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• Mobile handsets with "FeliCa" smart card function
  [Resource 333] Japan plans mobile phone pay plan, BBC News Online 27/10/03
  (Page published 31 Oct 2003)
• Repeat orders of Series 78   (Tobu's Series 5000 memo)
  The repeat orders of Series 78 continues. However, by 1960, the fleet was already desperately old and obsolete.
  (Page published 21 Oct 2003)
• Two London Underground trains derail within 48 hours
  [Resource 329] Second Tube train derailed, BBC News Online 19/10/2003
  (Page published 20 Oct 2003)
• Birmingham's "Railway Revolutions"   (Digital Camera Report from Birmingham No. 11)
  The "innovated" Cross Country InterCity trains, and West Coast Route Modernisation project in trouble. Network Rail, who takes over British railways from the bankrupt predecessor Railtrack, will have grim future...
  (Page published 12 Oct 2003)
• Class 165 Diesel multiple unit "Network Turbo" of Chiltern Railways
  [Photo 323] Date this photo is taken: 10 November 2002
  (Page published 12 Oct 2003)
• Semaphore signal at Banbury Station
  [Photo 322] Date this photo is taken: 10 November 2002
  (Page published 12 Oct 2003)
• The driving van trailer used on West Coast Main Line
  [Photo 321] Date this photo is taken: 17 November 2002
  (Page published 12 Oct 2003)
• The side view of the driving cab of Class 221 "Super Voyager"
  [Photo 320] Date this photo is taken: 10 November 2002
  (Page published 12 Oct 2003)
• Class 221 Diesel multiple unit "Super Voyager" at Banbury Station
  [Photo 319] Date this photo is taken: 10 November 2002
  (Page published 12 Oct 2003)
• Jarvis to pull out of rail maintenance
  [Resource 328] Jarvis quits rail maintenance, BBC 10/10/2003
  (Page published 10 Oct 2003)
• Chuo Line in Tokyo closed for 8 hours because of prolonged engineering work
  [Resource 325] Chuo Line disruption, leader comment, Mainichi Shimbun 30/9/03
  (Page published 1 Oct 2003, last updated 4 Oct 2003)
• CTRL first phase official opening
  [Resource 318] High-speed Channel rail link opens, BBC Online 16/9/03
  (Page published 16 Sep 2003)
• New obligations for Japanese HGVs to fit speed limiters
  [Resource 307] HGVs in Japan now obliged to fit speed limiters (in Japanese), Japan Trucking Association 18/8/2003
  (Page published 4 Sep 2003)
• Seventeen railway operators in greater Tokyo area set new standards in mobile phone "manners"
  [Resource 306] New standard to our advice on using your mobile phone on board (in Japanese), Keio Railway News Release 29/8/03
  (Page published 3 Sep 2003)
• A Class 313 emu with North London Line
  [Photo 304] Date this photo is taken: 29 June 2003
  (Page published 1 Sep 2003)
• North Woolwich Old Station Museum
  [Photo 303] Date this photo is taken: 29 June 2003
  (Page published 1 Sep 2003, last updated 3 Sep 2003)
• At Devil's Bridge Station, Vale of Rheidol Railway
  [Photo 296] Date this photo is taken: 25 August 2003
  (Page published 27 Aug 2003)
• No. 9 locomotive "Prince of Wales" of Vale of Rheidol Railway
  [Photo 295] Date this photo is taken: 25 August 2003
  (Page published 27 Aug 2003)
• Introduction of Series 7330   (Tobu's Series 5000 memo)
  In 1953, Tobu introduces 7330, the first commuting cars newly built by private railways in Japan that came with 20-metre car body. The design, however, was with only minor modifications to Series 73.
  (Page published 20 Aug 2003)
• Series 100 bullet train to be withdrawn from Tokaido Shinkansen services
  [Resource 291] Series 100 to be withdrawn from Tokaido Shinkansen (in Japanese), Asahi.com 14/8/03
  (Page published 16 Aug 2003)
• Speed restrictions imposed on British national rail because of summer heat
  [Resource 289] Heatwave causes rail disruption, BBC News Online 4/8/03
  (Page published 5 Aug 2003)
• Common IC card ticket system for railways and buses around Kanto region
  [Resource 288] An IC card ticket will improve railways and buses in Kanto region (in Japanese), JR East press release 28/7/03
  (Page published 31 Jul 2003)
• New British rail speed record on CTRL (Channel Tunnel Rail Link)
  [Resource 287] Train smashes speed record, BBC News Online 30/7/03
  (Page published 30 Jul 2003)
• Limited Express "Kamome" derails
  [Resource 286] Limited Express "Kamome" derailment (in Japanese), Yahoo! Japan local topics
  (Page published 24 Jul 2003)
• "Cool the Tube!" -- the funny ideas
  [Resource 285] Your ideas to cool the Tube (and win £100k), BBC News Online 23/7/03.
  (Page published 23 Jul 2003)
• Amarube Viaduct to be replaced by a new prestressed concrete bridge?
  [Resource 262] Takei, Preserve Amarube Viaduct and the landscape (in Japanese), Mainichi Interactive 3/7/2003
  (Page published 4 Jul 2003)
• Forth Bridges -- the contrast of "Road" and "Rail"
  [Photo 261] Date this photo is taken: 2 November 2002
  (Page published 1 Jul 2003)
• Forth Rail Bridge -- cantilever truss, southernmost section
  [Photo 259] Date this photo is taken: 2 November 2002
  (Page published 28 Jun 2003)
• Connex to lose franchise as TOC in the south east of London
  [Resource 258] 'Shocked' Connex considers next move, BBC News Online 27/6/03
  (Page published 28 Jun 2003)
• New Shinkansen emus of JR Central and JR West
  [Resource 257] New Shinkansen emus (Series N700) for Tokaido and San'yo Shinkansen (in Japanese), JR Central News Release 27/6/03
  (Page published 27 Jun 2003)
• "Ration" of National Railway's Series 63 emus to private railways   (Tobu's Series 5000 memo)
  The pre-history of Series 78, predecessor of Series 5000 -- Series 63 emus that the Ministry of Transport "rationed" the private railway companies in the period of postwar chaos.
  (Page published 27 Jun 2003)
• Forth Rail Bridge -- southern connecting tower between the cantilever truss and side spans
  [Photo 254] Date this photo is taken: 2 November 2002
  (Page published 24 Jun 2003)
• Nose-suspension drives   (Tobu's Series 5000 memo)
  The focus of interest towards Tobu's Series 5000 -- nose suspension drives, with technical explanation.
  (Page published 18 Jun 2003)
• Tobu Railway Series 5000 emus -- a memorandum
  Tobu Railway's Series 5000 emus, now reaching the end of life. The page is dedicated to them, written in the UK some 10,000 miles away, without a photograph.
  (Page published 18 Jun 2003, last updated 21 Oct 2003)
• British rail statistics -- no improvements in performance index
  [Resource 250] Rail records another dismal year, BBC News Online 16/6/03
  (Page published 18 Jun 2003)
• Forth Rail Bridge -- southern side spans
  [Photo 249] Date this photo is taken: 2 November 2002
  (Page published 14 Jun 2003)
• Forth Rail Bridge -- the view from South Queensferry
  [Photo 248] Date this photo is taken: 2 November 2002
  (Page published 13 Jun 2003)
• Virgin Trains' "Voyager" over the Forth Rail Bridge
  [Photo 243] Date this photo is taken: 2 November 2002
  (Page published 1 Jun 2003)
• Forth Rail Bridge -- another view from Road Bridge
  [Photo 242] Date this photo is taken: 2 November 2002
  (Page published 31 May 2003)
• The web site of London Transport Museum
  [Resource 233] London's Transport Museum (Home Page)
  (Page published 21 May 2003)
• "The museums of railways"   (Digital Camera Report from Birmingham No. 10)
  Apparently one of the outstanding features of British rail culture is the extensive activity of preservation, that can be experienced when you take ride on any of the preserved railways or trains, or when you visit one of the railway museums. Absolutely superb!
  (Page published 21 May 2003)
• "Shakespeare Express", waiting for departure at Stratford-upon-Avon Station
  [Photo 231] Date this photo is taken: 8 September 2002
  (Page published 20 May 2003)
• Class 91 Locomotive, dwelling at York Station
  [Photo 218] Date this photo is taken: 14 September 2002
  (Page published 20 May 2003)
• The display at "Birmingham Railway Museum"
  [Photo 217] Date this photo is taken: 1 September 2002
  (Page published 20 May 2003)
• The web site of Severn Valley Railway
  [Resource 229] Severn Valley Railway Home Page
  (Page published 19 May 2003)
• The web site of Vintage Trains
  [Resource 226] Vintage Trains Web Site
  (Page published 19 May 2003)
• My private tourists' guide to Birmingham
  This document was prepared for colleagues of JRGS (Japanese Researchers' and Graduate students' Society), yet another Japanese expatriates' society here in the UK. Well, I will publish this document in the hope that the City wins the "Capital of Culture" bid.
  (Page published 19 May 2003, last updated 5 Jun 2003)
• Home page of Black Country Living Museum
  [Resource 216] Black Country Living Museum Home Page
  (Page published 15 May 2003)
• "The Road Train" linking between York Minster and NRM
  [Photo 213] Date this photo is taken: 14 September 2002
  (Page published 14 May 2003)
• The goods entrance to the Great Hall, National Railway Museum in York
  [Photo 212] Date this photo is taken: 14 September 2002
  (Page published 14 May 2003)
• The displays at London Transport Museum
  [Photo 208] Date this photo is taken: 26 August 2002
  (Page published 13 May 2003)
• Home page of West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority (WMPTA)
  [Resource 206] West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority Home Page
  (Page published 13 May 2003)
• Home Page of Travel West Midlands, the bus operator
  [Resource 205] Travel West Midlands Home Page
  (Page published 12 May 2003)
• The facade of London Transport Museum
  [Photo 203] Date this photo is taken: 26 August 2002
  (Page published 11 May 2003)
• Chiltern Railways Home Page
  [Resource 201] Chiltern Railways Home Page
  (Page published 10 May 2003)
• The official opening of Birmingham's SkyRail
  On Birmingham's new people mover "Sky Rail", linking between Birmingham Airport passenger terminal building and Birmingham International railway station. I have been there to take a ride on the day of its official opening.
  (Page published 5 May 2003, last updated 14 May 2003)
• A view from inside Birmingham's Sky Rail (2)
  [Photo 195] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 29 Apr 2003)
• Railway station side concourse of Sky Rail, Birmingham (2)
  [Photo 197] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 28 Apr 2003, last updated 29 Apr 2003)
• Railway station side concourse of Sky Rail, Birmingham
  [Photo 196] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 28 Apr 2003, last updated 29 Apr 2003)
• A view from inside Birmingham's Sky Rail
  [Photo 194] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 5 Apr 2003)
• The vehicle of Sky Rail in Birmingham as it approaches airport terminal
  [Photo 193] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 4 Apr 2003, last updated 30 Apr 2003)
• Airport side concourse of Sky Rail, Birmingham
  [Photo 192] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 14 Mar 2003)
• The vehicle of Birmingham's Sky Rail -- just after departure from airport terminal
  [Photo 191] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 14 Mar 2003)
• The side view of Sky Rail vehicle
  [Photo 190] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 14 Mar 2003)
• Birmingham's SkyRail -- official opening (2)
  [Photo 189] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 13 Mar 2003)
• Birmingham's SkyRail -- official opening
  [Photo 188] Date this photo is taken: 7 March 2003
  (Page published 13 Mar 2003)
• Toyama-ko and Kibi Lines to be converted to light rail transit?
  [Resource 187] Tramways: JR West to convert rural lines to LRTs in Toyama and Okayama (in Japanese), Yahoo! News 27/2/03
  (Page published 5 Mar 2003, last updated 13 Mar 2003)
• University of Birmingham's Rail Centre -- example press coverage
  [Resource 186] University to head national rail centre, BBC News Online 25/2/2003
  (Page published 27 Feb 2003)
• "Holiday on the Canal Boat"   (Digital Camera Report from Birmingham No. 9)
  The joy of a holiday on the canal boat at Llangollen, where Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is located. In Birmingham "the Canal City", redevelopment that changed the canalside to a beautiful sight.
  (Page published 27 Feb 2003, last updated 20 May 2003)
• Rail Research UK
  [Resource 185] Birmingham at the Controls of New Rail Research Centre, University of Birmingham Press release 25/2/2003
  (Page published 26 Feb 2003, last updated 27 Feb 2003)
• The Railway Research Centre at Birmingham University
  [Resource 184] The Railway Research Centre at Birmingham, Home page
  (Page published 26 Feb 2003)
• Arson attack in the subway of Daegu, South Korea
  [Resource 183] Anger mounts over Korean fire, BBC News Online 20/2/03
  (Page published 22 Feb 2003)
• "The Usage of Electricity"   (Digital Camera Report from Birmingham No. 8)
  In UK, you can enjoy cheap electricity in your house, while the electrification is far from complete on railways. I do feel something's wrong...
  (Page published 17 Feb 2003)
• The interior of "Clubman"
  [Photo 175] Date this photo is taken: 21 September 2001
  (Page published 15 Feb 2003, last updated 17 Feb 2003)
• Clubman Diesel multiple unit of Chiltern Railways
  [Photo 174] Date this photo is taken: 21 September 2001
  (Page published 15 Feb 2003, last updated 16 Feb 2003)
• London Marylebone Station
  [Photo 173] Date this photo is taken: 21 September 2001
  (Page published 14 Feb 2003)
• Diesel train running on the electrified section
  [Photo 172] Date this photo is taken: 8 June 2002
  (Page published 12 Feb 2003)
• Class 323 electric multiple unit train, running along Worcester and Birmingham Canal
  [Photo 160] Date this photo is taken: 8 June 2002
  (Page published 31 Jan 2003, last updated 10 Feb 2003)
• Derailment in London Underground
  [Resource 158] Tube shutdown prolongs commuter chaos, BBC online 28/1/03
  (Page published 31 Jan 2003)

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