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Synopsis

Rail transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport in metropolitan areas.
There are 27,268 km of rail crisscrossing the country. JR (a group of companies formed after privatization of JNR) controlled 20,135 km of these lines as of March 31, 1996, with the remaining 7,133 km in the hands of private enterprized local railway companies. Japan's railways carried 22.24 billion passengers (395.9 billion passenger-kilometres) in fiscal 2006. In comparison, Germany has over 40,000 km of railways, but travels only 2.2 billion passengers per year.
Railway lines:
All the railway and tram lines in Japan are named by the operators. In principle (with some exceptions), a section of railway has only one name. Line names are shown on a ticket to indicate the route of the ticket. Passengers refer the railway by the name of line (e.g. "Toyoko Line") or the name of operator (e.g. "Hanshin").
The line names may come from a name of destination or a city along the line (e.g. the "Takasaki Line" goes to Takasaki, Gunma); a name of region (e.g. the "Tohoku Main Line" goes through the Tohoku region); an abbreviation of provinces or cities (e.g. the "Gono Line" connects Goshogawara and Noshiro); or a course of the line (e.g. the Tozai Line means the East-West Line).
Simple 1500 Jitsuyou Series Vol. 01: Norikae Annai -2000 Edition- is a complete guide that help the user to select the proper train line to arrive at every place in Japan in the shortest time, featuring all the Japanese lines and trains stations for the year 2000. It's really helpful to planning travels around the country and for rural areas.

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