Transport Koutsuu
Transport Koutsuu
I usually commute to the
university
by train and bus, partly because my hobbies include a great
interest
in railways and other kinds of transport.
I often take transport photos, as
in
the case of this new type of hybrid double-decker
bus in London, at Victoria in April 2014:
or these bicycles provided
citywide in Brisbane, in a scheme similar to other cities:
See an earlier eco-friendly London
bus.
or these bullet trains.
First,
an N700 type passing
Futagawa, near Toyohashi in
September 2011:
And another one taken in
September
2011 showing a Shin-Aomori bound E5 'Hayabusa' at Tokyo Station:
In 2010, I visited the Akechi Railway (Gifu Prefecture), where they were having two days of test operating JR Hokkaido's DMV (Dual Mode Vehicle) which can operate on road and rail:
I often visit places of transport interest and gather information about railways and travel in Japan for publications including:
and 
Steam trains are always particularly attractive of course and it was great to see degoichi D51 498 passing Kazusa-Nakano in Chiba Prefecture in early February 2007. This locomotive was built in 1940 at Takatori Works, near Kobe and usually operates on the Joetsu Line.
See:
Rail -in and out of fashion - Komaki and Toyama
Intelligent Transport Systems Exhibition in October 2004
