Railway Nationalization Act

Japanese: 鉄道国有法 - てつどうこくゆうほう

A law (1906) that stipulated the nationalization of railways, except for railways used for local transportation. Private railways had grown rapidly since the late 1880s, but this law was enacted in response to the demand for a unified railway network for industrial and military reasons. As a result, 17 private railway companies were bought by the government, reversing the ratio of JNR to private companies, with 6,640 km of railways for JNR and 717 km for private companies. The buyout was completed by October 1907. It was abolished with the privatization of the Japanese National Railways in 1987.
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Japanese:

一地方の交通を目的とする鉄道を除いて，鉄道の国有化を定めた法律（1906年）。1880年代後半から民営鉄道は急速に伸びたが，産業上，軍事上からも統一的な路線網の確立が要望され本法を制定。これにより民営鉄道17社が政府に買収され，国鉄6640km，民営717kmと比率は逆転した。1907年10月までに買上げが完了した。1987年の日本国有鉄道の民営化にともない廃止。
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