Japan's government owned railway operator from 1949 to 1987, running the national network across every prefecture and debuting the Shinkansen, the first modern high speed railway, in 1964. Burdened by debt from unprofitable rural lines, it was privatized and split into the JR Group companies in 1987.
Facts
Founded Year SignificanceThe operator that debuted modern high speed rail. 1 Headquarters Dissolved Year Connections
Operates
Why this is disputed. Japanese National Railways planned and began the tunnel, but JNR was privatised in 1987, a year before the tunnel opened in 1988, so operation passed to its Hokkaido and East Japan successor companies at opening. Recorded against JNR for continuity with this atlas's existing JNR entity; a successor-company edge is a fair repair for whichever lane next works the networks axis.
Source Wikipedia: Japanese National Railways
Operated by Japanese National Railways from the line's 1964 opening until JNR's 1987 privatization, after which the Tokaido Shinkansen passed to Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), an operator not yet separately catalogued here.
Source Wikipedia: Tokaido Shinkansen
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Japanese National Railways
WikipediaHistory
On June 1, 1949, by a directive of the U.S. General HQ in Tokyo, JGR was reorganized into Japanese National Railways
Shinkansen
Shinkansen, the world's first high-speed railway was debuted by JNR in 1964.
Lead section
from 1949 to 1987
Infobox, hq_location_city
Tokyo
View the Source Wikipedia: Tokaido Shinkansen
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