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Sawara Station
is a passenger railway station in the city of Katori, Chiba Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Sawara Station is served by the Narita Line, and is located 40.0 kilometers from the terminus of line at Sakura Station. Some trains for the Kashima Line originate at this station. Layout Sawara Station has a single bay platform serving two tracks, and an island platform, for a total of four tracks. The island platform is connected to the bay platform by a footbridge. The station has a ''Midori no Madoguchi'' staffed ticket office. Platforms History Sawara Station was opened on February 3, 1898 as a terminal station on the Narita Railway Company for both freight and passenger operations. The Narita Railway was nationalised on September 1, 1920, becoming part of the Japanese Government Railway (JGR). The line was extended to on November 10, 1931. After World War II, the JGR became the Japan National Railways (JNR). Scheduled freight operations w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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JR, J. R. or Jr. may refer to: * Jr. or Junior (suffix), a name suffix Arts and entertainment * ''J.R.'' (album), an album by Jim Bob * ''J R'', a 1975 novel written by William Gaddis * "Jr.", a song by Codeine on the album ''Barely Real'' * J. R. Ewing, a television character from ''Dallas'' * JR Chandler, aka Adam Chandler Jr, a television character from ''All My Children'' * ''Jornal da Record'', a Brazilian news program on RecordTV Businesses and organizations * Aero California, defunct Mexican airline by IATA code * Japan Railways Group or the JR Group, the main operators of the Japanese railway network * Jember railway station * John Radcliffe Hospital * Joy Air, Chinese airline by IATA code People In arts and entertainment * JR (artist) (born 1983), French artist * J.R. (musician) (born 1979), American Christian musician and producer * JR (rapper) (born 1987), South African rapper and entrepreneur * ''J. R.'' a pen-name of writer John Ruskin * ''Jr.'', stage name of Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privatization
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when a heavily regulated private company or industry becomes less regulated. Government functions and services may also be privatised (which may also be known as "franchising" or "out-sourcing"); in this case, private entities are tasked with the implementation of government programs or performance of government services that had previously been the purview of state-run agencies. Some examples include revenue collection, law enforcement, water supply, and prison management. Another definition is that privatization is the sale of a state-owned enterprise or municipally owned corporation to private investors; in this case shares may be traded in the public market for the first time, or for the first time since an enterprise's previous nationaliz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Japan Opened In 1898
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on Railroad tie, sleepers (ties) set in track ballast, ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower friction, frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The rail transport operations, operation is carried out by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Railway Stations In Japan ...
The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan. External links {{Portal bar, Japan, Trains * Railway stations Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itako Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Itako Station is served by the Kashima Line, and is located 5.2 km from the official starting point of the line at Katori Station. Station layout The station consists of one elevated island platform with the station building underneath. The station is staffed. Platforms History Itako Station was opened on 20 August 1970. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 1 April 1987. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 320 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Surrounding area *Itako Post Office See also * List of railway stations in Japan The links below contain all of the 8579 railway stations in Japan. External links {{Portal bar, Japan, Trains * Railway stations Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hokota Station
was a railway station on the Kashima Railway Line in Hokota, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the Kashima Railway operator Kashima Railway. And, now, this station is used as a bus terminal by Kantetsu Green Bus. In 2000, the station was selected as''関東の駅百選''by Ministry of Transport (Japan)（Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism）. But the station was abolished in 2007 because of abolition of Kashima Railway, and at present there is a platform which was used on the station. Since the station was discontinued, a bus terminal which was located in front of the station has been used by Kantetsu Green Bus. But, the bus terminal has called Hokota Station since Kashima Railway was open to traffic. Outline This station was a ground station. And, decorated a triangle of objet d'art on the roof. There were a stand-up ''soba'' noodle shop and a sold fish-shaped pancake filled with sweet bean paste shop that were operated by Kashima Railway. As the station ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Station
Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far from the Ginza commercial district. Due to the large area covered by the station, it is divided into the Marunouchi (west) and Yaesu (east) sides in its directional signage. Served by the high-speed rail lines of the Shinkansen network, Tokyo Station is the main inter-city rail terminal in Tokyo. It is the busiest station in Japan, with more than 4,000 trains arriving and departing daily, and the fifth-busiest in Eastern Japan in terms of passenger throughput; on average, more than 500,000 people use Tokyo Station every day. The station is also served by many regional commuter lines of Japan Railways, as well as the Tokyo Metro network. Lines Trains on the following lines are available at Tokyo Station: * ** Tōhoku Shinkansen ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyoto Station
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the city had a population of 1.46 million. The city is the cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 3.8 million people. Kyoto is one of the oldest municipalities in Japan, having been chosen in 794 as the new seat of Japan's imperial court by Emperor Kanmu. The original city, named Heian-kyō, was arranged in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui following the model of the ancient Chinese capital of Chang'an/Luoyang. The emperors of Japan ruled from Kyoto in the following eleven centuries until 1869. It was the scene of several key events of the Muromachi period, Sengoku period, and the Boshin War, such as the Ōnin War, the Honnō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namba Station
is a name shared by two railway stations in the Namba district of Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. One is owned by Nankai Electric Railway, while the other is by the Osaka Metro. The names of both stations are written in ''hiragana'' on signage within the stations, because the ''kanji'' "難波" can be also read "Naniwa". However, the name of both stations officially employs kanji, printed on train tickets. They are close to JR Namba Station and Ōsaka Namba Station. Lines *Nankai Electric Railway (NK01) **Nankai Main Line **Nankai Koya Line * ** (M20) ** (S16) **(Y15) ;Connecting Stations *Ōsaka Namba Station (renamed from Kintetsu Namba Station in 2009) **Kintetsu Namba Line **Hanshin Namba Line * JR Namba Station (renamed from Minatomachi Station in 1994) **Kansai Main Line (Yamatoji Line) Nankai Electric Railway Layout There are nine bay platforms with eight tracks on the third floor. Nankai Terminal Building is located in front of the station. Ticket gates are located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanto Railway
Kantō (Japanese) Kanto is a simplified spelling of , a Japanese word, only omitting the diacritics. In Japan Kantō may refer to: *Kantō Plain *Kantō region *Kantō-kai, organized crime group *Kanto (Pokémon), a geographical region in the ''Pokémon'' media franchise, named after the Japanese region of the same name Kantō is a festival held in Akita every year. *Akita Kanto (Japanese: 竿燈) In Northeast China or Manchuria Kantō may refer to the region of Jiandao (Japanese: 間島 ''Kantō'') in Manchuria, now known more commonly as Yanbian. Kantō (関東) is an alternate name for Northeast China or Manchuria used in the following: *Kwantung Army (Japanese: 関東軍 ''Kantōgun''), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army *Kwantung Leased Territory (Japanese: 関東州 ''Kantōshū''), a Japanese possession in Northeastern China until the end of World War II Kanto (Italian) *Kanto (music) is a form of Italian theatre The theatre of Italy originates from the Middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keisei Bus
The is a bus company within the Keisei Group which was established on 1 October 2003 to inherit all business of the Keisei Electric Railway bus department. Local bus services Offices * Edogawa Office * Kanamachi Office * Matsudo Office * Ichikawa Office * Shintoshin Office * Narashino Branch Office * Naganuma Office * Chiba Office Bus routes Highway buses * Fantasia NAGOYA *: Nishi-Funabashi Station・Tokyo Disneyland・Yokohama Station ⇔ Nagoya Station 〔Being operated in step with JR Bus〕 * YAMATO *: Goido Station・ Oji Station (Nara)・ Kintetsu Koriyama Station・Nara Station・Kintetsu Nara Station・Tenri Station ⇔ Hon-Atsugi Station・Yokohama Station・Keisei Ueno Station・Tokyo Skytree・Tokyo Disney Resort・Nishi-Funabashi Station・Tsudanuma Station 〔Being operated in step with Nara Kotsu〕 * Osaka-Kobe Line *: Kaihin-Makuhari Station・Nishi-Funabashi Station・TDR・Tokyo Station・Yokohama Station ⇔ Senri-Chuo Station・ Shin-Osaka Station・Osaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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