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

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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

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Kantō region
Chūbu region
Kansai region
Kyushu

Semi-major six private railways

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Kantō region
Kansai region

Other private and third sector railways

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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.

Aomori Prefecture
Iwate Prefecture
Miyagi Prefecture
Akita Prefecture
Yamagata Prefecture
Fukushima Prefecture
Ibaraki Prefecture
Tochigi Prefecture
Gunma Prefecture
Saitama Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture
Tokyo
Kanagawa Prefecture
Niigata Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture
Ishikawa Prefecture
Fukui Prefecture
Yamanashi Prefecture
Nagano Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
Aichi Prefecture
Mie Prefecture
Shiga Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
Hyōgo Prefecture
Wakayama Prefecture
Tottori Prefecture
Shimane Prefecture
Okayama Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture
Kagawa Prefecture
Ehime Prefecture
Kōchi Prefecture
Fukuoka Prefecture
Nagasaki Prefecture
Kumamoto Prefecture

Subways

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Freight-only companies

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Selected discontinued companies

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Those with English articles are listed here.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Still active as a bus operator
  2. ^ "Skyrail, the world's only public transport service, to be discontinued on May 1, 2024! The service will end in broad daylight, an unusual event | Transportation News". trafficnews.jp. 2024-03-02. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  3. ^ "otr_p_2023111311234_h_01.pdf" (PDF). Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2024-08-28.