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The Japan Rail Pass (ジャパンレールパス, japan rēru pasu), also called the JR Pass, is a rail pass sold by the Japan Railways Group exclusively for overseas visitors. It is valid for travel on all major forms of transportation provided by the JR Group in Japan, with a few exceptions. The pass is designed to stimulate travel and ...
The Nagoya City Transportation Bureau (名古屋市交通局, Nagoya-shi Kōtsūkyoku) is a municipal government agency responsible for public transport in Nagoya, Japan. The organization operates subways and buses. It was founded in 1922, as an operator of Nagoya City Tram bought from Nagoya Electric Railroad, the current Nagoya Railroad.
The passenger rail network in Greater Nagoya is fairly dense with 3 million passengers daily (1.095 billion annually). [1] Passenger railway usage and density is lower than that of Greater Tokyo or Greater Osaka, as generally the trend in Japan, few free maps exist of the entire network, operators show only the stations of their respective company and key transfer points.
It is Japan's, and one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m 2), [1] and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space is located in the JR Central Towers atop the station, as well as in underground concourses. The current station complex was completed on December 20, 1999.
The station opened on August 12, 1941 and was known as Shin-Nagoya Station (新名古屋駅, Shin-Nagoya-eki) until it was renamed in early 2005, just prior to the opening of Chubu Centrair International Airport.
The Central Japan Railway Company [6] is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (Japanese: JR東海). [7] The term Tōkai refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, the geographical region in which the company chiefly ...
The Nagoya Electric Railway opened the Ōshikirichō to Marunouchi section (Ichinomiya, Tsushima, Kiyosu Line), dual track and electrified at 600 V DC, in 1914. Transferred to Nagoya Railway (old) in 1921. The Bisai Railway opened the Kōnomiya to Ichinomiya section (Nakamura Line), single track and electrified at 600 V DC, in 1924. Merged with ...
Nagoya Municipal Subway - Wikipedia