Andrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl:

METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN - Vol. 1: Tokyo Region

Subways, suburban railways (JR East and Private Railways), trams, monorail and guided-transit systems in the Toyko conurbation - including Yokohama, Shonan, Tama, Saitama and Chiba

Text: German & English
160 pages, ca. 300 photos
Detailed network maps
June 2016
ISBN 978-3-936573-47-3

Andrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl:

METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN - Vol. 2: North & Central Japan

Metros in Sapporo, Sendai and Nagoya as well as trams in Hakodate, Toyama, Fukui, Takaoka, Toyohashi, Kochi, Matsuyama plus various other urban rail systems in North & Central Japan

144 pages; Network maps; ca. 300 colour photos
Text deutsch & English
ISBN 978 3 936573 52 7
03/2017

The second volume of our trilogy about urban rail systems in Japan covers all the systems in North and Central Japan, from the metros in Sapporo, Sendai and Nagoya to the numerous tram networks and various private suburban railways. This volume also includes all the cities with urban rail systems on the islands of Shikoku and Okinawa. As usual, the book is illustrated with a large number of recent colour photos and detailed network maps.

Andrew Phipps & Robert Schwandl:

METROS & TRAMS in JAPAN - Vol. 3: West & South

Osaka - Kyoto - Kobe - Okayama - Hiroshima - Kitakyushu - Fukuoka - Nagasaki - Kumamoto - Kagoshima

The third volume of our trilogy about urban rail systems in Japan covers all the systems in West and South Japan, from the metros in Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka to the different special transit systems like monorails and people movers, and to the numerous tramways, including Japan's largest network in Hiroshima. As usual, the book is illustrated with a large number of recent colour photos and detailed network maps.

Text: German & English; 160 pages, ca. 300 photos; Detailed network maps
Oct 2018 - ISBN 978-3-936573-54-1