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
  • Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) (日本貨物鉄道 (JR貨物))

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[]

  • South Hokkaido Railway Company 道南いさりび鉄道株式会社

Tōhoku region[]

Aomori Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
  • Sendai Airport Transit 仙台空港鉄道
Akita Prefecture
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
  • Echizen Railway えちぜん鉄道
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
  • Ohmi Railway 近江鉄道
  • Shigaraki Kohgen Railway 信楽高原鐵道
Kyoto Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
Hyōgo Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture

Chūgoku region[]

Tottori Prefecture
Shimane Prefecture
  • Ichibata Electric Railway 一畑電車
Okayama Prefecture
  • Ibara Railway 井原鉄道
  • Mizushima Rinkai Railway 水島臨海鉄道
Yamaguchi Prefecture

Shikoku[]

Tokushima Prefecture
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
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