Facing a difficult financial situation, the national government became unable to construct railways, which the government had decided to be 'basically owned by the nation', and therefore, an increasing number of railways became to be constructed with private capital (refer to the railway history in Japan.)
また、財政難となった国は、「原則国有」としていた鉄道の建設が困難になり、代わって私有資本による鉄道建設が進んだ（→日本の鉄道史）。