Favourite train line?
 

For both the travelers and local, which train line is your favourite? And which train/trainline do you think can best represent your area and/Japan?

I always LOVE the yamanote line, even my license plate read Yamanote with a custom "yamanote" frame from cafepress.... I am having a company making a windshield banner for me that resembles the top led display (directional display) on the Yamanote train

Though, its not my favourite, my favouite is actually the Yokohama line for local train....

Shinkanzen, no specific line, but I love the N700 series....

what is yours???

As far as Shinkansen, the Tokaido line is my favorite, though I've only been on that one and the Tohoku line. I haven't been on an N700 Series-only 700 and 300. I hope to ride the N700 on the Sakura run to Hakata from Okayama.

When it come to city lines, the Yamanote is it for me. Lots of memories on that line were made. My ringtone is the Shinagawa chime (direction Tokyo) and the Yamanote "ding" chime is my e-mail notification ringtone.

I hope to get a few more Yamanote or JR souvenirs to add to those I got last year....

i hate trains with passion... though i must say japanese railway kicks ass

Make sure you visit the Saitama railway museum then....

I too have JR tone as ring tone, but the departure and arrival ones inside the Hikari...

I thought about it, but I think I'm going to go to this one instead....

SCMAGLEV and Railway Park | Central Japan Railway Company

....unless there's something in Saitama I really should know about! Let me know!

btw, I downloaded a whopping 3.18 Gb file a while back which is a ride on the Yamanote Line, counterclockwise filmed from a camera inside the conductor's cabin. It's in 1080p and it is so clear, you'd swear you're there. Every now and then I pop it in my laptop and reminisce about my times in Tokyo....

Can you share the link to the file?

Check your mail....

I like the Keihan line that runs from Osaka to Kyoto. Admittedly, most for the nostalgia value as it was the one I used most when i lived here before, but considering it goes from downtown Osaka to downtown Kyoto via a good number of places (tofukuji, gion, pontocho, fushimi-inari etc) its a good one to hop-on-hop-off and sightsee.

i think this is the main difference between new zealand and japan. train trips in japan are very pleasant while train trips in new zealand are so unpleasant.

Not just NZ, try comparing it to Toronto: Poor coverage, poor customer service, late train, old out of date train design, dirty interior. We only just started using presto card (Tap on tap off).. it just sucks...

I've always like Hankyu Line. It's spacious and its reddish :) .
Even though Odakyu line is very crowded, I still like it, specially on weekends.

I do like Shinkansen, but I still prefer the "normal" ones. :vsign:

My favourites are Tama Monorail and Seibu Sayama. Great sceneries of urban areas from a slow-moving big window trains. Best in sunny days.

My all time low has switched from Den-en Toshi to Musashino (both because of what kind of people ride them) as of this morning, when I was attacked on the stairs by a freak in a suit. He was unintelligible so I honestly have no idea what was his problem with foreigners and I really don't care. He was feather weight and easily brushed aside, but still made a gloomy start for the day. Morning train was late due to suicide, but since there were 20 000 others who didn't lose it, there can be no excuse from that. Unfortunate that I will have to look out from now on while riding commuter trains.

I hate taking the trains in Japan. When I first came here they were a novelty to me, but after moving to a place where I had to commute three hours every day standing, I grew to dislike them.

Stations are crowded and noisy, many stations do not have elevators or escalators, the bathrooms are smelly, and homeless people often crowd the entrances and exits. The trains are crowded enough that you can tell what nearby people have eaten by the smell of their breath. Drunks wander the platforms in the late evenings, and vomit is a hazard.

Now I live within walking distance of Tokyo Station, but I also live close to my office, so now I can commute on foot or by bicycle. No more trains for me.