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Railway
[Introduction to the Contents]
◆ This is an encyclopedia that provides academic information on the development of railways in history and their impact on society and economy.
◆ It also covers the history and history of railway technology not only in Japan but also in Western countries and other countries such as Asia, Africa and South America.
◆ With the year marking the 200th anniversary of the opening of the world railway in 2025, an attempt was made to look back at the history of railways in the form of an encyclopedia.
[The History of Japanese Railways] The end of the Edo period and the Meiji period (Encounter with railways / Opening of railways / Shokusan Kogyo and railways / railways and South America, etc.) / Interwar period (Establishment of the Ministry of Railways / Revision of the Railway Construction Act / Great Kanto Earthquake and railways / pilgrimage and railways / South Manchuria Railways, etc.) / Post-war (Transportation in the period of war damage and reconstruction period / Establishment of Japanese National Railways / Special trains for school trips / Sightseeing and railways / Railway / South Manchuria Railways, etc.) / Post-war (Transportation in the period of war damage and reconstruction period / Establishment of Seibu Railway / Special trains for school trips / Sightseeing and leisure and railways / South Manchuria Railways, etc.) / Yoshinobu Oikawa : Emeritus Professor of Rikkyo University Tetsu 1 Tetsu 1 Shea Shea Shokusan Shea Shea Japanese National Railways Seibu Railway Odakyu Electric Railway Hankyu Dentetsu Kintetsu Railway Nagoya Railroad Nishi-Nippon Railroad Odakyu Electric Railway Hankyu Dentetsu Kintetsu Railway Nagoya Railroad Nishi-Nippon Railroad Meiji