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The Shinkansen ( Japanese: 新幹線, [ɕiŋkaꜜɰ̃seɴ] ⓘ, lit. 'new main line'), colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan. Initially, it was built to connect distant Japanese regions with Tokyo, the capital, to aid economic growth and development.
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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.
Nov 2, 2023 · A History of Japanese Train Evolution. See how interwoven public and private spheres spawned Japan’s modern railways and the complex story about their evolution. By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz. November 2, 2023 Updated On November 15, 2023
The history of rail transport in Japan began in the late Edo period. There have been four main stages: [1] Stage 1, from 1872, the first line, from Tokyo to Yokohama, to the end of the Russo-Japanese war; Stage 2, from nationalization in 1906-07 to the end of World War II; Stage 3, from the postwar creation of Japanese National Railways to 1987;
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Brief Overview of Japanese Trains. Railway Covers Every Corner of Japan. An extensive and reliable network of railways covers Japan’s four major islands, Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. In Japan, about 27,268 km of railway crisscross the nation. JR (former Japan Natinal Railway) is controlling more than 20,000km of the railway, and the ...
