Japan

Country Details

Japan: Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy, 日本 [Japanese]; Nippon.

Language: Japanese

Currency: Japanese Yen [日本円 Japanese] JPY (¥]

See Wikipedia

National Railway System

UIC code

numeric 42; alpha JP

Timetable

• Printed: summary timetables are available in some editions of the European Rail Timetable.

• Printed Timetables [in Japanese] are issued each month by JR and JTB.

See Train Timetables and Route Finders

The JTB Version also includes private lines.

Information is available at the Man in Seat 61.

Infrastructure

Gauges

Standard [4' 8 1/2"]

4' 6"

Cape [3' 6"]

760 mm [2' 6"]

Electrification

25kV 50Hz or 60Hz on all the Shinkansen network.

Rule of the road

Left;