail-operators-in-western-japan/ Osaka Expo boosts earnings at rail operators in western Japan #2025OsakaExpo #FinancialResults #JRWest #news #Osaka #OsakaMetro #OsakaNews #rail #大阪 #大阪府 OSAKA – The 2025 Osaka Expo has boosted earnings at major railroad operators in western Japan, with Osaka Metro and West Japan Railway, or JR West, set to pay special bonuses to their employees. Four out of six major railroads in the Kansai region have raised their net profit projections for
The 2025 Osaka Expo has boosted earnings at major railroad operators in western Japan, with four out of six major railroads set to surpass profit projections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/01/companies/osaka-expo-rail-operator-earnings-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rail #jrwest #osakametro #osakaexpo
Osaka Expo boosts earnings at rail operators in western Japan

Osaka Metro and JR West are set to pay special bonuses to their employees amid a surge in passengers and expo-related business profits.

The Japan Times

Why Sleeper Trains Are Making a Comeback

Sleeper trains, including the famous “Blue Trains” that were once a key part of travel across Japan, are making a comeback. When JR West launched a new night train connecting Kansai and the San’in region in 2020, it quickly became a hit, with most…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1417753/why-sleeper-trains-are-making-a-comeback/ Why Sleeper Trains Are Making a Comeback #Accommodation #hotels #Japan #JapanNews #JREast #JRWest #news #NightTrain #SleeperTrain #sleepers #tourism #train #trains #travel Sleeper trains, including the famous “Blue Trains” that were once a key part of travel across Japan, are making a comeback. When JR West launched a new night train connecting Kansai and the San’in region in 2020, it quickly became a hit, with most departures nearly full. JR
JR West has said a facility to preserve its train that crashed in 2005 and killed more than 100 passengers will be completed in mid-December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/jr-train-crash-preservation-facility/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #jrwest #fukuchiyamaline #shojikurasaka #hyogo
Facility to preserve crashed JR West train to be completed in December

The 2005 accident in Hyogo Prefecture left 106 passengers and the train driver dead and some 560 others injured.

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you can bring a bike in the train but only a brompton, and only in a bag

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Neu auf den Schienen: Der Mahoroba Yūkyū (悠久) startet im Oktober und bringt Bahnreisen in Kansai auf ein neues Level. Kultur trifft Komfort – mit Design aus der Nara-Zeit und einer mobilen Ausstellung im Zug.
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As the nation's tourism boom continues, a delivery service that transports traveler's luggage from train station lockers to hotels is expanding in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/06/locker-to-hotel-luggage-delivery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #jrwest #osakametro #osaka #tourism #tokyo #jreast #tokyometro
Locker-to-hotel luggage delivery service expanding in Japan

The service was launched at major stations in Osaka last year and operators have recorded a rapid rise in usage.

The Japan Times