All Japan articles – Page 7
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Heisei Chikuho Railway (Heichiku)
This third sector railway runs several former JR Kyushu lines serving Fukuoka Prefecture in the north of the island: Tagawa Line (26·3 km): Yukuhashi (on JR Kyushu’s east coast Nippo Main Line) southwest to Tagawa-Ita (crossing JR Kyushu’s Hitahikosan Line); Ita Line (16·1 km): Nogata (on JR Kyushu’s Chikuho ...
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Echigo Tokimeki Railway Co (ETR)
This third sector railway was established in 2010 ready to take over local passenger services after opening of the parallel Hokuriku shinkansen, and now runs two lines in the region. Operation of JR West’s former Hokuriku Main Line between Naoetsu, terminus of JR East’s Shin-Etsu line, west to Ichiburi transferred ...
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Hokkaido Railway Co (JR Hokkaido)
Comprises the entire ex-JNR network on the island of Hokkaido, serving 435 stations, and forming part of the JR Group*. The 148 km Hokkaido shinkansen opened in March 2016 between Shin-Aomori and Shin Hakodate Hokuto, with 2 intermediate stations. It is scheduled to be extended to Sapporo in 2031. The ...
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Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu)
The first railway on Kyushu opened in 1889 between Hakata and Chitosegawa. JR Kyushu was created in 1987 when JNR was privatised. It runs 22 routes serving a total of 567 stations, and forms part of the JR Group*. Kyushu Shinkansen operations between Yatsushiro and Hakata started in Spring 2011, ...
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Hankai Denki Kido
First line opened 1900; two-route tramway serving 39 stops. See Osaka network map. Wholly-owned by Nankai Electric Railway, the tramway serves south Osaka and Sakai city. The main Hankai line runs from Ebisucho on Osaka metro’s Sakaisuji line south via Sumiyoshi to Hamadera (14·1 km). The Uemachi line connects Tennoji ...
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Keifuku Denki Tetsudo (Randen)
Tramway opened in 1910. ‘Y’-shaped network serving 22 stops. Operates the Arashiyama main line (7·2 km, 13 stops) and Kitano branch (3·8 km, 9 stops) tramways in western Kyoto on mostly segregated alignment. The system interchanges with Kyoto subway’s Tozai line at Tenjingawa, and the Hankyu Railway Kyoto main line ...
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Hiroshima Dentetsu (Hiroden)
Conventional tramway opened 1912 with inter-urban line opened 1922, together serving 77 stops. Japan’s most extensive tram network serves central Hiroshima, comprising a loop and six radial branches. There is interchange with the Astram rubber-tyred metro line at Hondori in the city centre. On August 3 2025 a new approach ...
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East Japan Railway (JR East)
JR East was created in 1987 when Japanese National Railways was restructured, and its full shareholding listed in 2002. The largest member of the JR Group*, it serves the east of Honshu comprising the heavily-populated Kanto region around Tokyo, the northeast Tohoku region and the eastern part of Chubu region. ...
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Echizen Railway
This third sector railway was set up in 2002, and on February 1 2003 took over operation of Keifuku Electric Railway’s network of local lines centred on Fukui, Honshu, which had been closed in 2001. The operational lines are the Mikuni Awara Line, running 28 km north to Mikuniminato, and ...