A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector .
9-608: The Sanyo Electric Railway Company, Ltd. ( 山陽電気鉄道株式会社 , San'yō Denki-tetsudō kabushiki gaisha ) is a Japanese private railway operating company based in western Hyōgo Prefecture . It runs local and express rail service between Himeji and Kobe , and also connects directly with Hanshin Main Line to Osaka . Although the Hanshin Electric Railway Co. (which owns the Hanshin Main Line)
18-537: A public transit railway owned and operated by private sector, almost always organized as a joint-stock company , or in Japanese: kabushiki gaisha (lit. stock company), but may be any type of private business entity. Although the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies are also kabushiki gaishas, they are not classified as private railways because of their unique status as the primary successors of
27-520: A strike is severely limited by government legislation; there is very little tolerance for railway work stoppage. Employees of private railways may legally strike but its unheard of in Japan. There have only been two notable railroad strikes in Japanese history, both by employees of government run entities (government employees are legally barred from striking): One in 1973, and a major strike protesting
36-706: A variety of other businesses that depend on the traffic generated through their transit systems: hotels, department stores, supermarkets, resorts, and real estate development and leasing. Japanese railways, whether government run, semi-public, or private business, are subject to the regulations enforced by the Railway Bureau [ ja ] of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism . They may join unions such as National Railway Workers' Union and General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan , but their abilities to call
45-712: Is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Finance . The minister is also a statutory member of the National Security Council , and is nominated by the Prime Minister of Japan and is appointed by the Emperor of Japan . Until 2001, the Japanese title was "Treasury Minister" ( 大蔵大臣 , Ōkura Daijin ) . Both the current and previous title are translated as "Minister of Finance". The current minister
54-609: Is its largest shareholder, the company is not a member of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group . As of 1 April 2014, the company owns and operates the following train types. New three-car 6000 series EMUs were introduced on 27 April 2016. Sanyo also operates bus service in Kobe (mainly Tarumi-ku ) and Akashi . Private railway In Japan , private sector railway ( 私鉄 or 民鉄 , Shitetsu or Mintetsu ) , commonly simply private railway , refers to
63-828: The Japanese National Railways (JNR). Voluntary sector railways (semi-public) are additionally not classified as shitetsu due to their origins as rural, money-losing JNR lines that have since been transferred to local possession, in spite of their organizational structures being corporatized. Among private railways in Japan, the Japan Private Railway Association [ ja ] categorizes 16 companies as "major" operators. They are often profitable and tend to be less expensive per passenger-kilometer than JR trains that also run less dense regional routes. Private railways corporations in Japan also run and generate profits from
72-633: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (pending privatization). The Japan Private Railway Association counts Tokyo Metro as one of the 16 major private railways. In the United States , a private railroad is a railroad owned by a company and serves only that company, and does not hold itself out as a "common carrier" (i.e., it does not provide rail transport services for the general public). Minister of Finance (Japan) The Minister of Finance ( 財務大臣 , Zaimu Daijin )
81-471: The breakup (and layoffs of tens of thousands of employees) of JNR in 1985. Though private railways such as industrial railways have existed in Japan they are not deemed shitetsu nor mintetsu in Japanese, as their purpose is not public transit. Tokyo Metro is a member of Japan Private Railway Association but is under special laws and its stock is owned by the Japanese Government and
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