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The Pattern of Railway Development in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

Nobutaka Ike
Nobutaka Ike
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Stanford University
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A glance At the railway map of Japan will show that the country is criss-crossed by a network of railroads. Trunk lines run along almost the entire coast line of both Honshu and Kyushu. These and several other main lines running north and south are connected by numerous cross-connecting lines. Today all of the important cities are linked by rail.

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Symposium—The Patterns of Railway Development
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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , February 1955 , pp. 217 - 229
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1955

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