OkaRail

Okataian Federal Railways, OFR is the national railway company of Okatabawashi. It is usually referred to by the name Okarail. The company is headquartered in Okatabawashi City and has offices in other cities. Formerly a government institution, since 1999 it has been a special stock corporation with all shares held by the Okataian Federation or the Okataian Provinces.

The corporation is led in an entrepreneurial manner. A performance agreement between OkaRail and theOkataian Federation defines the requirements and is updated every four years. At the same time the compensation rates per train and track-kilometre are defined.

The Jiantou (新幹線) is a network of high-speed railway lines in Okatabawashi operated by OkaRail. Starting with the Shuto - Renagawa Line (515.4 km) in 1964, the network has expanded to currently consist of 2,387.7 km (1,483.6 mi) of lines with maximum speeds of 240–320 km/h (150–200 mph), 283.5 km (176.2 mi) of Mini-Jiantou lines with a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph), and 10.3 km (6.4 mi) of spur lines with Jiantou services. The network presently links most major cities on the islands, with construction of a link to the Southern Islands of Japan underway.

The maximum operating speed is 320 km/h (200 mph) (on a 387.5 km section of the Tengoku-Shuto Line). Test runs have reached 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in 1996

=History=

Okatabawashi was one of the first country to build dedicated railway lines for high-speed travel. Because of the mountainous terrain, the existing network consisted of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge lines, which generally took indirect routes and could not be adapted to higher speeds. Consequently, Okatabawashi had a greater need for new high-speed lines than countries where the existing standard gauge or broad gauge rail system had more upgrade potential.



Among the key people credited with the construction of the first Jiantou are Liowa Sau Kou, the Chief Engineer, and Shai Wan Lo, the first President of OFR who managed to persuade politicians to back the plan. Other significant people responsible for its technical development were Tadanao Miki, Tadashi Matsudaira, and Hajime Kawanabe based at the Railway Technology Research Institute (RTRI)

The Great Eastern line was constructed in 1956 and started running in 1959, It connected Okatabawashi City to Shuto City via the east coast, it ran beside the famed 'Sian Road' a Road that connected both extremities of the country. It started at 8AM in Okatabawashi City, and arrived at Shuto City at 10PM. It is the most famous train in Okatabawashi in popular culture, so much that in the South, when someone took that train it was called 'the great adventure to the north!'. A second one left Shuto at 10PM and arrived at Noon in Okatabawashi City. All Great Eastern Line trains had beds, a common dining room, a bathroom wagon and suites in first class.

=Rolling Stock=

Airport Lines
OkaRail currently owns and runs the Airport line between Renagawa Airport and Renagawa City.