List of railway lines in Japan

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This is the list of railway lines in Japan on which passenger and / or freight traffic is carried out (as of 2017). It does not include trams, subways, light rail vehicles, monorails, people mover systems, cable cars and train lines in amusement parks.

The list is structured as follows:

  • Name of the route: self-explanatory (some names are non-binding translations into German)
  • Railway company: operator of the route in question (the original Japanese name is usually used)
  • Gauge: Indicates the width of the track. In Japan, the Cape gauge of 1067 mm clearly predominates , while the normal gauge of 1435 mm is hardly widespread.
  • Length: Indicates the length of the route in kilometers.
  • Electricity system: Names the traction current system used on the route (= stands for direct voltage , ~ for alternating voltage , non-electrified routes are marked with -).
  • Region: States the region in which the route is located ( Chūbu , Chūgoku , Hokkaidō , Kansai , Kantō , Kyūshū , Shikoku , Tōhoku ).
  • Notes: Special information about the route
A-C
Name of the route Railway company Track
width
(mm)
Length
(in km)
Power
system
region Remarks
Aboshi line San'yō Denki Tetsudō 1435 008.5 1500 V = Kansai
Abukuma Express Line Abukuma Kyūkō 1067 054.9 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku
Agatsuma line JR East 1067 055.6 1500 V = Kanto
Aichi ring line Aichi Kanjō Tetsudō 1067 045.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Ainokaze-Toyama Railway Line Ainokaze Toyama Tetsudo 1067 100.1 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Chūbu
Aizu line Aizu Tetsudo 1067 057.4 1500 V = Tōhoku
Aizu Kinugawa Line Yagan Tetsudo 1067 030.7 1500 V = Kanto
Akabane line JR East 1067 005.5 1500 V = Kanto Part of the Saikyō lineage
Akasaki line Iwate Kaihatsu Tetsudō 1067 002.0 - Tōhoku freight traffic only
Akechi line Akechi Tetsudo 1067 025.1 - Chūbu
Akita Nairiku Line Akita Nairiku Jūkan Tetsudō 1067 094.2 - Tōhoku
Akita-Rinkai Railway Line Akita Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 007.9 - Tōhoku freight traffic only
Akita Shinkansen JR East 1435 127.3 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku includes parts of the Ōu main line and the Tazawako line
Akō line JR West 1067 057.4 1500 V = Kansai
Chūgoku
Amagi line Amagi Tetsudo 1067 013.7 - Kyushu
Amagi line Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo 1435 017.9 1500 V = Kyushu
Ao line Kobe Dentetsu 1067 029.2 1500 V = Kansai
Aoimori railway line Aoimori Tetsudo 1067 121.9 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku
Aonami line Nagoya Rinkai Kōsoku Tetsudō 1067 015.2 1500 V = Chūbu
Arashiyama line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 004.1 1500 V = Kansai
Arima line Kobe Dentetsu 1067 022.5 1500 V = Kansai
Asa line Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo 1067 042.7 - Shikoku
Asanogawa line Hokuriku Tetsudō 1067 006.8 1500 V = Chūbu
Asatō line Asa Kaigan Tetsudo 1067 005.3 - Shikoku
Aterazawa line JR East 1067 024.3 - Tōhoku
Atsugi line Sagami Tetsudo 1067 002.2 1500 V = Kanto freight traffic only
Atsumi line Toyohashi Tetsudo 1067 018.0 1500 V = Chūbu
Ban'etsu East Line JR East 1067 085.6 - Tōhoku
Ban'etsu West Line JR East 1067 175.6 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku electrified only between Kōriyama and Kitakata (81.2 km)
Bantan line JR West 1067 085.7 1500 V = Kansai electrified only between Himeji and Teramae (29.6 km)
Bessho line Ueda Dentetsu 1067 011.6 1500 V = Chūbu
Bisai line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 030.9 1500 V = Chūbu
Bivouac line JR West 1067 075.4 1500 V = Kansai includes parts of the Tōkaidō main line and the Hokuriku main line
Chiba line Keisei Dentetsu 1435 012.9 1500 V = Kanto
Chichibu main line Chichibu Tetsudo 1067 071.7 1500 V = Kanto
Chichibu line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 019.0 1500 V = Kanto
Chidori line Kanagawa Rinkai Tetsudo 1067 008.6 - Kanto freight traffic only
Chihara line Keisei Dentetsu 1435 010.9 1500 V = Kanto
Chikkō line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 001.5 1500 V = Chūbu
Chikuhi line JR Kyushu 1067 068.3 1500 V = Kyushu electrified only between Meinohama and Karatsu (42.6 km)
Chikuhō-Denki Railway Line Chikuhō Denki Tetsudō 1435 016.0 600 V = Kyushu
Chikuhō main line JR Kyushu 1067 066.1 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu electrified only between Orio and Keisen (34.5 km)
Chita Shin lineage Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 013.9 1500 V = Chūbu
Chitetsu main line Toyama Chihō Tetsudō 1067 053.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Chitose line JR Hokkaidō 1067 059.2 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Hokkaidō
Chizu line Chizu Kyūkō 1067 056.1 - Chūgoku
Chōkai-Sanroku Line Yuri Kōgen Tetsudō 1067 023.0 - Tōhoku
Choshi Railway Chōshi Denki Tetsudō 1067 006.4 600 V = Kanto
Chūō main line JR Central
JR East
1067 424.6 1500 V = Kantō
Chūbu
Property line in Shiojiri
Chūō rapid transit line JR East 1067 053.1 1500 V = Kanto Part of the main Chūō line
Chūō-Sōbu Line JR East 1067 060.2 1500 V = Kanto includes parts of the Chūō main line and the Sōbu main line
D-G
Name of the route Railway company Track
width
(mm)
Length
(in km)
Power
system
region Remarks
Daishi line Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu 1435 004.5 1500 V = Kanto
Daishi line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 001.0 1500 V = Kanto
Daiyūzan line Izuhakone Tetsudō 1067 009.6 1500 V = Kanto
Dazaifu line Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo 1435 002.4 1500 V = Kyushu
Den'entoshi line Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu 1067 031.5 1500 V = Kanto
Dōbutsuen line Keiō Dentetsu 1372 002.0 1500 V = Kanto
Domyoji line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1067 02.2 1500 V = Kansai
Dosan line JR Shikoku 1067 198.7 1500 V = Shikoku electrified only between Tadotsu and Kotohira (11.3 km)
Echigo line JR East 1067 083.8 - Chūbu
Eizan main line Eizan Dentetsu 1435 005.6 600 V = Kansai
Enoshima Dentetsu line Enoshima Dentetsu 1067 010.0 600 V = Kanto
Enoshima line Odakyū Dentetsu 1067 027.6 1500 V = Kanto
Enshu Railway Line Enshu Tetsudo 1067 017.8 750 V = Chūbu
Esashi line Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō 1067 037.8 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Hokkaidō only freight trains run electrically
Etsumi hoku line JR West 1067 052.5 - Chūbu
Etsumi-nan line Nagaragawa Tetsudo 1067 072.1 - Chūbu
Flower Nagai line Yamagata Tetsudo 1067 030.5 - Tōhoku
Airport line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 004.2 1500 V = Chūbu
Fujikoshi line Toyama Chihō Tetsudō 1067 003.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Fuji Kyūkō Line Fuji Kyūkō 1067 026.6 1500 V = Chūbu
Fujisaki line Kumamoto Dentetsu 1067 002.3 600 V = Kyushu
Fukuchiyama line JR West 1067 106.5 1500 V = Kansai
Fukuen line JR West 1067 085.1 1500 V = Chūgoku electrified only between Fukuyama and Fuchū (23.6 km)
Fukuhoku-Yutaka Line JR Kyushu 1067 066.6 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu composed of parts of the Chikuhō main line , the Kagoshima main line and the Sasaguri line
Fukushima Rinkai main line Fukushima Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 005.4 - Tōhoku freight traffic only
Furano line JR Hokkaidō 1067 054.8 - Hokkaidō
Gakunan line Gakunan Tetsudo 1067 009.2 1500 V = Chūbu
Gala Yuzawa Line JR East 1435 001.8 25 kV 50 Hz ~ Chūbu
Gamagōri line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 017.6 1500 V = Chūbu
Gantoku line JR West 1067 043.7 - Chūgoku
Geibi line JR West 1067 159.1 - Chūgoku
Gonō line JR East 1067 147.2 - Tōhoku
Gose line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1067 005.2 1500 V = Kansai
Gotemba line JR Central 1067 060.2 1500 V = Kantō
Chūbu
Gotōji line JR Kyushu 1067 013.3 - Kyushu
Gunchu line Iyo Tetsudō 1067 011.3 750 V = Shikoku
H-K
Name of the route Railway company Track
width
(mm)
Length
(in km)
Power
system
region Remarks
Hachikō line JR East 1067 092.0 1500 V = Kanto electrified only between Hachiōji and Komagawa (31.1 km)
Hachinohe line JR East 1067 064.9 - Tōhoku
Hachinohe-Rinkai Railway Line Hachinohe Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 008.5 - Tōhoku freight traffic only
Haijima line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 014.3 1500 V = Kanto
Hachiōji line Yokkaichi Asunarō Tetsudō 762 001.3 750 V = Kansai
Hakata Minami Line JR West 1435 008.5 25 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu
Hakodate main line JR Hokkaidō 1067 458.4 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Hokkaidō electrified only between Hakodate and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and between Otaru and Asahikawa (188.5 km)
Hakone Tozan Line Hakone Tozan Tetsudō 1067
1435
015.0 1500 V =
750 V =
Kanto
Hakubi line JR West 1067 138.8 1500 V = Chūgoku
Hakushin line JR East 1067 027.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Hanawa line JR East 1067 106.9 - Tōhoku
Handa line Kinuura Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 003.4 - Chūbu freight traffic only
Hanshin main line Hanshin Denki Tetsudō 1435 032.1 1500 V = Kansai
Hanwa line JR West 1067 063.0 1500 V = Kansai
Hashima line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 001.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Hekinan line Kinuura Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 008.2 - Chūbu freight traffic only
Hidaka main line JR Hokkaidō 1067 146.5 - Hokkaidō Operations between Mukawa and Samani are currently suspended
Higashi Narita line Keisei Dentetsu 1435 007.1 1500 V = Kanto
Hikoroichi line Iwate Kaihatsu Tetsudō 1067 009.5 - Tōhoku freight traffic only
Himi line JR West 1067 016.5 - Chūbu
Hiromi line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 022.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Ichihashi line Seinō Tetsudō 1067 002.6 - Chūbu freight traffic only
Hisatsu line JR Kyushu 1067 124.2 - Kyushu
Hisatsu-Orange Railway Line Hisatsu Orenji Tetsudō 1067 116.9 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu
Hitahikosan line JR Kyushu 1067 068.7 - Kyushu
Hōhi main line JR Kyushu 1067 148.0 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu electrified only between Kumamoto and Higo-Ōzu (22.6 km)
Hōjō line Hōjō Tetsudō 1067 013.6 - Kansai
Hokkaidō Shinkansen JR Hokkaidō 1435 148.8 25 kV 50 Hz ~ Hokkaidō
Tōhoku
partly mixed operation with freight traffic ( Seikan tunnel , Kaikyō line )
Hokuhoku line Hokuetsu Kyūkō 1067 059.5 1500 V = Chūbu
Hokuriku main line JR West 1067 176.6 1500 V =
20 kV 60 Hz ~
Kansai
Chūbu
Mains voltage change in Tsuruga
Hokuriku Shinkansen JR East, JR West 1435 345.5 25 kV 50 Hz ~
25 kV 60 Hz ~
Kantō
Chūbu
Property boundary and power supply change between Jōetsumyōkō and Itoigawa
Hokusei line Sangi Tetsudo 762 020.4 750 V = Chūbu
Hokushin line Hokushin Kyūkō Dentetsu 1435 004.7 1500 V = Kansai
Hokusō line Hokusō Tetsudō 1435 032.3 1500 V = Kanto
Honmoku line Kanagawa Rinkai Tetsudo 1067 005.6 - Kanto freight traffic only
Honshi Bisan Line JR Shikoku, JR West 1067 031.0 1500 V = Shikoku Part of the Seto Ōhashi Line
property line in Kojima
Ibara line Ibara Tetsudo 1067 041.7 - Chūgoku
Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line JR Kyushu 1067 087.8 - Kyushu
Iga line Iga Tetsudo 1067 016.6 1500 V = Chūbu
Iida line JR Central 1067 195.7 1500 V = Chūbu
Iiyama line JR East 1067 096.7 - Chūbu
Iizaka line Fukushima Kotsu 1067 009.2 1500 V = Tōhoku
Ikawa line Ōigawa Tetsudō 1067 025.5 1500 V = Chūbu 1.5 km long cog railway section
Ikebukuro line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 057.8 1500 V = Kanto
Ikegami line Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu 1067 010.9 1500 V = Kanto
Ikoma line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 012.4 1500 V = Kansai
Imazu line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 009.3 1500 V = Kansai
Inbi line JR West 1067 073.4 - Chūgoku
Inokashira line Keiō Dentetsu 1067 012.7 1500 V = Kanto
Inuyama line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 026.8 1500 V = Chūbu
IR Ishikawa Railway Line IR Ishikawa Tetsudo 1067 017.8 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Chūbu
Ise line Ise Tetsudo 1067 022.3 - Chūbu
Isesaki line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 075.1 1500 V = Kanto
Ishikawa line Hokuriku Tetsudō 1067 013.8 600 V = Chūbu
Ishiyama-Sakamoto lineage Keihan Denki Tetsudo 1435 014.1 1500 V = Kansai
Ishinomaki line JR East 1067 044.9 - Tōhoku
Isumi line Isumi Tetsudo 1067 026.8 - Kanto
Ita line Heisei Chikuhō Tetsudō 1067 016.1 - Kyushu
Itami line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 003.1 1500 V = Kansai
Itō line JR East 1067 016.9 - Chūbu
Itoda line Heisei Chikuhō Tetsudō 1067 006.8 - Kyushu
Itsukaichi line JR East 1067 011.1 1500 V = Kanto
Iwate-Galaxy Railway Line Iwate Ginga Tetsudo 1067 082.0 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku
Izu-Kyūkō Line Izu Kyūkō 1067 045.7 1500 V = Chūbu
Izumino line Sagami Tetsudo 1067 011.3 1500 V = Kanto
Jōban line JR East 1067 350.4 1500 V =
20 kV 50 Hz ~
Kantō
Tōhoku
Parts of the route after the Tōhoku earthquake and the Fukushima nuclear disaster out of service.
Alternating current between Toride and Fujishiro , otherwise direct current
Jōetsu line JR East 1067 162.6 1500 V = Kantō
Chūbu
Jōetsu Shinkansen JR East 1435 269.5 25 kV 50 Hz ~ Kantō
Tōhoku
Johana lineage JR West 1067 029.9 - Chūbu
Jōhoku line Tōkai Kōtsū Jigyō 1067 011.2 - Chūbu
Jōmō line Jōmō Dentetsu 1067 025.4 1500 V = Kanto
Jōshin line Jōshin Dentetsu 1067 033.7 1500 V = Kanto
Jōsō line Kantō Tetsudō 1067 051.1 - Kanto
JR Kobe Line JR West 1067 087.9 1500 V = Kansai Part of the Tōkaidō main line
JR Kyoto Line JR West 1067 042.8 1500 V = Kansai Part of the Tōkaidō main line
JR Tōzai Line JR West 1067 012.5 1500 V = Kansai Part of the Tōkaidō main line
Kabe line JR West 1067 014.0 1500 V = Chūgoku
Kada line Nankai Denki Tetsudō 1067 009.6 1500 V = Kansai
Kagoshima main line JR Kyushu 1067 285.3 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu divided into two sections
Kaikyō line JR Hokkaidō 1067 087.8 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Hokkaidō
Tōhoku
Freight traffic only, mixed operation with Hokkaidō Shinkansen ( Seikan tunnel )
Kaizuka line Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo 1067 011.0 1500 V = Kyushu
Kakamigahara line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 017.6 1500 V = Chūbu
Kakogawa line JR West 1067 048.5 1500 V = Kansai
Kamaishi line JR East 1067 090.2 - Tōhoku
Kameido line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 003.4 1500 V = Kanto
Kamidaki line Toyama Chihō Tetsudō 1067 012.4 1500 V = Chūbu
Kamikochi line Alpico Kotsu 1067 014.4 1500 V = Chūbu
Kanamachi line Keisei Dentetsu 1435 002.5 1500 V = Kanto
Kansai Airport Line JR West 1067 011.1 1500 V = Kansai
Kansai main line JR Central, JR West 1067 179.6 1500 V = Kansai
Chūbu
Property border in Kameyama electrified
only between Nagoya and Kameyama and between Kamo and JR Namba (113.9 km)
Karasuyama line JR East 1067 020.4 - Kanto
Karatsu line JR Kyushu 1067 042.5 - Kyushu
Kashihara line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 023.8 1500 V = Kansai
Kashii line JR Kyushu 1067 025.4 - Kyushu
Kashima line JR East 1067 017.4 1500 V = Kanto
Kashima Rinko Line Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo 1067 019.2 - Kanto freight traffic only
Katamachi line JR West 1067 055.4 1500 V = Kansai
Katano line Keihan Denki Tetsudo 1435 006.9 1500 V = Kansai
Katsuyama Eiheiji Lineage Echizen Tetsudo 1067 027.8 600 V = Chūbu
Kawagoe line JR East 1067 030.6 1500 V = Kanto
Keibajō line Keiō Dentetsu 1372 000.9 1500 V = Kanto
Keihan main line Keihan Denki Tetsudo 1435 049.3 1500 V = Kansai
Keihanna line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 018.8 750 V = Kansai
Keihin-Tōhoku Line JR East 1067 059.1 1500 V = Kanto includes parts of the Tōhoku main line and the Tōkaidō main line
Keikyu Airport Line Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu 1435 006.5 1500 V = Kanto
Keikyū main line Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu 1435 056.7 1500 V = Kanto
Keiō line Keiō Dentetsu 1372 037.9 1500 V = Kanto
Keisei main line Keisei Dentetsu 1435 069.3 1500 V = Kanto
Keishin line Keihan Denki Tetsudo 1435 007.5 1500 V = Kansai
Keiyō line JR East 1067 043.0 1500 V = Kanto includes parts of the Musashino Line , the Nambu Line, and the Yokohama Line
Kesennuma line JR East 1067 072.8 - Kanto
Kibi line JR West 1067 020.4 - Chūgoku
Kikuchi line Kumamoto Dentetsu 1067 010.8 600 V = Kyushu
Kinugawa line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 016.2 1500 V = Kanto
Kiryu line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 020.3 1500 V = Kanto
Kisei main line JR Central, JR West 1067 384.2 1500 V = Kansai Property line in Shingū electrified
only between Shingū and Wakayamashi (204.0 km)
Kishigawa line Wakayama Dentetsu 1067 014.3 1500 V = Kansai
Kishin line JR West 1067 158.1 - Kansai
Chūgoku
Kishu Railway Line Kishu Tetsudo 1067 002.7 - Kansai
Kisuki line JR West 1067 081.9 - Chūgoku
Kitakami line JR East 1067 061.6 - Tōhoku
Kita Matsue line Ichibata densha 1067 033.9 1500 V = Chūgoku
Kita Riasu line Sanriku Tetsudo 1067 071.0 - Tōhoku
Kita Shinano line Shinano Tetsudo 1067 037.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Kitto line JR Kyushu 1067 061.6 - Kyushu
Kobe main line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 032.3 1500 V = Kansai
Kobe-Kōsoku Line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 005.0 1500 V = Kansai
Kobe-Kōsoku Line Hanshin Denki Tetsudō 1435 002.8 1500 V = Kansai
Kodomonokuni line Yokohama Kōsoku Tetsudō 1067 003.4 1500 V = Kanto
Kōen Toshi Line Kobe Dentetsu 1067 005.5 1500 V = Kansai
Koizumi line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 018.4 1500 V = Kanto
Kokubunji line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 007.8 1500 V = Kanto
Komaki line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 020.6 1500 V = Chūbu
Kominato railway line Kominato Tetsudo 1067 039.1 - Kanto
Kōnan line Kōnan Tetsudō 1067 016.8 1500 V = Tōhoku
Kosei line JR West 1067 074.1 1500 V = Kansai
Kōtō line Mizushima Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 003.6 - Chūgoku freight traffic only
Kotohira line Takamatsu-Kotohira Denki Tetsudō 1435 032.9 1500 V = Shikoku
Kōtoku line JR Shikoku 1067 074.5 - Shikoku
Koumi line JR East 1067 078.9 - Chūbu
Kōwa line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 028.8 1500 V = Chūbu
Kōya line Nankai Denki Tetsudō 1067 064.5 1500 V = Kansai
Koyo line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 002.2 1500 V = Kansai
Kurama line Eizan Dentetsu 1435 008.8 600 V = Kansai
Kure line JR West 1067 087.0 1500 V = Chūgoku
Kurihama line Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu 1435 013.4 1500 V = Kanto
Kurobe-Kyōkoku Line Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō 762 020.1 600 V = Chūbu
Kururi line JR East 1067 032.2 - Kanto
Kusatsu line JR West 1067 036.7 1500 V = Kansai
Kyoto main line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 045.3 1500 V = Kansai
Kyoto Line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 034.6 1500 V = Kansai
Kyūdai main line JR Kyushu 1067 141.5 - Kyushu
Kyushu Shinkansen JR Kyushu 1435 256.8 25 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu
M-O
Name of the route Railway company Track
width
(mm)
Length
(in km)
Power
system
region Remarks
Maizuru line JR West 1067 026.4 1500 V = Kansai
Meguro line Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu 1067 011.9 1500 V = Kanto
Meishō line JR Central 1067 043.5 - Kansai
Mikajiri line Chichibu Tetsudo 1067 007.6 1500 V = Kanto freight traffic only
Mikawa line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 039.8 1500 V = Chūbu
Mikuni-Awara Line Echizen Tetsudo 1067 025.2 600 V = Chūbu
Minami-Osaka Line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1067 039.7 1500 V = Kansai
Minami Riasu Line Sanriku Tetsudo 1067 036.6 - Tōhoku
Minato train Hitachinaka Kaihin Tetsudō 1067 014.3 - Kanto
Minatomirai Line Yokohama Kōsoku Tetsudō 1067 004.1 1500 V = Kanto
Mine line JR West 1067 046.0 - Chūgoku
Mino Akasaka Line JR Central 1067 005.0 1500 V = Chūbu Branch of the Tōkaidō main line
Minobu line JR Central 1067 088.4 1500 V = Chūbu
Minoo line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 004.0 1500 V = Kansai
Misumi line JR Kyushu 1067 025.6 - Kyushu
Mito line JR East 1067 050.2 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Kanto
Miyafuku line Kyoto Tango Tetsudo 1067 030.4 1500 V = Kansai
Miyazaki Airport Line JR Kyushu 1067 001.6 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu
Miyazu line Kyoto Tango Tetsudo 1067 083.8 1500 V = Kansai electrified only between Miyazu and Amanohashidate (4.4 km)
Mizue line Kanagawa Rinkai Tetsudo 1067 002.6 - Kanto freight traffic only
Mizuma line Mizuma Tetsudo 1067 005.5 1500 V = Kansai
Mizushima main line Mizushima Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 011.2 - Chūgoku
Mojikō retro kankō line Heisei Chikuhō Tetsudō 1067 002.1 - Kyushu excursion traffic only
Mooka line Mooka Tetsudo 1067 041.9 - Kanto
Mugi line JR Shikoku 1067 079.3 - Shikoku
Mukogawa line Hanshin Denki Tetsudō 1435 001.7 1500 V = Kansai
Muroran main line JR Hokkaidō 1067 218.0 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Hokkaidō electrified only between Muroran and Numanohata (73.8 km)
Musashino line JR East 1067 100.6 1500 V = Kanto Passenger traffic only between Fuchūhommachi and Nishi-Funabashi (71.8 km)
Myōken line Nose Dentetsu 1435 012.2 1500 V = Kansai
Myōkō-Haneuma Line Echigo Tokimeki Tetsudō 1067 037.7 1500 V = Chūbu
Nagano line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1067 012.5 1500 V = Kansai
Nagano line Nagano Dentetsu 1067 033.7 1500 V = Chūbu
Nagao line Takamatsu-Kotohira Denki Tetsudō 1435 014.6 1500 V = Shikoku
Nagareyama line Ryutetsu 1067 005.7 1500 V = Kanto
Nagasaki main line JR Kyushu 1067 148.8 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu Nagayo branch line (23.5 km) is not electrified
Nagoya main line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 099.8 1500 V = Chūbu
Nagoya Line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 078.8 1500 V = Kansai
Chūbu
Nakamura line Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo 1067 043.0 - Shikoku
Nakanoshima line Keihan Denki Tetsudo 1435 003.0 1500 V = Kansai
Namba line Hanshin Denki Tetsudō 1435 010.1 1500 V = Kansai
Namba line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 002.0 1500 V = Kansai
Namboku line Kita-Ōsaka Kyūkō Dentetsu 1435 005.9 1500 V = Kansai
Nambu line JR East 1067 045.0 1500 V = Kanto
Nanao line Noto Tetsudō , JR West 1067 087.5 1500 V = Chūbu Property line in Nanao
only electrified between Tsubata and Wakura-Onsen (59.5 km)
Nankai Airport Line Nankai Denki Tetsudō 1067 008.8 1500 V = Kansai
Nankai main line Nankai Denki Tetsudō 1067 064.2 1500 V = Kansai
Nanko line Nagoya Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 011.3 - Chūbu freight traffic only
Nara line JR West 1067 034.7 1500 V = Kansai
Nara line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 026.7 1500 V = Kansai
Narita Airport Line Keisei Dentetsu 1435 051.4 1500 V = Kanto
Narita line JR East 1067 119.1 1500 V = Kanto
Naruto line JR Shikoku 1067 008.5 - Shikoku
Negishi line JR East 1067 022.1 1500 V = Kanto
Nemuro main line JR Hokkaidō 1067 443.8 - Hokkaidō
New Keiō line Keiō Dentetsu 1372 003.6 1500 V = Kanto
Nichinan line JR Kyushu 1067 088.9 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu electrified only between Minami-Miyazaki and Tayoshi (2.0 km)
Nihonkai-Hisui Line Echigo Tokimeki Tetsudō 1067 059.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Nikko line JR East 1067 040.5 1500 V = Kanto
Nikko line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 094.5 1500 V = Kanto
Nippo main line JR Kyushu 1067 467.2 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu
Nishikagawa Seiryu Lineage Nishikigawa Tetsudō 1067 032.7 - Chūgoku
Nishi-Kyushu line Matsuura Tetsudo 1067 093.8 - Kyushu
Nishio line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 024.7 1500 V = Chūbu
Nissei line Nose Dentetsu 1435 002.6 1500 V = Kansai
Ōarai-Kashima Line Kashima Rinkai Tetsudo 1067 053.0 - Kanto
Obama line JR West 1067 084.3 1500 V = Kansai
Chūbu
Odawara line Odakyū Dentetsu 1067 082.5 1500 V = Kanto
Ōfunato line JR East 1067 105.7 - Tōhoku
Oga line JR East 1067 026.6 - Tōhoku
Ogose line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 010.9 1500 V = Kanto
Ōigawa main line Ōigawa Tetsudō 1067 039.5 1500 V = Chūbu
Ōimachi line Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu 1067 012.4 1500 V = Kanto
Ōito line JR East, JR West 1067 105.4 1500 V = Chūbu Property border in Minami-Otari electrified
only between Matsumoto and Minami-Otari (70.1 km)
Ōme line JR East 1067 037.2 1500 V = Kanto
Ōmi main line Ōmi Tetsudō 1067 047.7 1500 V = Kansai
Ōminato line JR East 1067 058.4 - Tōhoku
Ōmura line JR Kyushu 1067 047.6 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu electrified only between Haiki and Huis ten Bosch (4.7 km)
Onoda line JR West 1067 011.6 1500 V = Chūgoku
Osaka line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 108.9 1500 V = Kansai
Osaka ring line JR West 1067 021.6 1500 V = Kansai
Osaka West Line JR West 1067 009.2 1500 V = Kansai
Oshiage line Keisei Dentetsu 1435 005.7 1500 V = Kanto
Ōtō line Keihan Denki Tetsudo 1435 002.3 1500 V = Kansai
Ōu main line JR East 1067
1435
486.3 20 kV 50 Hz Tōhoku Mixed operation with Yamagata Shinkansen between Fukushima and Shinjō
Mixed operation with Akita Shinkansen between Ōmagari and Akita
Ōwani line Kōnan Tetsudō 1067 013.9 1500 V = Tōhoku
R-S
Name of the route Railway company Track
width
(mm)
Length
(in km)
Power
system
region Remarks
Rikuu East Line JR East 1067 094.1 - Tōhoku
Rikuu West Line JR East 1067 043.0 - Tōhoku
Rinkai line Tōkyō Rinkai Kōsoku Tetsudō 1067 023.8 - Kanto
Rinkai main line Sendai Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 005.4 - Tōhoku freight traffic only
Rinkai main line Taiheiyō Sekitan Hanbai Yusō 1067 012.2 1500 V = Kanto freight traffic only
Rinko line Keiyō Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 004.0 1500 V = Kanto freight traffic only
Rumoi main line JR Hokkaidō 1067 050.2 - Hokkaidō
Ryōmō line JR East 1067 084.4 1500 V = Tōhoku
Ryūgasaki line Kantō Tetsudō 1067 004.5 - Kanto
Sagami line JR East 1067 033.3 1500 V = Kanto
Sagamihara line Keiō Dentetsu 1372 022.6 1500 V = Kanto
Sagano line JR West 1067 034.2 1500 V = Kansai Part of the San'in main line
operating vintage trains through the Sagano Kankō Tetsudō
Saikyō line JR East 1067 036.9 1500 V = Kanto
Saitama rapid transit line Saitama Kōsoku Tetsudō 1067 014.6 1500 V = Kanto
Sakai line JR West 1067 017.9 - Chūgoku
Sakurai line JR West 1067 029.4 1500 V = Kansai
Sakurajima line JR West 1067 004.1 1500 V = Kansai
Sanda line Kobe Dentetsu 1067 012.0 1500 V = Kansai
Sangi line Sangi Tetsudo 1067 027.6 1500 V = Chūbu
Sangu line JR Central 1067 029.1 - Kansai
San'in main line JR West 1067 676.0 1500 V = Kansai
Chūgoku
electrified only between Kyōto and Kinosaki-Onsen and between Hōki-Daisen and Nishi-Izumo (229.2 km)
Sano line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 022.1 1500 V = Kanto
San'yō main line JR West, JR Kyushu 1067 676.0 1500 V = Kansai
Chūgoku
Kyushu
Ownership limit in Shimonoseki
San'yō main line San'yō Denki Tetsudō 1435 054.7 1500 V = Kansai
San'yō Shinkansen JR West 1435 553.7 25 kV 60 Hz ~ Kansai
Chūgoku
Kyushu
Sasaguri line JR Kyushu 1067 025.1 20 kV 60 Hz ~ Kyushu
Sasebo line JR Kyushu 1067 048.8 - Kyushu
Sassho line JR Hokkaidō 1067 076.5 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Hokkaidō electrified only between Sōen and Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku (28.9 km)
Sayama line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 004.2 1500 V = Kanto
Seibuen line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 002.4 1500 V = Kanto
Sekihoku main line JR Hokkaidō 1067 234.0 - Hokkaidō
Sekishō line JR Hokkaidō 1067 148.5 - Hokkaidō
Sembouku rapid transit line Semboku Kōsoku Tetsudō 1067 014.3 1500 V = Kansai
Sendai Airport Line Sendai Kūkō Tetsudō 1067 007.1 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku
Sendai-Futō Line Sendai Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 001.6 - Tōhoku freight traffic only
Sendai-Nishikō Line Sendai Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 002.0 - Tōhoku freight traffic only
Senmō main line JR Hokkaidō 1067 166.2 - Hokkaidō
Senri line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 013.6 1500 V = Kansai
Senseki line JR East 1067 050.2 1500 V = Tōhoku
Senseki-Tōhoku Line JR East 1067 047.2 1500 V = Tōhoku composed of parts of the Tōhoku main line and the Senseki line
Senzan line JR East 1067 058.0 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku
Setagaya line Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu 1372 005.0 1500 V = Kanto
Seto line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 020.6 1500 V = Chūbu
Seto Ōhashi line JR Shikoku, JR West 1067 071.8 1500 V = Chūgoku
Shikoku
composed of the Uno Line , the Honshi-Bisan Line and part of the Yosan Line
Shibayama line Shibayama Tetsudo 1435 002.2 1500 V = Kanto
Shido line Takamatsu-Kotohira Denki Tetsudō 1435 012.5 1500 V = Shikoku
Shigaraki line Shigaraki Kōgen Tetsudō 1067 014.7 - Kansai
Shigi line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 002.8 1500 V = Kansai
Shima line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 024.5 1500 V = Kansai
Shimabara Railway Line Shimabara Tetsudo 1067 043.2 - Kyushu
Shinano line Shinano Tetsudo 1067 065.1 1500 V = Chūbu
Shin'etsu main line JR East 1067 181.5 1500 V = Chūbu composed of several sections
Shinjuku line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 047.5 1500 V = Kanto
Shin Keisei Line Shin-Keisei Dentetsu 1435 026.5 1500 V = Kanto
Shinminato line JR Freight 1067 001.9 - Kanto
Shinonoi line JR East 1067 066.7 1500 V = Chūbu
Shiomicho line Nagoya Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 003.0 - Chūbu freight traffic only
Shizuoka-Shimizu Line Shizuoka Tetsudo 1067 011.0 600 V = Chūbu
Shōnan-Shinjuku line JR East 1067 089.2 1500 V = Kanto composed of parts of five different lines
Shōwamachi line Nagoya Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 001.1 - Chūbu freight traffic only
Sōbu main line JR East 1067 120.5 1500 V = Kanto
Sōbu rapid transit line JR East 1067 060.2 1500 V = Kanto Part of the main Sōbu line
Sōtetsu main line Sagami Tetsudo 1067 024.6 1500 V = Kanto
Sotobo line JR East 1067 093.7 1500 V = Kanto
Sōya main line JR Hokkaidō 1067 259.4 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Hokkaidō electrified only between Asahikawa and the Kita-Asahikawa freight yard (6.6 km)
Suigun line JR East 1067 147.0 - Tōhoku
Sukumo line Tosa Kuroshio Tetsudo 1067 023.6 - Shikoku
Sunzu line Izuhakone Tetsudō 1067 019.8 1500 V = Kanto
Suzuka line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 008.2 1500 V = Kansai
T-Z
Name of the route Railway company Track
width
(mm)
Length
(in km)
Power
system
region Remarks
Tadami line JR East 1067 135.2 - Chūbu
Tōhoku
Taga line Ōmi Tetsudō 1067 002.5 1500 V = Kansai
Tagawa line Heisei Chikuhō Tetsudō 1067 026.3 - Kyushu
Taisha line Ichibata densha 1067 008.3 1500 V = Chūgoku
Taita line JR Central 1067 017.8 - Chūbu
Takahama line Iyo Tetsudō 1067 009.4 600 V = Shikoku
Takamori line Minamiaso Tetsudō 1067 017.7 - Kyushu
Takao line Keiō Dentetsu 1372 008.6 1500 V = Kanto
Takarazuka main line Hankyū Dentetsu 1435 024.5 1500 V = Kansai
Takasaki line JR East 1067 074.7 1500 V = Kanto
Takashinohama line Nankai Denki Tetsudō 1067 001.5 1500 V = Kansai
Takayama main line JR Central, JR West 1067 225.8 - Chūbu Property line in Inotani
Takehana line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 010.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Taketoyo line JR Central 1067 019.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Tama line Odakyū Dentetsu 1067 010.6 1500 V = Kanto
Tateyama line Toyama Chihō Tetsudō 1067 024.2 1500 V = Chūbu
Tamagawa line Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu 1067 005.6 1500 V = Kanto
Tamagawa line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 008.0 1500 V = Kanto
Tamako line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 009.2 1500 V = Kanto
Tamagawa line Nankai Denki Tetsudō 1067 002.6 1500 V = Kansai
Tarumi line Tarumi Tetsudo 1067 034.5 - Chūbu
Tateyama Sabō
erosion control systems
MLIT 610 018.0 - Chūbu Works railway
Tawaramoto line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 010.1 1500 V = Kansai
Tazawako line JR East 1435 075.6 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku Mixed operation with Akita Shinkansen
Tenjin Ōmuta Line Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo 1435 074.8 1500 V = Kyushu
Tenri line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 004.5 1500 V = Kansai
Tenryu-Hamanako Line Tenryū Hamanako Tetsudō 1067 067.7 - Chūbu
Toba line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 013.2 1500 V = Kansai
Tōchiku line Nagoya Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 001.3 - Chūbu freight traffic only
Tōgane line JR East 1067 013.8 1500 V = Kanto
Tōhoku main line JR East 1067 572.0 1500 V =
20 kV 50 Hz ~
Kantō
Tōhoku
Mains voltage change in Kuroiso
Tōhoku Shinkansen JR East 1435 674.9 25 kV 50 Hz ~ Kantō
Tōhoku
Tōjō main line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 075.0 1500 V = Kanto
Tōkaidō freight line JR Freight 1067 089.1 1500 V = Kanto freight traffic only, made up of several sections
Main Tōkaidō line JR East
JR Central
JR West
1067 589.5 1500 V = Kantō
Chūbu
Kansai
Property boundaries in Atami and Maibara
Tōkaidō Shinkansen JR Central 1435 515.4 25 kV 60 Hz ~ Kantō
Chūbu
Kansai
Tōko line Nagoya Rinkai Tetsudō 1067 003.8 - Chūbu freight traffic only
Tokoname line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 029.3 1500 V = Chūbu
Tokushima Line JR Shikoku 1067 067.5 - Shikoku
Toshima line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 001.0 1500 V = Kanto
Tōyō rapid transit line Tōyō Kōsoku Tetsudō 1067 016.2 1500 V = Kanto
Toyokawa line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 007.2 1500 V = Chūbu
Tōyoko line Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu 1067 024.2 1500 V = Kanto
Toyota line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 015.2 1500 V = Chūbu
Tsugaru Railway Line Tsugaru Tetsudo 1067 020.7 - Tōhoku
Tsugaru line JR East 1067 058.4 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku electrified only between Aomori and Shin-Nakaoguni (33.7 km)
Tsukuba Express Shutoken Shintoshi Tetsudō 1067 058.3 1500 V =
20 kV 50 Hz ~
Kanto Mains voltage change in Moriya
Tsurumi line JR East 1067 009.7 1500 V = Kanto
Tsushima line Nagoya Tetsudō 1067 011.8 1500 V = Chūbu
Tsuyama line JR West 1067 058.7 - Chūgoku
Ube line JR West 1067 033.2 1500 V = Chūgoku
Uchibo line JR East 1067 119.4 1500 V = Kanto
Uchiko line JR Shikoku 1067 005.3 - Shikoku Part of the Yosan Line
Ueno-Tokyo Line JR East 1067 003.6 1500 V = Kanto
Uetsu main line JR East 1067 271.7 1500 V =
20 kV 50 Hz ~
Chūbu
Tōhoku
Mains voltage change in Murakami
Uji line Keihan Denki Tetsudo 1435 007.6 1500 V = Kansai
Ukishima line Kanagawa Rinkai Tetsudo 1067 003.9 - Kanto freight traffic only
Uno line JR West 1067 032.8 1500 V = Chūgoku Part of the Seto Ōhashi lineage
Urban Park Line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 062.7 1500 V = Kanto until 2014: Noda line
Utsube line Yokkaichi Asunarō Tetsudō 762 005.7 750 V = Kansai
Utsunomiya line JR East 1067 159.9 1500 V = Kanto Part of the Tōhoku main line
Utsunomiya line Tōbu Tetsudō 1067 024.3 1500 V = Kanto
Wakasa line Wakasa Tetsudo 1067 019.2 - Chūgoku
Wakayama line JR West 1067 087.5 1500 V = Kansai
Wakayamakō line Nankai Denki Tetsudō 1067 002.8 1500 V = Kansai
Watarase Keikoku Line Watarase Keikoku Tetsudō 1067 044.1 - Kanto
Yahiko line JR East 1067 017.5 1500 V = Chūbu
Yamada line JR East 1067 157.5 - Tōhoku
Yamada line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 028.3 1500 V = Kansai
Yamagata Shinkansen JR East 1435 148.6 20 kV 50 Hz ~ Tōhoku includes part of the Ōu main line
Yamaguchi line JR West 1067 093.9 - Chūgoku
Yamaguchi line Seibu Tetsudo 762 002.8 750 V = Kanto
Yamanote line JR East 1067 034.5 1500 V = Kanto
Yamatoji line JR West 1067 054.0 1500 V = Kansai western part of the main Kansai line
Yodo line JR Shikoku 1067 076.3 - Shikoku
Yōkaichi line Ōmi Tetsudō 1067 009.3 1500 V = Kansai
Yokogawara line Iyo Tetsudō 1067 013.2 750 V = Shikoku
Yokohama line JR East 1067 042.6 1500 V = Kanto
Yokosuka line JR East 1067 073.3 1500 V = Kanto
Yonesaka line JR East 1067 090.7 - Tōhoku
Yōrō line Yōrō Tetsudō 1067 057.5 1500 V = Chūbu
Yosan Line JR Shikoku 1067 297.6 1500 V = Shikoku electrified only between Takamatsu and Iyoshi (205.0 km)
Yoshino line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1067 025.2 1500 V = Kansai
Yunomae line Kumagawa Tetsudo 1067 024.8 - Kyushu
Yunoyama line Kinki Nippon Tetsudo 1435 015.4 1500 V = Kansai
Yūrakuchō line Seibu Tetsudo 1067 002.6 1500 V = Kanto
Zushi line Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu 1435 005.9 1500 V = Kanto

See also