The history of rail transport in Japan began in the late Edo period. There have been four main stages:
No. 1, one of Japan's earliest locomotives, later JGR Class 150, was UK made
A tramcar of the former Kyoto Electric Railway, now operating in the Meiji-mura open-air museum
D51, debuted in 1936, is the most mass-produced steam locomotive in Japan with 1,115 units.
South Manchuria Railway
Japan Railways Group
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The Japan Railways Group, commonly known as the JR Group or simply JR, is a network of railway companies in Japan formed after the division and privatization of the government-owned Japanese National
JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen arriving at Kyoto Station
A JR West 223 series train arriving in Osaka station