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Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport in urban areas. It is used relatively little for freight transport, accounting for just 0.84% of goods movement.
- 260 billion (2014)
- 30,625 km
- 7.589 billion (2014)
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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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Our goals are to: 1. Provide a centralized discussion point for articles about railways in Japan 2. Standardize articles about Trains in Japan 3. Provide information that's useful for both railway enthusiasts andvisitors to Japan 4. Create an interesting portal 5. And of course... improve as many Japanese railway articles to featured status
Since many of the articles in our scope originated as translations of the articles at the Japanese Wikipedia, one of our aims is to improve relations with Wikipedias in other languages. In particular, we could improve the quality of the articles here by inviting English-speaking users from the Japanese Wikipedia, and translating articles as part of...
Similar to the Collaboration of the week, but on a smaller scale, you might want to "adopt" an article. This would involve doing the research, writing, and picture-taking (if possible) for either a non-existent article or a stub. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted article, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to fin...
See Category:Japan railway line templatesfor a full listing of templates that list every station on a line (for use in line/station articles)
Template:Infobox station - Add to an articles using {{Infobox station}}Template:Infobox rail line - Add to an articles using {{Infobox rail line}}Template:Infobox Train - Add to an articles using {{Infobox Train}}Template:Infobox Locomotive - Add to an articles using {{Infobox Locomotive}}You may add the "|trains=yes" parameter to the {{WikiProject Japan}} template on the talkpage of articles that are within our scope.Also add {{WikiProject Trains in Japan}} to the page (replacing the {{WikiProject Trains}} if present as the {{WikiProject Trains in Japan}} template now implements the {{WikiProject Trains}} templ...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
Jul 27, 2023 · From early steam locomotives to today’s ultramodern magnetic levitation trains, Japan’s railways represent an epic journey of engineering achievements. In this article, we’ll explore the major eras and milestones that have shaped Japan’s rails over the past 150+ years.
Reinventing the Train Railway engineers in Japan are working to reduce the environmental impact of trains running on their lines. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the CO 2 emissions in 2014 per volume of traffic (passenger) was 133 for private cars, 99 for airplanes and 22 for trains (unit: g-CO 2 ...
Rail travel in Japan is perhaps the most efficient way to travel across the country with an extensive network of over 27,000 km of track covering all the four main islands of Japan, served primarily by Japan Railways ( JR) in addition to other smaller private and municipal operators.