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{{Short description|Japanese light novel series by Hideyuki Kurata}}
{{Other uses|Train Train (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Train+Train
| image           = TrainPlusTrain.jpg
| caption         = Cover of the first novel of ''Train+Train'' as published by [[ASCII Media Works]]
| genre           = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = light novel
| author          = [[Hideyuki Kurata]]
| illustrator     = Tomomasa Takuma
| publisher       = [[ASCII Media Works]]
| demographic     = Male
| imprint           = [[Dengeki Bunko]]
| magazine        = 
| first           = 1999
| last            = 2002
| volumes         = 5
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = Hideyuki Kurata
| illustrator     = Tomomasa Takuma
| publisher       = [[MediaWorks (publisher)|MediaWorks]]
| publisher_en    = {{English manga publisher | NA= [[Go! Comi]]}}
| demographic     = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| magazine        = [[Dengeki Daioh]]
| first           = January 2000
| last            = May 2003
| volumes         = 6
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

'''''Train+Train'''''<!--Note title is in Romaji not Kanji and/or Katakana.--> is a Japanese [[light novel]] series, written by [[Hideyuki Kurata]] (author of the ''[[Read or Dream]]'' series) and illustrated by Tomomasa Takuma.<ref name="dengekiya_1st_novel">{{Cite web |script-title=ja:TRAIN+TRAIN（１） |url=http://www.dengekiya.com/ditails.asp?prdid=A9912590 |publisher=[[MediaWorks (publisher)|MediaWorks]] |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041227220937/http://www.dengekiya.com/ditails.asp?prdid=A9912590 |archivedate=2004-12-27 }}</ref><ref name="Newtype USA 6 1 136">{{Cite magazine|last=Gifford|first=Kevin|title=Train+Train Volume 1|magazine=Newtype USA|volume=6|issue=1|page=136|date=January 2007|issn=1541-4817}}</ref> A [[manga]] series was serialized in ''[[Dengeki Daioh]]'' between January 2000 and May 2003 and was completed by the sixth [[Tankōbon|bound volume]].<ref name="dengekiya_6th_manga">{{Cite web |script-title=ja:TRAIN+TRAIN（６） |url=http://www.dengekiya.com/ditails.asp?prdid=B0311160 |publisher=MediaWorks |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219054545/http://www.dengekiya.com/ditails.asp?prdid=B0311160 |archivedate=2005-02-19 }}</ref> The series is published in Japan by [[MediaWorks (publisher)|MediaWorks]] and for the English version,<ref name="gocomi">{{cite web|title=Official website for the English version|url=http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&s_id=7|publisher=[[Go! Comi]]|access-date=2007-10-11|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022758/http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&s_id=7|url-status=dead}}</ref> the series' lettering is done by Team Pokopen and is licensed by [[Go! Comi]].<ref name="Newtype USA 6 1 136"/>

==Plot==
On Deloca, a distant planet from Earth, high schools are mobile. They exist in train versions, huge ones, with shopping malls and dorms and anything else one would need in an education. Most students go to standard school trains, to travel around the world for a regular education. Reiichi, the protagonist, finds himself on the Special Train after literally being handcuffed to Arena, a young female warrior with brutal assassins pursuing her. The Special Train accepts him and Reiichi finds himself drawn into its adventures, such as having to win two million 'gold' and saving a small mountain town from certain disaster.

==Reception==
{{Expand section|1=reviews including those listed on the talk page|date=December 2009}}
In [[Jason Thompson (writer)|Jason Thompson]]'s online appendix to ''[[Manga: The Complete Guide]]'', he describes the manga's artwork as "sparse and generic", which he felt was at odds with the series' premise of going places and seeing things.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.suvudu.com/2009/09/365-days-of-manga-day-15-train-train.html | title=Some of the Richest Authors of All Time | date=January 2022 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&s_id=7 Official website for the manga] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022758/http://www.gocomi.com/index.php?module=manga&sub=series_detail&s_id=7 |date=2015-09-24 }}
* {{Anime News Network|manga|7493|TRAIN+TRAIN (manga)}}

[[Category:1999 Japanese novels]]
[[Category:2000 manga]]
[[Category:ASCII Media Works manga]]
[[Category:Dengeki Bunko]]
[[Category:Dengeki Comics]]
[[Category:Dengeki Daioh]]
[[Category:Kadokawa Dwango franchises]]
[[Category:Go! Comi titles]]
[[Category:Hideyuki Kurata]]
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[[Category:Shōnen manga]]