The Galaxy Railways

is a 26-episode anime television series by Planet that was produced by Leiji Matsumoto, who also created the earlier Galaxy Express 999 manga. It aired in Japan from October 5, 2003 to April 11, 2004 and ran for 26 episodes. Funimation has licensed the anime for release in the United States. A sequel series, aired from October 5, 2006 to March 29, 2007 and ran for 24 episodes. Near the end of the second season's run a 4 episode OVA was released as from December 30, 2006 to April 25, 2007. It was also announced that on March 25, 2009, an off-take of the series called would be released as a Drama CD.

The Galaxy Railways story is somewhat of a continuance of the Galaxy Express 999 story.

Plot
On the planet Destiny, which is claimed to be where the center of the Universe lies the terminals of "The Galaxy Railways". Yuuki Manabu joins the SDF (Space Defense Force) to protect the safety of the Galaxy Railways in honor of his deceased father and brother. The SDF upholds its reputation of maintaining the best transportation schedules within the Universe, while dealing with frequent occurrences along its lines such as accidents, natural disasters, rescue operations and space pirates. All is changed after Yuuki encounters a mysterious beauty named Layla Destiny Shura, whose powers to see throughout the universe can determine the fate of SDF and all lines on the Galaxy Railways.

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