Intermodal transport - Renrakuunyu

Japanese: 連絡運輸 - れんらくうんゆ

In a broad sense, it refers to the direct transportation of passengers and freight between different transportation companies, but in a narrow sense, it refers to the transportation between JR (formerly JNR) and other railways, automobiles, passenger ships, etc. It first began in 1882 when Taihu Kisen opened a route on Lake Biwa, connecting the uncompleted Nagahama-Otsu section of the JNR Tokaido Line. Before World War II, it provided through transportation not only with the mainland, but also with railways in Korea and China, and international through transportation with railways in European countries via the Trans-Siberian Railway. Through transportation does not only refer to the aspect of transportation contracts, such as the sale of through tickets, but can also refer to the act of transportation itself, such as through the direct use of vehicles, and the shared use of through stations is also one form of through transportation.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

広義には異なる交通企業間における旅客，貨物の直通運送をいうが，狭義にはJR(旧，国鉄)と他の鉄道，自動車，旅客船などとのものをいう。その最初は1882年に太湖汽船が琵琶湖航路を開いて，国鉄東海道線のうち未開通の長浜～大津間を連絡したときに始まる。第2次大戦前には内地だけでなく，当時の朝鮮，中国の鉄道とも連絡運輸を行い，シベリア鉄道経由でヨーロッパ各国の鉄道とも国際連絡運輸を行っていた。連絡運輸は，連絡乗車券の発売など運送契約の面だけでなく，車両の直通等により運送行為そのものについても行われる場合があり，また連絡駅の共同使用もその一つの態様である。

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