RESTRUCTURING OF THE JAPANESE NATIONAL RAILWAYS: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS

The Japanese National Railways (JNR) was broken into 12 private corporations on April 1, 1987, after it had accumulated debt totalling 37.1 trillion yen ($285 billion). This paper investigates both the internal and external causes of JNR's decline and how the newly established JR Group corporations may become financially viable corporations. It also evaluates what U.S. transit operators can learn from the Japanese experience.

• Record URL:
  https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c104685756?urlappend=%3Bseq=39
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  P.O. Box 2055, Saugatuck Station
  Westport, CT  United States  06880-0055
• Authors:
  • Sakita, M
• Publication Date: 1989-1

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 29-45
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Privatization
• Identifier Terms: Nihon kokuyu tetsudo
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00479343
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM