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The MARS system used in JR ticket offices is Japan’s largest online real-time system, providing a year-round availability of 99.999%. [2] It offers a range of services, including seat reservations on Shinkansen and Limited Express trains and fare calculation for basic fare tickets, commuter passes, and express tickets. [ 3 ]
Japan's railways carried 9.147 billion passengers (260 billion passenger-kilometres) in the year 2013–14. [3] In comparison, Germany has over 40,000 km (25,000 mi) of railways, but carries only 2.2 billion passengers per year. [4] Because of the massive use of its railway system, Japan is home to 46 of the world's 50 busiest stations. [5]
The logo common throughout the JR group JR Group service regions. The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the JR Group (JRグループ, Jeiāru Gurūpu) or simply JR, is a group of railway companies in Japan that underwent division and privatization [1] of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism estimated that a complete restoration would cost between 6.5 to 7 billion yen. [3] [5] After work was completed to restore the railway, the full line re-opened on 15 July 2023. [6] Major work to reopen the line included the complete rebuilding of the badly damaged No. 1 Shirakawa arch ...
Osaka Monorail Main Line (大阪モノレール線, Ōsaka Monorēru sen) is a monorail route of the Osaka Monorail which connects Osaka Airport Station in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Senri-Chūō Station in Suita, Minami-Ibaraki Station in Ibaraki, Dainichi Station in Moriguchi, and Kadoma-shi Station in Kadoma.
University of Kitakyushu) (Kokura Racecourse) 競馬場前 (北九州市立大学前) (小倉競馬場) 0.7 4.9 09 Moritsune 守恒 0.8 5.7 10 Tokuriki Kōdanmae 徳力公団前 0.9 6.6 11 Tokuriki Arashiyamaguchi 徳力嵐山口 0.7 7.3 12 Shii 志井 0.9 8.2 13 Kikugaoka 企救丘 0.6 8.8 JI Hitahikosan Line (Shiikōen) See also Monorails in Japan Kitakyushu Airport List of rapid transit ...
Fukui Railway 200 series train original livery. Fukui Railway F1000 low-floor vehicles at Takefu. The Fukubu Electric Railway (福武電気鉄道, Fukubu Denki Tetsudō) opened the Fukubu Line on 23 February 1924 [1] for the purposes of transporting soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army Sabae 36th Regiment between Takefu-shin and Heiei (兵営) (now Shinmei) stations.
A 103 series EMU on the Chikuhi Line, December 2005. The Chikuhi Line (筑肥線, Chikuhi-sen) is a railway line in Kyushu, Japan, connecting Meinohama Station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka (and via a subway through service, Fukuoka itself) to Karatsu Station in Karatsu, Saga, and from Yamamoto Station in Karatsu to Imari Station in Imari, Saga.