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overview of railways in japan overview of railways in japan   there were about 27,314 km of railway lines under operation in 2004. passengers riding per year were about 385 billion people km. the volume of freight transportation was about 22 billion ton*km.   compared with railways in other countries, one of the special features of railways in japan is the highly dense volume of passenger transportation.   there are four types of railway operating organizations, such as the jr companies, the local government, private railway companies ("mintetsu"), companies invested by local government and private companies ("the third sector").   here, information about the jr companies and private railway companies are briefly mentioned.   previously there was a nation-wide japanese national railways, jnr. because of the huge accumulated deficit and labor problems, jnr was privatized and divided into six passenger companies, one freight company, and other organizations in 1987 (the jnr reform). shelved deficit and labor cuts resulted in the current success of the jr companies.   the jr companies mainly deal with transportation of trunk lines and transportation in the urban vicinities. private railway companies mainly deal with commuter transportation. the ratio of transportation run by the jr and private companies is about 2:1. information about japan(2004) area377,899km2 population127,778,000 people information about the jr group (2004) total route length (wagon km) 20,007km section double lines 5,846km (33%) electrified section 9,861km (56%) passenger traffic 24 million people/day 663 million people km/day freight traffic 101,000 tons/day 60,998 thousands ton km/day established1872 service area of jr companies railway map of shinkansen pages for railway related companies rtri home page
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