Japanese National Railways (centralized) is the one that built that bullet train system, and with World Bank funds (claiming that they were relegated to the status of a “developing” nation or suchlike). Privatization came afterwards, and it is by no means full privatization, not to mention that Japan Railways Group monopolizes all of the nominal “private” companies and the freight business is completely monopolized. I wouldn’t follow that lead.
>>>Japan Railways Group monopolizes all of the nominal “private” companies and the freight business is completely monopolized. I wouldn’t follow that lead.
I agree with the freight part. I also agree that JR monopolizes rural areas. The majority of train service in Japan, however, is pretty diversified and people will usually ride private than JR because people still have bed memories of bad service when they were nationalized.