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Continue north and you will enter Seibu's territory! Their cheery yellow trains run as far as Kawagoe and the resorts at Chichibupic.twitter.com/1uwRDlQlp1
Next: Tobu Dominating Tokyo's northern suburbs, their trains run all the way to Nikko & Kinugawa! Tobu also owns the Tokyo Skytree complexpic.twitter.com/DDOysJUAbp
Further south and east, you'll find Keisei! This railway offers the fastest service from Tokyo to Narita Airport on its Skyliner express!pic.twitter.com/g7AgLFfV3O
Two smaller Tokyo-area companies...Shin-Keisei and Sotetsu! The former interoperates with Keisei, idk why they're distinct companies...pic.twitter.com/XN7zCuXzNN
Heading to Nagoya now--this is Meitetsu! Meitetsu is unrivaled in the Nagoya area, "Meitetsu" itself is short for "Nagoya Railroad"pic.twitter.com/xbyIQdYpSV
Between Nagoya and Osaka you will find Kintetsu! Kintetsu is the largest private railway in Japan (by mileage), if memory servespic.twitter.com/3lEV4JaEcK
Next: Nankai Nankai's intimidating express "Rap:t" serves Kansai Airport--other lines serve Wakayama and the holy Mt Koyapic.twitter.com/rCdNvpneCg
On the other side of the city: Keihan! Their sophisticated trains shuttle people between Osaka and Kyotopic.twitter.com/RaHTj5tehi
Heading west, we enter Hankyu's territory! Hankyu's glamorous trains serve Osaka's northern suburbs, connecting to Kyoto and Kobe too!pic.twitter.com/N8n7QwhuAH
Just south is Hanshin! Hanshin competes on the busy Osaka-Kobe route, and recently extended one of its Osaka lines to Namba terminalpic.twitter.com/3gbqsMJnkG
Next is Sanyo! This railway operates west of Kobe, connecting to Himeji. Through service is available onto Hankyu and Hanshin!pic.twitter.com/pUkN036Sw1
Let's conclude with Shintetsu This little railway serves Kobe's northern suburbs, and connects to Sanyo, Hankyu, & Hanshin in downtown Kobepic.twitter.com/D4bvKDeiJv
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