Japanese National Railways

E55792

Japanese National Railways was Japan’s former state-owned railway company that operated the country’s nationwide rail network until its privatization and breakup in 1987.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company
state-owned railway company
archivesHeldBy JNR Settlement Corporation
country Japan
dateOfEvent 1964-10-01 Tōkaidō Shinkansen opened
dissolved 1987-04-01
facedIssue chronic financial deficits
large accumulated debt
overstaffing
political interference in management
hadEmployeeCount over 400000 employees at peak
hadSubsidiary JNR Bus operations
headquartersLocation Tokyo
inception 1949-06-01
introducedService Tōkaidō Shinkansen
legalForm public corporation
nativeName 日本国有鉄道
notableEvent JNR privatization and breakup on 1987-04-01
operatedInIndustry freight transport
passenger transport
rail transport
operatedLine Chūō Main Line NERFINISHED
Hokkaido Main Line NERFINISHED
Nagasaki Main Line NERFINISHED
Sanyō Main Line NERFINISHED
Tōhoku Main Line NERFINISHED
Tōkaidō Main Line NERFINISHED
operatedRailNetwork nationwide rail network of Japan
operatedRegion Hokkaido
Honshu
Kyushu NERFINISHED
Okinawa (no rail operations)
Shikoku NERFINISHED
operatedService Shinkansen high-speed rail
commuter rail services
freight rail services
intercity rail services
owner Government of Japan
precededBy Japanese Government Railways
reasonForDissolution privatization and breakup of state-owned railways
regulatedBy Japanese National Railways Law
shortName JNR
successor JR Central
JR East
JR Freight
JR Hokkaido
JR Kyushu
JR Shikoku
JR West
Shinkansen Holding Corporation


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