List of railway companies in Japan

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List of railway companies in Japan lists Japanese railway operators.

Those in italics are the

third-sector
operators; being half-public, half-private.

Japan Railways Group

The Japan Railways Group consists of the seven companies that were formed after the privatization of the Japanese National Railways.

Passenger
Freight

Major sixteen private railways

Kantō region
Chūbu region
  • Nagoya Railroad
    (Meitetsu) 名古屋鉄道 (名鉄)
Kansai region
Kyushu

Semi-major six private railways

Kantō region
Kansai region

Other private and third sector railways

From north to south by prefecture where railway operations are headquartered. Category-3 railway operators and subsidiary companies are not listed. Some English names are unofficial.

Hokkaido

Tōhoku region

Aomori Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
  • Sendai Airport Transit
    仙台空港鉄道
Akita Prefecture
  • Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway
    秋田内陸縦貫鉄道
  • Yuri Kōgen Railway
    由利高原鉄道
Yamagata Prefecture
  • Yamagata Railway
    山形鉄道
Fukushima Prefecture

Kantō region

Ibaraki Prefecture
Tochigi Prefecture
Gunma Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture
Tokyo
Kanagawa Prefecture

Chūbu region

Niigata Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
Yamanashi Prefecture
Nagano Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture
  • Akechi Railway
    明知鉄道 (Aketetsu 明鉄)
  • Nagaragawa Railway
    長良川鉄道 (Nagatetsu 長鉄)
  • Tarumi Railway
    樽見鉄道
  • Yōrō Railway 養老鉄道
Shizuoka Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture

Kansai region

Mie Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
Hyōgo Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture

Chūgoku region

Tottori Prefecture
Shimane Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture
  • Nishikigawa Railway
    錦川鉄道

Shikoku

Tokushima Prefecture
  • Asa Kaigan Railway
    阿佐海岸鉄道 (Asatetsu 阿佐鉄)
Kagawa Prefecture
Ehime Prefecture
  • Iyo Railway
    伊予鉄道 (Iyotetsu 伊予鉄)
Kōchi Prefecture

Kyushu

Fukuoka Prefecture
Nagasaki Prefecture
Kumamoto Prefecture

Subways

Monorails

New transit systems

Trams

Funiculars

Trolleybuses

Freight-only companies

Selected discontinued companies

Those with English articles are listed here.

See also

References

  1. ^ Still active as a bus operator