GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

A general description of the JNR, setting out: 1) a history of the Railways and their present position; 2) the organizational and accountancy structure, and the financing of expenditure; 3) the number of staff and the services maintained; 4) the modernization in progress, and the use of computers; 5) the research structures and activities; 6) the operating results; and 7) the new Tokaido Line, and the projects concerning the Sanyo-Shin Kansen Line.

• Corporate Authors:

  JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS

  TOKYO,   Japan 
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 52 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: High speed rail; History
• Identifier Terms: Nihon kokuyu tetsudo; Shinkansen
• Subject Areas: History; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050575
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Railway Documentation, Selection of
• Report/Paper Numbers: UIC #036N5
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1976 12:00AM