The Reforms Of British Railways And Japanese Railways In The Late 20～(th) Century, And The Comparison Of The Two Reforms

In the late 1970s, the western countries started the tidal wave of the state-owned enterprises privatization, as an important component of the state-owned enterprises, the state-owned railway companies were reformed by the western countries. The British and Japanese railway industries have some similarity, and their reform projects were special too. So this thesis selects the reforms of British railways'and Japanese railways to research. The text of this thesis discusses the reforms of British railways and Japanese railways respectively, the discussion includes the basic situation of the British and Japanese railway industries before the reforms, the reform projects of British railways and Japanese railways, and the results of the two reforms. After the discussion, the comparison about the reforms of British railways and Japanese railway is discussed, and then the thesis draw some inspirations for the railway reform of our country.