A trunk line of the Japan Railways Group, opened in 1986
Courtesy the Mainichi Newspapers

The Tokyo subway, one of the world's busiest metro systems
Courtesy the Mainichi Newspapers

Figure 6. Transportation Network, 1989

Data as of January 1994

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