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.

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[edit] Japan Railways Group

The Japan Railways Group consists of the seven companies that were formed after the privatization of the Japanese National Railways (日本国有鉄道?).

[edit] Major sixteen private railways

Kantō region
Chūbu region
Kansai region
Kyūshū region

[edit] Semi-major six private railways

Kantō region
Kansai region

[edit] 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.

[edit] Tōhoku region

 Aomori
 Iwate
 Miyagi
 Akita
 Yamagata
 Fukushima

[edit] Kantō region

 Ibaraki
 Tochigi
 Gunma
 Saitama
 Chiba
 Tōkyō
 Kanagawa

[edit] Chūbu region

 Niigata
 Toyama
 Ishikawa
 Fukui
 Yamanashi
 Nagano
 Gifu
 Shizuoka
 Aichi
 Mie

[edit] Kansai region

 Shiga
 Kyōto
 Ōsaka
 Hyōgo
 Wakayama

[edit] Chūgoku region

 Tottori
 Shimane
 Okayama
 Yamaguchi

[edit] Shikoku region

 Tokushima
 Kagawa
 Ehime
 Kōchi

[edit] Kyūshū region

 Fukuoka
 Nagasaki
 Kumamoto

[edit] Subways

[edit] Monorails

[edit] New transit systems

[edit] Trams

[edit] Funiculars

[edit] Trolleybuses

[edit] Freight only companies

[edit] Selected discontinued companies

Those with English articles are listed here.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Still active as a bus operator
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