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4 days ago · Railway and tram. In the legal sense, there are two types (with several subcategories) of rail transportation systems in Japan: railway (鉄道, tetsudō) and tramway (軌道, kidō). Every public rail transportation system under government regulation in Japan is classified either as railway or tramway.
4 days ago · The Shinkansen network of Japan had the highest annual passenger ridership (a maximum of 353 million in 2007) of any high-speed rail network until 2011, when the Chinese high-speed railway network surpassed it at 370 million passengers annually, reaching over 2.3 billion annual passengers in 2019.
Aug 15, 2024 · Shinkansen, pioneer high-speed passenger rail system of Japan, with lines on the islands of Honshu, Kyushu, and Hokkaido. It was originally built and operated by the government-owned Japanese National Railways and has been part of the private Japan Railways Group since 1987.
1 day ago · The Chuo Shinkansen (中央新幹線, Central Shinkansen) is a Japanese maglev line under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya, with plans for extension to Osaka. Its initial section is between Shinagawa Station in Tokyo and Nagoya Station in Nagoya, with stations in Sagamihara, Kōfu, Iida and Nakatsugawa.
Aug 13, 2024 · The state-owned Japanese National Railways had about 20,000 kilometers of train lines prior to its 1987 breakup and privatization, through which the current JR Group companies were launched. But many lines have since been scrapped due to falling passenger numbers.
Aug 1, 2024 · The Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), which operates the Tokaido Shinkansen, is set to reclaim for Japan the bragging rights of having the world's fastest train for Japan with...
Jul 26, 2024 · The Japan Rail Pass is an excellent option for tourists; it's a cumulative effort by the six companies of the Japan Rail Group to create a ticket that can be used on all JR trains, in all prefectures, across the country. However, there are still a couple of restrictions.
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