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Private railway, the Glossary

A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector.^[1]

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Railways by type

General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan

The General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan (PRU, 日本私鉄労働組合総連合会, Shitetsu Soren) is a trade union representing transport workers in Japan.

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Industrial railway

An industrial railway is a type of railway (usually private) that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics, or military site.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the or simply JR, is a group of railway companies in Japan that underwent division and privatization (see also the article about the reform on the Japanese Wikipedia) of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

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Japanese National Railways

The abbreviated JNR or, was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.

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JNR dismissal lawsuit

The JNR dismissal lawsuit is a lawsuit that resulted from the privatization of Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1987, and its breakup into the seven Japan Railways Group companies.

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Joint-stock company

A joint-stock company (JSC) is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders.

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Kabushiki gaisha

A or kabushiki kaisha, commonly abbreviated K.K. or KK, is a type of defined under the Companies Act of Japan.

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Minister of Finance (Japan)

The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Finance.

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Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

The, abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.

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National Rail

National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.

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National Railway Workers' Union

The is a Japanese trade union, which is usually referred to as in Japanese.

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Public sector

The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises.

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Public transport

Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Railway nationalisation

Railway nationalisation is the act of taking rail transport assets into public ownership.

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Tokyo Metro

The Tokyo Metro (Japanese: 東京メトロ) is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.84 million passengers, the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the two subway operators in the city; the other being the Toei Subway, with 2.85 million average daily rides.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_railway

Also known as Private railroad.

Private railway, the Glossary

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