Japanese National Railways
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The Japanese National Railways, abbreviated JNR or Kokutetsu, was the government-owned entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
0 series set Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo, May 1967
JNR Bus
Ukō Ferry (c. 1986)
JNR plate seen at the entrance of its headquarters in Tokyo, photo taken c. 1985
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
Japanese National Railways
…Diet of Japan, on April 1, 1987, JNR was privatized and divided into seven railway companies, six passenger and one freight, collectively called the Japan Railways Group or JR Group. Long-term liabilities of JNR were taken over by the Japanese National Railway Settlement Corporation. That corporation was subsequently…
JR Central Tōkaidō Shinkansen arriving at Kyoto Station
A JR West 223 series train arriving in Osaka station