Railway industry - Transportation industry

... refers to a business in which an individual or corporation provides transportation services using transportation means in response to the needs of others. Whether or not free transportation is included varies from country to country, but in Japan, free transportation is also included in the transportation industry. There are also differences depending on whether related businesses are included in the transportation industry, and the scope is not necessarily clear. The most representative classifications are roughly as follows. In addition, the Japanese National Railways was divided and privatized in 1987 to become JR (six passenger companies and one freight company). ...

*Some of the terminology used in the "railway industry" is explained below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…個人または法人が他人の需要にこたえ，交通手段を用いて運送サービスを提供する事業をいう。その中に，有償運送だけでなく無償運送を含めるかどうかは国によって異なり，日本では無償運送も運送業の中に含めている。運送業の中に関連事業を含めるかどうかによっても違いがみられ，その範囲は必ずしも明確とはいえない。代表的な分類は大別して次のようになる。なお，国鉄は1987年に分割･民営化してJR(旅客6社と貨物1社)となった。…

※「軌道業」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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