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Apr 7, 2022

What train finder service do you use?

I had been using Hyperdia for years to search for train routes, times and fares in Japan but for whatever reason Hyperdia as of this month no longer offers information about train departure / arrival times which makes it pretty useless for me. This is the notification from Hyperdia about them ending this service (in Japanese): https://www.hyperdia.com/report/reporttimetableend.html I've since had a look at this "Japan Transit Planner" instead, which seems to do a decent job: https://world.jorudan.co.jp/mln/en/ Has anyone got any other train finder recommendations? Website or app.

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SalarymanJim

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9 Answers

  • genkidesu

    genkidesu

    on Apr 8

    I typically just use Google Maps these days...it's easy enough to plug in where I'm going and where I'm headed and it pulls up route info.

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Apr 9

    The Jorudan app and Google Maps are adequate. Google Maps is pretty reliable for local bus connections, too. However, I'm trying out Ekitan and Ekispert this coming week.

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  • SalarymanJim

    SalarymanJim

    on Apr 10

    @genkidesu Thanks. I had been so locked into Hyperdia, I hadn't even thought about Google Maps.

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  • SalarymanJim

    SalarymanJim

    on Apr 10

    @TonetoEdo Thanks. I think I might switch to the Jorudan app.

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  • helloalissa

    helloalissa

    on Apr 11

    I've always used Jorudan norikae in Japanese, so another vote for Jorudan.

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  • SalarymanJim

    SalarymanJim

    on Apr 13

    @helloalissa Thanks. Jorudan seems to be a popular choice.

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  • JapanRamen

    JapanRamen

    on May 5

    I used to use the Yahoo one, but nowadays I just go for Google Maps'. I do wish the cost is easier to see on their app though

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  • Eli

    Eli

    on Aug 2

    Google maps is quite useful. If you prefer a website yahoo 路線情報 is my go to site for train search.

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  • TonetoEdo

    TonetoEdo

    on Aug 6

    I forgot to tell you, I wrote a blog story to answer your question! https://www.city-cost.com/blogs/TonetoEdo/wXm5X-transportation_howto

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