What does JR stand for?

Japan Rail(ways)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Rail Australia and China Rail join the likes of other exotic rail journeys, such as the East Japan Rail Pass.

Destination News - Asia / Pacific

The things which must be done at the airport after passing through the formalities of passport and immigration control begin with getting your Japan Rail (JR) Pass voucher validated at a JR Travel Center (if you intend using the pass immediately to go into Tokyo).

Japan through Gaijin eyes

The daze sets in the first time we look up at the morass of multicolored train lines, described in Chinese characters (one of three alphabets used in Japan) that denote the names of the Japan Rail stations.

Traveling in Japan as easy as the code of the slipper

As for getting around, a Japan Rail Pass is a must and offers unlimited travel on trains and buses for seven, 14 or 21 days.

Nippon over to Japan; Visit Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, says Craig ...

The Japan Rail Pass is recommended, but can be only be bought outside Japan.

HOW TO SURVIVE JAPAN 2002; Don't go too far in the land of the rising ...

The versatile Japan Rail Pass is valid for use of railways and buses.

Just Passing Through

Rail Australia and China Rail join the likes of other exotic rail journeys, such as the East Japan Rail Pass.

Destination News - Rail, Road

Even the German Federal Railways and the Japan Rail Services, which are among the most cost efficient systems, do not pay for the cost of operation from the ticket and fares alone.

United States: The facts on passenger rail