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Successful reform of the Japan National Railways (JNR) has been touted as a model of deregulation and privatization. However, close scrutiny of the process and consequences gives us a picture quite different from this imagery. This chapter analyses the changing configuration of the national railway network of Japan as the outcome of the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (JNR hereafter) into seven JR companies — six regional passenger companies and a nationwide freight company — which took place on 1 April 1987 (Figures 9.1a and b).
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Takeda, I., Mizuoka, F. (2003). The Privatization of the Japan National Railways: the Myth of Neo-Liberal Reform and Spatial Configurations of the Rail Network in Japan — a View from Critical Geography. In: Low, N., Gleeson, B. (eds) Making Urban Transport Sustainable. Global Issues Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230523838_9
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