A private railway is a railroad run by a private business entity (usually a corporation but not need be), as opposed to a railroad run by a public sector .
17-569: Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ( 南海電気鉄道株式会社 , Nankai denki tetsudō kabushiki gaisha ) is a private railway in Japan, founded in 1884. The name Nankai (which means "South Sea") comes from the company's routes along the Nankaidō , the old highway that ran south from the old capital, Kyoto, along the sea coast. Nankai predates all the electric railways in the Tokyo region. The Nankai network branches out in
34-523: A public transit railway owned and operated by private sector, almost always organized as a joint-stock company , or in Japanese: kabushiki gaisha (lit. stock company), but may be any type of private business entity. Although the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies are also kabushiki gaishas, they are not classified as private railways because of their unique status as the primary successors of
51-497: A candidate within the organization (Constitutional Democratic Party) was elected in a proportional ward. As a result, for the first time in nine years, a member of the organization was elected to the Diet. In the 49th House of Representatives general election in 2021, Kiyomi Tsujimoto was defeated, but in the following 2022, in the 26th ordinary election for members of the House of Councillors,
68-494: A generally southern direction from Namba Station in Osaka . The Nankai Main Line connects Osaka to Wakayama , with an important spur branching to Kansai International Airport . The rapi:t α express connects Kansai International Airport to Namba in 34 minutes, while the rapi:t β takes 39 minutes with two additional stops. The Koya Line connects Osaka to Mt. Koya , headquarters of
85-476: A strike in 1952, and participated in the general transport strike of 1967, but generally focused on negotiation. By 1967, it had 255,882 members. In 1989, the union was a founding affiliate of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation . By 2020, it had 113,253 members. In 2019, the 25th House of Councillors ordinary election, Takashi Moriya (Constitutional Democratic Party) who stood as
102-463: A strike is severely limited by government legislation; there is very little tolerance for railway work stoppage. Employees of private railways may legally strike but its unheard of in Japan. There have only been two notable railroad strikes in Japanese history, both by employees of government run entities (government employees are legally barred from striking): One in 1973, and a major strike protesting
119-694: A variety of other businesses that depend on the traffic generated through their transit systems: hotels, department stores, supermarkets, resorts, and real estate development and leasing. Japanese railways, whether government run, semi-public, or private business, are subject to the regulations enforced by the Railway Bureau [ ja ] of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism . They may join unions such as National Railway Workers' Union and General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan , but their abilities to call
136-606: Is a trade union representing transport workers in Japan. Japan's railway companies, including major private railways excluding the JR Group, Taxis, Hire Companies, and Bus companies, are members, and follow the trend of the old general review system. Japan is a member of the Confederation of Trade Unions (Confederation), the Japan Transport Industry Trade Union Council (Transport Workers' Association), and
153-804: The Japanese National Railways (JNR). Voluntary sector railways (semi-public) are additionally not classified as shitetsu due to their origins as rural, money-losing JNR lines that have since been transferred to local possession, in spite of their organizational structures being corporatized. Among private railways in Japan, the Japan Private Railway Association [ ja ] categorizes 16 companies as "major" operators. They are often profitable and tend to be less expensive per passenger-kilometer than JR trains that also run less dense regional routes. Private railways corporations in Japan also run and generate profits from
170-738: The Nankai Hawks , a team in Nippon Professional Baseball that was based in Osaka. The team was sold to Daiei after the 1988 season and moved to Fukuoka and rechristened the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. The team was sold again in 2005 to SoftBank , and are now the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Private railway In Japan , private sector railway ( 私鉄 or 民鉄 , Shitetsu or Mintetsu ) , commonly simply private railway , refers to
187-731: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government (pending privatization). The Japan Private Railway Association counts Tokyo Metro as one of the 16 major private railways. In the United States , a private railroad is a railroad owned by a company and serves only that company, and does not hold itself out as a "common carrier" (i.e., it does not provide rail transport services for the general public). General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers%27 Unions of Japan The General Federation of Private Railway and Bus Workers' Unions of Japan (PRU, Japanese : 日本私鉄労働組合総連合会 , Shitetsu Soren)
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#1733105173129204-624: The Buddhist Shingon sect and a popular pilgrimage site. IC cards ( PiTaPa and ICOCA ) are accepted. The Nankai Railway Company was founded on June 16, 1884. In 1944 it was one of the companies that merged to form Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. (Kin-nichi, present Kintetsu Railway) . However, Kin-nichi transferred the former Nankai Railway Company's lines to the present Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (named Koyasan Electric Railway Co., Ltd. from March 28, 1925 until March 14, 1947) on June 1, 1947. From 1938 to 1988, Nankai Electric Railway owned
221-555: The Federation of Private Railways decided to make Tsujimoto a candidate "within the quasi-organization]. Tsujimoto, who ran as a proportional representation candidate from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in the same election, won the election with more than 400,000 , and returned to national politics. There are blocks such as Hyogo and Wakayama. It is an organization of union members who are generally under
238-714: The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF). The union was founded on 10 January 1947 as a split from the Japan Transportation Labor Union Alliance. It was a founding affiliate of the original Japanese Trade Union Confederation. In 1949, it affiliated to the National Confederation of Trade Unions, but the following year, it left to become a founding affiliate of the General Council of Trade Unions of Japan . It led
255-463: The age of 31. In order to promote exchanges among union members, in addition to sports competitions and exchange camps, the "Peace and Friendship Festival, Private Railway Mountain Festival" and "Private Railway Okinawa Exchange" are held every other year. Previously, it was called the "Young Women's Council". In the case of small companies, there are workplaces where there are problems such as a decrease in
272-462: The breakup (and layoffs of tens of thousands of employees) of JNR in 1985. Though private railways such as industrial railways have existed in Japan they are not deemed shitetsu nor mintetsu in Japanese, as their purpose is not public transit. Tokyo Metro is a member of Japan Private Railway Association but is under special laws and its stock is owned by the Japanese Government and
289-516: The number of young employees due to rationalization and a shrinking of the organization of the Youth Women's Association. Note: The members of the Youth Women's Association will be replaced in accordance with the re-election of union officers. If you are 31 years old at that time, you will be disengaged. Normally, you are re-elected once every two years, so depending on the timing, you will have to do 1-2 more years (if you are 30 years and 11 months old at
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