List of railway companies in Japan
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Japan Railway (formerly Japanese National Railways)
- Central Japan Railway Company (東海旅客鉄道 JR Central)
- East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道 JR East)
- Hokkaido Railway Company (北海道旅客鉄道 JR Hokkaido)
- Kyushu Railway Company (九州旅客鉄道 JR Kyushu)
- Shikoku Railway Company (四国旅客鉄道 JR Shikoku)
- West Japan Railway Company (西日本旅客鉄道 JR West)
- Japan Freight Railway Company (日本貨物鉄道 JR Freight)
"Big 16" major private railways 大手私鉄
Kantō region
- Keihin Electric Express Railway 京浜急行電鉄 (京急 Keikyu)
- Keio Electric Railway 京王電鉄
- Keisei Electric Railway 京成電気鉄道
- Odakyu Electric Railway 小田急電鉄
- Sagami Railway 相模鉄道 (相鉄 Sotetsu)
- Seibu Railway 西武鉄道
- Tobu Railway 東武鉄道
- Tokyo Metro 東京地下鉄 (until March 2004, TRTA Teito Rapid Transportation Authority 帝都高速度交通営団, shortly Eidan Chikatetsu 営団地下鉄)
- Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway or Tokyu Corporation 東京急行電鉄 (東急 Tokyu)
Chūbu region
- Nagoya Railroad 名古屋鉄道 (名鉄 Meitetsu)
Kansai region
- Kintetsu Corporation 近畿日本鉄道 (近鉄 Kinki Nippon Railway)
- Hankyu Railway 阪急電鉄
- Hanshin Electric Railway 阪神電気鉄道
- Keihan Electric Railway 京阪電気鉄道
- Nankai Electric Railway 南海電気鉄道
Kyūshū
- Nishi-Nippon Railroad 西日本鉄道 (西鉄 Nishitetsu)
Other private railways (from north to south by prefecture of railway operation headquarter)
(N.B. Freight lines not listed. Names might be tentative.)
Tōhoku region
- Aomori
- Konan Railway 弘南鉄道
- Towada Sightseeing Electric Railway 十和田観光電鉄
- Tsugaru Railway 津軽鉄道
- Fukushima
- Fukushima Transport 福島交通
Kantō region
- Ibaraki
- Ibaraki Transport 茨城交通
- Kantō Railway 関東鉄道
- Kashima Railway 鹿島鉄道
- Gunma
- Jomo Electric Railway 上毛電気鉄道
- Joshin Electric Railway 上信電鉄
- Saitama
- Chichibu Railway 秩父鉄道
- Chiba
- Choshi Electric Railway 銚子電気鉄道
- Shin-Keisei Electric Railway 新京成電鉄
- Kominato Railway 小湊鉄道
- Sohbu Nagareyama Electric Railway 総武流山電鉄
- Kanagawa
- Hakone Tozan Railway 箱根登山鉄道
- Izu Hakone Railway (Daiyuzan Line) 伊豆箱根鉄道 (大雄山線)
Chūbu region
- Yamanashi
- Fuji Express 富士急行
- Toyama
- Toyama Regional Railway 富山地方鉄道
- Kurobe Gorge Railway 黒部峡谷鉄道
- Ishikawa
- Hokuriku Railway 北陸鉄道
- Shizuoka
- Enshu Railway 遠州鉄道
- Izu Express 伊豆急行
- Izu Hakone Railway (Sunzu Line) 伊豆箱根鉄道 (駿豆線)
- Shizuoka Railway 静岡鉄道
- Oigawa Railway 大井川鐵道
- Nagano
- Ueda Transport 上田交通
- Matsumoto Electric Railway 松本電気鉄道
- Nagano Electric Railway 長野電気鉄道
- Aichi
- Tokai Transport Service 東海交通事業
- Toyohashi Railway 豊橋鉄道
- Mie
- Sangi Railway 三岐鉄道
Kansai region
- Shiga
- Ohmi Railway 近江鉄道
- Kyoto
- Eizan Electric Railway 叡山電鉄
- Keifuku Electric Railway 京福電気鉄道
- Sagano Sightseeing Railway 嵯峨野観光鉄道
- Osaka
- Mizuma Railway 水間鉄道
- Nose Electric Railway 能勢電気鉄道
- Hyōgo
- Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway 北神急行電鉄
- Kobe Electric Railway 神戸電気鉄道
- Sanyo Electric Railway 山陽電気鉄道
- Wakayama
- Kishu Railway 紀州鉄道
Chūgoku region
Shikoku
Kyūshū
Third-Sector railways
- Abukuma Express
- Aichi Circulate Railway
- Aizu Railway
- Akechi Railway
- Akita Nairiku Jukan Railway
- Amagi Railway
- Asa Kaigan Railway
- Blue Forest Railway
- Chizu Express
- Echizen Railway
- Heisei Chikuho Railway
- Hisatsu Orange Railway
- Hōjō Railway
- Hokkaidō Chihoku Highland Railway
- Hokuetsu Express
- Hokuso Railway
- IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway
- Ihara Railway
- Ise Railway
- Isumi Railway
- Kamioka Railway
- Kashima Seaside Railway
- Kita Kinki Tango Railway
- Kita Osaka Kyuko Railway
- Kobe Rapid Railway
- Kumagawa Railway
- Kurihara Den'en Railway
- Matsuura Railway
- Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (Tsukuba Express)
- Miki Railway
- Minami Aso Railway
- Mizushima Seaside Railway
- Moka Railway
- Nagaragawa Railway
- Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway (Aonami Line)
- Nishikigawa Railway
- Noto Railway
- Sanriku Railway
- Senboku Rapid Railway
- Shibayama Railway
- Shigaraki Kougen Railway
- Shinano Railway
- Takachiho Railway
- Tarumi Railway
- Tenryū Hamanako Railway
- Tosa Kuroshio Railway
- Toyo Rapid Railway
- Yagan Railway
- Yamagata Railway
- Yokohama Minato Mirai Railway (Kodomonokuni Line)
- Yuri Highland Railway
- Wakasa Railway
- Watarase Valley Railway
Subways
- Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau (Fukuoka City Subway)
- Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau (Kobe Municipal Subway)
- Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau (Kyoto Municipal Subway)
- Nagoya City Transportation Bureau (Nagoya Subway)
- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (Osaka Municipal Subway)
- Saitama Railway
- Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (Sapporo Subway)
- Sendai City Transportation Bureau (Sendai City Subway Line)
- Tokyo Metro
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway)
- Tokyo Waterfront Railway (Rinkai Line)
- Transportation Bureau,City of Yokohama (Yokohama Subway)
- Yokohama Minato Mirai Railway (Minato Mirai Line)
Monorails
- Chiba Urban Monorail
- Kitakyushu Monorail
- Maihama Resort Line
- Nagoya Railway (Monkey Park Monorail Line)
- Osaka Monorail
- Shonan Monorail
- Tama Toshi Monorail
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Ueno Zoo Monorail)
- Tokyo Monorail
- Yui Rail
Trams
- Chikuho Electric Railway
- Enoshima Electric Railway
- Fukui Railway
- Hakodate City Transportation Bureau
- Hankai Electric Tramway
- Hiroshima Electric Railway
- Iyo Railway (Matsuyama City Line)
- Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau
- Keifuku Electric Railway
- Keihan Electric Railway (Keishin Line)
- Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau
- Man'yo Line
- Nagasaki Electric Tramway
- Okayama Electric Tramway
- Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (Sapporo Streetcar)
- Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway (Setagaya Line)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (Toden Arakawa Line)
- Tosa Electric Railway
- Toyama Light Rail
- Toyama Regional Railway (Toyama City Line)
- Toyohashi Railway (Azumada Main Line)
Trolleybus
- Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route
New transit systems
- Aichi Rapid Transit (Linimo)
- Hiroshima Rapid Transit (Astram Line)
- Kobe New Transit (Portliner, Rokkoliner)
- Nagoya Guideway Bus
- Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (New Tram)
- Saitama New Urban Transit (New Shuttle)
- Seibu Railway (Leo Liner)
- Sky Rail Service
- Tokadai New Transit (Peach Liner)
- Yamaman
- Yokohama New Transit (Kanazawa Seaside Line)
- Yurikamome
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