Railway

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The Railway Nationalization Act (鉄道国有法 Tetsudō Kokuyū-hō?, Law No. 17 of 1906) brought many of Japan's private railway lines under national control. The Diet of Japan promulgated the Act on March 31, 1906. The Act was repealed by Article 110 of the Japan National Railway Reform Act of 1988, which formed the modern Japan Railways Group.

Between 1906 and 1907, 2,812 miles (4,525 km) of track were purchased from seventeen private railway companies. The national railway network grew to about 4,400 miles (7,100 km) of track, and private railways were relegated to providing local and regional services.

Railways nationalized
Date Railway Length
mi km
Oct 1, 1906 Hokkaidō Tankō Railway 204.5 329.1
Kōbu Railway 27.8 44.7
Nov 1, 1906 Nippon Railway 860.8 1,385.3
Ganetsu Railway 49.5 79.7
Dec 1, 1906 Sanyō Railway 414.9 667.7
Nishinari Railway 4.6 7.4
Jul 1, 1907 Kyūshū Railway 442.8 712.6
Hokkaidō Railway 159.0 255.9
Aug 1, 1907 Kyōto Railway 22.2 35.7
Hankaku Railway 70.3 113.1
Hokuetsu Railway 85.8 138.1
Sep 1, 1907 Sōbu Railway 73.2 117.8
Bōsō Railway 39.4 63.4
Nanao Railway 34.4 55.4
Tokushima Railway 21.5 34.6
Oct 1, 1907 Kwansei Railway 275.2 442.9
Sangū Railway 26.1 42.0

See also

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Nationalization_Act"

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