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Major private railways (大手私鉄): Any of the 15 private railways (excluding subways) considered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and others to be the largest private railways in Japan (by network length, ridership volume, and other metrics), providing critical urban rail service in the Greater Tokyo, Greater ...
Japan's railways carried 9.147 billion passengers (260 billion passenger-kilometres) in the year 2013–14. [3] In comparison, Germany has over 40,000 km (25,000 mi) of railways, but carries only 2.2 billion passengers per year. [4] Because of the massive use of its railway system, Japan is home to 46 of the world's 50 busiest stations. [5]
Opened in stages, completed 1 February 1931. Built as a railway, through workings over town tramway system started 1 April 1958. Railway stock gradually replaced by tramway stock; last railway stock withdrawn 20 August 1994 [citation needed]. Iwakuni Denki Kidō (岩国電気軌道) Iwakuni: Electric (600 V DC) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 2 February 1909
Misaki-Kōen Station (Japan) Show map of Japan Misaki-Kōen Station ( 御崎公園駅 , Misaki-Kōen-eki ) is a train station in Hyōgo-ku , Kobe , Hyōgo Prefecture , Japan .
The Biwako Line (琵琶湖線, Biwako-sen) is the nickname used by the operator of the West Japan Railway Company (JR West) to refer to the portion of the Tōkaidō Main Line (between Maibara Station and Kyoto Station) and the Hokuriku Main Line (between Maibara Station and Nagahama Station).
The Keikyu platforms at Yokohama Station, the busiest station on the Keikyu network, followed by Shinagawa and Sengakuji. List of Keikyu Corporation stations lists stations on the Keikyu network, including station location (ward or city), opening date, design (underground, at-grade, or elevated), and daily ridership.
The Keishin Line (京津線, Keishin-sen) is an interurban partially-street running railway line in Japan operated by the private railway operator Keihan Electric Railway. The 7.5 km (4.7 mi) line connects Misasagi Station in Kyoto and Biwako-hamaotsu Station in the neighbouring city of Ōtsu .
The line now called the JR Kyoto Line opened in 1876, only four years after the opening of the first railway in Japan. On 26 July 1876, the Japanese Government Railways opened the section between Ōsaka and Mukōmachi with an intermediate station at Takatsuki. On 9 August 1876, Yamazaki Station, Ibaraki Station and Suita Station opened.