Great Japanese Railway Journeys

Great Japanese Railway Journeys

Re: Great Japanese Railway Journeys

Posted by JohnM at 12:15, 20th April 2026

I saw some of last week's episode, and it was entertaining, and eye opening. They took Michael into a maintenance shed for the bullet trains, except it was more like a laboratory; no sign of any dirt or grime anywhere:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002v46g/great-japanese-railway-journeys-series-1-4-kanazawa-to-kurobe-gorge
at about 7 mins in.

Re: Great Japanese Railway Journeys

Posted by John D at 06:18, 17th April 2026

: ChrisB

Not sure this has been mentioned yet, there's a 5-part series with Michael Portillo to be found on the iplayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002v462/great-japanese-railway-journeys-series-1-1-osaka-to-nagoya

There are 15 episodes, started this week, 6:30pm Monday-Friday until 1st May, seem to be releasing 5 per week on I-player

Great Japanese Railway Journeys

Posted by ChrisB at 21:23, 16th April 2026

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