Modernization plans include great increase in electrification, permanent way improvement, and more all steel stock; railways are gradually regaining their prewar capacity, facilities, and speeds; two limited express trains operate daily between Tokyo and Osaka; they include observation cars, dining cars, and reclining seats in second class coaches, and run at same speed as before war; Japan ranks eighth in electrified mileage in world.


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    Title :

    Japanese railway progress


    Additional title:

    Ry Gaz


    Published in:

    Railway Gazette ; 96 , n 16


    Publication date :

    1952


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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