About JR EAST Train Simulator

JR EAST Train Simulator is a train driving simulation created through a partnership between Ongakukan, a studio with deep experience in the genre, and the railway operator JR East. Its central promise is authenticity: it brings home the professional simulator that JR East actually uses to train its drivers, letting you experience that same tool from your own PC.

Realism runs through every feature. High-definition footage of JR East's train lines is captured in live-action, so you drive from the exact perspective a real driver would have. The sounds coming from the trains and tracks are recorded by JR East using actual trains, delivering the kind of running noise a driver would find comfortable and familiar behind the controls.

The instrument panel reinforces that fidelity, displaying the speedometer and other data just as a real vehicle would and responding faithfully to your driving operations and speed. When you switch to a different type of vehicle, both the sound and the instrument panel display change to match that vehicle. As a dedicated simulation title, JR EAST Train Simulator offers PC players a grounded, professionally sourced take on the craft of driving a train.