All Japan articles – Page 8
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Jomo Electric Railway
This rural line serves central Gunma prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, and was opened in 1928. It runs from Chuo-Maebashi east to Nishi-Kiryu, running to the north of JR East’s Ryomo Line; both terminus stations are close to this line, but without direct interchange. The line does interchange with the Tōbu ...
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Joshin Electric Railway
Opened 1897, the Joshin Line is a branch connecting the major interchange at Takasaki south and then west up the Kabura River to Shimonita in Gunma prefecture. At Takasaki the Joshin Line connects with several lines including JR East’s Joetsu and Hokuriku shinkansen lines and the Joetsu main line. Address51 ...
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Keio Electric Railway
Opened as a tramway in 1913, Keio’s two main lines of different gauges are the result of earlier mergers. Both serve the west side of Tokyo. See Tokyo network map. The 1 372 mm gauge network comprises a main line west from Shinjuku and its branches: Keio Line (37·9 ...
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Echizen Railway
This third sector railway was set up in 2002, and on February 1 2003 took over operation of Keifuku Electric Railway’s network of local lines centred on Fukui, Honshu, which had been closed in 2001. The operational lines are the Mikuni Awara Line, running 28 km north to Mikuniminato, and ...
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East Japan Railway (JR East)
JR East was created in 1987 when Japanese National Railways was restructured, and its full shareholding listed in 2002. The largest member of the JR Group*, it serves the east of Honshu comprising the heavily-populated Kanto region around Tokyo, the northeast Tohoku region and the eastern part of Chubu region. ...
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Hiroshima Dentetsu (Hiroden)
Conventional tramway opened 1912 with inter-urban line opened 1922, together serving 77 stops. Japan’s most extensive tram network serves central Hiroshima, comprising a loop and six radial branches. There is interchange with the Astram rubber-tyred metro line at Hondori in the city centre. The western branch to Nishi-hiroshima continues as ...
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Hankai Denki Kido
First line opened 1900; two-route tramway serving 39 stops. See Osaka network map. Wholly-owned by Nankai Electric Railway, the tramway serves south Osaka and Sakai city. The main Hankai line runs from Ebisucho on Osaka metro’s Sakaisuji line south via Sumiyoshi to Hamadera (14·1 km). The Uemachi line connects Tennoji ...
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Keifuku Denki Tetsudo (Randen)
Tramway opened in 1910. ‘Y’-shaped network serving 22 stops. Operates the Arashiyama main line (7·2 km, 13 stops) and Kitano branch (3·8 km, 9 stops) tramways in western Kyoto on mostly segregated alignment. The system interchanges with Kyoto subway’s Tozai line at Tenjingawa, and the Hankyu Railway Kyoto main line ...
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Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu)
The first railway on Kyushu opened in 1889 between Hakata and Chitosegawa. JR Kyushu was created in 1987 when JNR was privatised. It runs 22 routes serving a total of 567 stations, and forms part of the JR Group*. Kyushu Shinkansen operations between Yatsushiro and Hakata started in Spring 2011, ...