Cycle Train News Today

TOKOROZAWA, Saitama Prefecture—Seibu Railway Co. headquartered here has started a Cycle Train service connecting Tokyo’s Nerima Ward and the tourist area of Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture.

Cyclists rejoice, as from April, Tobu Railway is launching a Cycle Train service on its Nikko and Kinugawa lines, following trials.

Fukuoka is an old city with a young outlook. The Japanese metropolis of 1.6 million offers great transport links around Asia and a welcoming environment for start-ups and corporations. Changes to building-height restrictions have spurred a rethink of the CBD – dubbed “the Tenjin Big Bang”. Old buildings are being replaced with new. Among them is Tenjin Business Centre, designed by Fukuoka-born Shohei Shigematsu of OMA architects.

Local officials bring their bicycles on a Cycle Train for a test operation at Kami-Sugaya Station in Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture. (Keitaro Nishizaki) NAKA, Ibaraki Prefecture--Bicycles are allowed on some trains on the JR Suigun Line to bring cyclists closer to routes along the Kujigawa river and in the Oku-kuji countryside area, East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) said. Under a demo experiment for the Cycle Train service, unbagged bicycles can be brought on trains operated from 9 a.m. to around 4 p....