All Japan articles – Page 7
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Hojo Railway
This third sector company took over JNR’s branch line from Ao to Hojomachi in 1985. There is interchange with JR West’s Kakogawa line and Kobe Electric Railway at Ao. Address28-2 Hojo-machiKasai-shi Hyogo-ken 675-2312JapanPhone+81 790 42 0036Fax+81 790 42 6054Emailhoujyou-rw@white.plala.or.jpWebsitewww.hojorailway.jp Traffic Passenger journeys0.358 millionPassenger-km3.8 millionInformation year2014 Network ...
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Hisatsu Orange Railway
Following opening of the Kyushu shinkansen in 2004, the portion of the 1 067 mm gauge Kagoshima main line of JR Kyushu between Yatsushiro and Sendai via Shin-Minamata and Izumi was reorganised as a third-sector railway. The Hisatu line connects at both ends with JR Kyushu’s Kagoshima main line. At ...
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Hakone Tozan Railway
Opened in 1919, this Odakyu Group railway runs west from Odawara (interchange with JR East’s Tokaido Line) to Gora in the Hakone mountains to the southwest of Tokyo, but since 2006 it has been operated in two separate sections with a change of gauge at Hakone-Yumoto: Odawara – Hakone-Yumoto: ...
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Hakodate-shi Kigyo Kyoku Kotsu-bu
Two-route conventional tramway opened 1897, electrified in 1913, serving 26 stops. The network grew to around 18 km, but closures since the 1970s have left a “Y”-shaped network linking the port and Yashigashira in the west via the main station to Yunokawa in the east. Address15-1-13 Kobama-choHakodate-shi Hokkaido 042-0935JapanPhone+81 138 ...
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Fukuoka-shi Kotsu Kyoku
Opened 1981. Three metro lines, serving 37 stations. See Fukuoka network map. Initial metro system opened July 26 1981 from Muromi to Tenjin (Kuko line, 5.8 km, 7 stations). This core route was extended and connected to provide a joint through service west onto JR Kyushu’s Chikuhi line, and east ...
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Japan Freight Railway (JR Freight)
Hauls mainly containers and bulk freight over infrastructure owned by the six JR Group* passenger companies, with around 420 trains per day; JR Freight owns only a short amount of its own railway. JR Freight also has business interests covering warehousing, insurance, travel agency, advertising, car parts and motor vehicle ...
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Hokuetsu Express
This third sector railway opened the Hokuhoku Line in 1997 between Muika-machi and Saigata via Tokamachi in Niigata prefecture. The Hokuhoku Line provides a short cut from Saigata on JR East’s Shin-Etsu main line to Muika-machi on its Joetsu line, from where a limited service continues south to Echigo-Yuzawa for ...