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218:Track gauge
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1661:Categories
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1560:Keihanshin
1375:Memanbetsu
1245:Tōzai Line
1157:Cassiopeia
638:References
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555:Withdrawal
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342:Class ED79
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1476:MOL Ferry
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1301:Terminals
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808:9 October
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1528:Tunnels
1488:(Haboro—
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1410:Wakkanai
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1380:Monbetsu
1365:Hakodate
1350:Airports
1313:Hakodate
1178:Ishikari
1171:Hamanasu
1132:Taisetsu
1055:Hayabusa
1014:Sekihoku
952:Hakodate
892:Hokkaido
776:22 March
718:列車名鑑1995
626:See also
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561:Hamanasu
545:Hamanasu
529:Taisetsu
524:Abashiri
520:Hakodate
516:Hamanasu
431:Interior
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318:Hamanasu
286:via the
258:Hamanasu
45:Overview
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23:Hamanasu
1625:Shikoku
1615:Okayama
1600:Niigata
1570:Fukuoka
1551:transit
1430:Kushiro
1400:Rishiri
1390:Okadama
1370:Kushiro
1323:Sapporo
1164:Hakuchō
1139:Tokachi
1125:Suzuran
1097:Okhotsk
1022:Sekishō
979:Muroran
930:Chitose
510:History
284:Sapporo
143:Sapporo
135:Termini
54:Express
1610:Nagano
1605:Toyama
1590:Sendai
1585:Aomori
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60:Status
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1555:Tokyo
1549:Japan
1512:Cards
1424:Otaru
1417:Ports
1328:Ōdōri
1104:Ōzora
1090:Lilac
1076:Kamui
1030:Senmō
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1308:Rail
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