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NewsTracklaying completed on Sotetsu – Tokyu Link
JAPAN: The completion of tracklaying on the link line connecting the Sotetsu and Tokyu railways was marked with a ceremony at Shin-Yokohama on July 8.
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Yokohama Minatomirai-sen
Opened 2004. Single route serving six stations. See Yokohama network map. As part of a redevelopment of the Yokohama waterfront, a tunnelled route was constructed southeast from Yokohama mainline station to Motomachi-Chukagai. It was opened on February 1 2004 (4·1 km, 6 stations). Services operate through to the Tokyu Toyoko ...
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Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (Rinkai-sen)
Opened in 1996, single line with 8 stations. See Tokyo network map. This ‘Third Sector’ line opened on March 30 1996 running in tunnel west from an interchange with JR East’s Keiyo line at Shin-Kiba to Tokyo’s waterfront development area on the artifical islands of Aomi and Odaiba, also served ...
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Tokyo Metro Co Ltd
Opened 1927. Nine line network serving 143 stations. See Tokyo network map. The Tokyo Metro consists of the following lines: Tokyo Metro Name gaugekmstaopenedlast extendednotes † These lines share 8·3 km and 6 stationsTogether with the Toei metro network (a further four lines) the Tokyo ...
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Utsunomiya Light Rail Co Ltd
Single ight rail route opened 2023, serving 19 stops. Ministerial approval for a light rail line in Utsunomiya, 100 km north of Tokyo, was given in September 2016 (14·6 km, 19 stops); groundbreaking took place on May 28 2018. Opening was originally planned for March 2022, but it eventually opened ...
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West Japan Railway Co (JR West)
JR West was created in 1987 when Japanese National Railways was restructured and privatised, with all its shareholding listed since 2004. It is a constituent of the JR Group* brand. It serves the Kansai region around Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe, and western Honshu, including the Sanyo shinkansen, with 52 lines ...