JNR

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JNR was Japan's former state-owned railway company that operated the country's national rail network until its privatization and breakup in 1987.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company
state-owned railway company
abbreviation JNR self-link
breakupYear 1987
causeOfReform large debt
operational inefficiencies
continent Asia
country Japan
dateDissolved 1987
fullName Japanese National Railways
hadFinancialIssues yes
headquartersLocation Tokyo
historicalSignificance former national railway operator of Japan
industry rail transport
legalForm public corporation
nativeName Japanese National Railways
surface form: 日本国有鉄道
operated Japan Railways Group
surface form: Japan national rail network
operatedHighSpeedService Shinkansen network
operatedIn Japan
operatedInfrastructure railway lines
railway rolling stock
railway stations
operatedService freight rail services
passenger rail services
owner Government of Japan
ownership state-owned
privatizationYear 1987
publicTransportMode railway
railGaugeUsed narrow gauge
standard gauge (on some Shinkansen lines)
reasonForDissolution breakup
privatization
reformOutcome division into regional JR companies
regionServed Hokkaido
Honshu
Kyushu
Shikoku
status defunct
successor Central Japan Railway Company
surface form: JR Central

East Japan Railway Company
surface form: JR East

JR Group
JR Hokkaido
Kyushu Railway Company
surface form: JR Kyushu

JR Shikoku
JR West
JR Freight
surface form: Japan Freight Railway Company
typeOfNetwork national rail network

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JNR abbreviation JNR self-link