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Private Railways - the cream of the crop! The best rail service at the best prices; private rail companies are found all over Japan!pic.twitter.com/COboXNtYn2
Third Sector - public private partnerships complete the system of Japanese railways, serving corridors that would otherwise be ignored!pic.twitter.com/x92YDP9uej
Japan Rail also does real estate and construction stuff. That's why it's profitable, right?
Yes, they do real estate, but no, they get most of their profits from their passenger traffic
Hmm, JR makes about as much revenue from non-bus non-rail as they do from rail.
As a group, maybe--but not all of them are profitable; the most profitable, JR East, gets most from passenger traffic
Except for Tokyo Metro, which is private
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