Japanese National Railways

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defunct company state-owned railway company

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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Japanese National Railways canonical 47
日本国有鉄道 2
JNR Bus operations 1

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 Japanese National Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: JNR Bus operations
headquartersLocation Tokyo ⓘ
inception 1949-06-01 ⓘ
introducedService Tokaido Shinkansen ⓘ
surface form: Tōkaidō Shinkansen
legalForm public corporation ⓘ
nativeName Japanese National Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Hokkaido Main Line ⓘ
Nagasaki Main Line ⓘ
Sanyo Main Line ⓘ
surface form: Sanyō Main Line

Tōhoku Main Line ⓘ
Tōkaidō Main Line ⓘ
operatedRailNetwork nationwide rail network of Japan ⓘ
operatedRegion Hokkaido ⓘ
Honshu ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ
Okinawa (no rail operations) ⓘ
Shikoku ⓘ
operatedService Shinkansen high-speed rail network ⓘ
surface form: 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 Central Japan Railway Company ⓘ
surface form: JR Central

East Japan Railway Company ⓘ
surface form: JR East

JR Freight ⓘ
JR Hokkaido ⓘ
Kyushu Railway Company ⓘ
surface form: JR Kyushu

JR Shikoku ⓘ
JR West ⓘ
Shinkansen Holding Corporation ⓘ

Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Osaka Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Kyoto Line → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
West Japan Railway Company → formerOwner → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Japanese National Railways → nativeName → Japanese National Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 日本国有鉄道
Japanese National Railways → hadSubsidiary → Japanese National Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: JNR Bus operations
Tōkaidō Main Line → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Kobe Line → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Takarazuka Line → successorOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Central Japan Railway Company → parentOrganizationOrigin → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Shinkansen high-speed rail network → originalOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Hanwa Line → hasOwnerHistory → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Namba Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Rokkomichi Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Odawara Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Zushi Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Yokosuka Line → ownerBeforeJNRBreakup → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
East Japan Railway Company → foundedFrom → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Japanese Shinkansen Series 0 car → operator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
subject surface form: 0 Series Shinkansen
Japanese Shinkansen Series 0 car → railwayCompanyAtIntroduction → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
subject surface form: 0 Series Shinkansen
Tabata Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Kure Line → formerOwner → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Ōu Main Line → formerOwner → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Group → originatedFrom → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Group → predecessor → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JNR → fullName → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JNR → nativeName → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: 日本国有鉄道
JR Hokkaido → foundedAsSuccessorTo → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Japanese National Railways Law → appliesTo → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Japanese National Railways Law → relatedTo → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JNR Settlement Corporation → precededBy → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Shikoku → predecessor → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Kyushu Railway Company → predecessor → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Shinetsu Main Line → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Jōetsu Line → ownerBeforeJNRBreakup → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Japan Railways Group → originatedFrom → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Japan Railways Group → hasPredecessor → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
201 series EMU → operator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
201 series EMU → designedBy → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Ebisu Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Yono Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Japanese Government Railways → successor → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Japanese Government Railways → dissolvedInto → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Tōkai → foundedBy → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Nishi-Kawaguchi Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Freight → precededBy → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
JR Freight → hasPredecessor → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese National Railways freight division
100 series Shinkansen → operator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
100 series Shinkansen → introducedBy → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
Shinkansen Holding Corporation → replaces → Japanese National Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese National Railways (for ownership of Shinkansen assets)
Kita-Urawa Station → formerOperator → Japanese National Railways ⓘ