Chronology of the Japanese National Railroad Era

________________________________________ February ________________________________________  Station Information Corner "Hot Pot" No.1 installed at Hakata Station 2/1 The second "Hot Pot" station information corner was installed at Ikebukuro Station 2/2 Subsequently, "Hot Pots" were installed in major stations throughout Japan. Pass conversion is decided at the 4th meeting of the countermeasures council for the second specific local intersection line, the Setanai Line 2/3       Utashinai Line becomes a third sector line  At the 104th Diet Lower House Budget Committee, Secretary General Tanabe of the Socialist Party pursues the government on the issue of disposal of JNR-owned land that will be used as a source of funds for long-term debt disposal by the Board of Supervisors, and requests submission of documents. The government's ineptitude in the land issue was revealed. Diet deliberations stopped. 2/3 Nishitetsu raises fares by an av...

  ________________________________________ January ________________________________________   Please click .↓ にほんブログ村 The Miyahara Engine Depot will be operating "Ginga", "Kitaguni", and other special group trains with 3 types of headmarks handmade by the depot for a while. Okata Line [Discontinued Freight Business] between Kita-Okazaki and Kitano Masuzuka 1/1 Katsuta Line [Freight operation discontinued] Yoshizuka - Shime (-7.3km) 1/1 Kashii Line [Abolition of freight branch line] Sakadono - Shime [Abolition of freight operation] Kashii - Sakadono 1/1 Matsumoto Electric Railway Kamikochi Line [Discontinued] between Niijima and Shimajima in suspension 1/1 Mr. Nisugi, President of Japan National Railways, delivers his New Year's greetings to about 150 executives at the head office, strongly requesting that "I expect all employees to work together as one team to rebuild the company. The Shinetsu Main Line between Naoetsu and Myoko Plateau is clo...

 I am currently editing an English version of a website called The Times the Japanese National Railways existed, which is available from time to time. Since machine translation is used for the English translation, some parts are inadequate, but I plan to improve them gradually. I hope that you will take some interest in the events related to the Japanese National Railways. Japan National Railroad Researcher Yoshihiro Kato Member of the Japan Traffic Rights Association Member of the Society of Railway Historians   Please click .↓ にほんブログ村