Timeline of the Japanese Railway
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Updated: 7 Dec 2018
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Aquisition of railway in TaiwanOpening of Keijin Railway, the first railway in KoreaOpening of Railway in KarafutoFoundation of Nippon Railway, the first private railway companyThe opening of Japan's first railway from Shimabshi (Tokyo) to YokohamaOpening of Horonai Railway, the first railway in HokkaidoThe opening of Iyo Railway, the first railway in ShikokuThe opening of Kyushu Railway, the first in KyushuCompletion of the Tokaido Railway Main LinePromulgation of the Railway Construction ActThe Class 860 Steam Locomotive is the first built in JapanThe opening of Japan's first streetcar occurs in KyotoThe foundation of South Manchuria RailwayLight Railway ActThe grand opening of Tokyo StationThe introduction of automatic couplers to the national networkThe inauguration of the Yamanote Loop LineThe opening of the Tokyo Subway, the first in the eastThe Adoption of the metric systemThe adoption of the 24-hour clockThe opening of Kanmon Tunnel connecting Honshu to KyushuThe end of World War II, which left the railways severely damagedThe foundation of Japanese National Railways as a corporationThe completion of electrification of the entire Tokaido Main LineThe grand opening of Ueno Zoo Monorail, the first monorail in JapanKodama, the first EMU express between Tokyo and OsakaHatsukari, the first DMU express, running between Ueno (Tokyo) and AomoriThe grand opening of the first Shinkansen Line, running between Tokyo and Shin-OsakaThe retirement of steam locomotives from all JNR LinesThe retirement of the switchers from the steam locomotivesThe JNR Reconstruction Act, which left all low-profit lines abandonedThe opening of Portliner, which was Japan's first automated guideway transitPrivatization of JNR, succeeded by the Japan Railways GroupThe opening of Seikan Tunnel, running from Hokkaido to HonshuThe opening of Great Seto Bridge connecting Honshu and ShikokuThe first debut of the Linimo in Japan, the first maglev train in the worldDual-gauging of the Seikan TunnelsAmasaki Rail CrashNew Line constructed connecting Kobe to OsakaNew line constructed between Kobe and KyotoNew line connecting Kobe and OtsuNew Line constructed on the Sea of Japan, connecting Tsuruga to Ogaki(, connecting to a canal to Nagoya) via Nagahama on the northern end of Lake BiwaThe first horsecar line in JapanThe first tram car in JapanSCMaglev reached its original world record speed of 581 km/h.SCMaglev reached another world record speed of 603 km/h.Periods
Stage 1: Early DevelopmentStage 2: Development of the Railway SystemStage 3: Postwar Recovery and DevelopmentStage 4: The Current SituationNationalization of 17 private railways
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