Japanese Railways Trivia Quizzes

The stereotypical travel poster for Japan shows a bullet train whizzing past a snow-capped Fujiyama. This quiz demonstrates how the development of one of the world's most advanced trains systems became an everyday feature of Japanese life.

My friend is an importer of 'N' gauge model Japanese trains, and I challenged him to write a quiz on Japanese trains. Here it is... Shinkansen is the Japanese word for 'Bullet train', and refers to both the rail routes and the trains themselves.

Part Two in a series of quizzes about railway systems in Japan. This quiz concentrates on the rail lines in and around Tokyo. Beware! There are several red herrings in the options.

This quiz is for the true Tokyo boy or girl. It is all about train lines and train stations in this great city.

We go beneath Tokyo's surface and go on a ride on the local train in central Tokyo! Keep in mind: (sen = train line).