List of former railway lines in Japan
This is the list of the former railroad lines in Japan on which passenger and / or freight traffic was carried out. It is arranged according to the regions of Japan and is structured as follows:
- Name of the route: self-explanatory (some names are non-binding translations into German)
- Railway company: Last 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 -).
- from: year of opening
- until: year of shutdown
- Notes: Special information about the route
Chūbu
| Name of the route | Railway company | Track width (in mm) |
Length (in km) |
Power system |
from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abe-Kleinbahn | Abe Tetsudo | 762 | 9.4 | - | 1916 | 1934 | |
| Akatani line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 18.9 | - | 1925 | 1984 | |
| Akaya Mine Railway | Nittetsu Mining Co. | 1067 | 4.2 | - | 1925 | 1956 | |
| Akiba line | Shizuoka Tetsudo | 1067 | 13.2 | 600 V = | 1902 | 1962 | |
| Anjō branch line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.1 | 1500 V = | 1939 | 1951 | |
| Anō Railway | Anō Tetsudō | 762 | 19.6 | - | 1914 | 1944 | |
| Asanogawa line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.3 | - | 1929 | 1974 | Uchinada – Amagasaki-Kaigan section |
| Atami Railway | Atami Tetsudo | 762 | 25.3 | - | 1895 | 1924 | manually operated train until 1907 |
| Atsumi line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 2.8 | 1500 V = | 1926 | 1954 | Section Mikawa-Tahara- Kurokawabara |
| Awazu line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 3.5 | 600 V = | 1911 | 1962 | |
| Bisai line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 3.8 | 1500 V = | 1911 | 1944 | Section Tamanoi –Kisogawakō |
| Chitetsu main line | Toyama Chihō Tetsudō | 1067 | ? | 1500 V = | 1913 | 1932 | Section Gohyakukoku - Shin-Miyakawa |
| Chūsei Railway | Chūsei Tetsudō | 762 | 20.6 | - | 1908 | 1943 | |
| Dachi line | Tōnō Tetsudō | 1067 | 10.4 | 1500 V = | 1922 | 1972 | |
| Eiheiji line | Keifuku Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 24.6 | 600 V = | 1925 | 2001 | |
| Fuhoku small train | Fuhoku Kido | 753 | 2.0 | - | 1917 | 1928 | |
| Fuji small train | Fuji Kido | 610 | 19.6 | - | 1909 | 1939 | |
| Fushiki line | Kaetsunō Bus Co. | 1067 | 2.9 | 600 V = | 1948 | 1971 | |
| Gotemba horse-drawn tram | Gotemba Basha Tetsudō | 762 | 15.1 | - | 1898 | 1929 | |
| Hachiōji line | Kinki Nippon Tetsudo | 762 | 1.7 | 750 V = | 1912 | 1976 | Section Nishihino –Ise-Hachiōji |
| Haku line | Expo 2005 | 1.6 | 2005 | 2005 | Spurbus during the exhibition | ||
| Hekinan line | Kinuura Rinkai Tetsudō | 1067 | 3.1 | - | 1977 | 2006 | Hekinanshi – Gongenzaki section |
| Higashiyama Park Monorail | Nagoya City Department of Transportation | 0.5 | 600 V = | 1964 | 1974 | Monorail | |
| Hirasaka branch line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 4.5 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1960 | |
| Hirui line | Seinō Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.9 | - | 1928 | 2006 | |
| Hokusei line | Sangi Tetsudo | 762 | 0.7 | 750 V = | 1915 | 1961 | Section Nishi-Kuwana –Kuwana-Kyōbashi |
| Hongo small train | Hongō Kidō | ||||||
| Horinouchi Railway | Horinouchi Kidō | 762 | 14.8 | - | 1899 | 1935 | |
| Iburiwashi line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 3.4 | 600 V = | 1911 | 1971 | |
| Ichinomiya line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 7.1 | 1500 V = | 1910 | 1941 | |
| Ihara small train | Ihara Tetsudo | 762 | 5.5 | - | 1913 | 1916 | |
| Iga line | Kinki Nippon Tetsudo | 1067 | 9.7 | 1500 V = | 1922 | 1964 | Section Iga-Kambe -Nishi-Nabari |
| Iida line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 13.3 | 1500 V = | 1936 | 1955 | old route Sakuma – Ōzore |
| Ikeda train | Ikeda Tetsudō | 1067 | 6.9 | 1500 V = | 1926 | 1938 | |
| Imizu line | Toyama Chihō Tetsudō | 1067 | 14.4 | 600 V = | 1924 | 1980 | |
| Ise line | Kinki Nippon Tetsudo | 1067 | 39.4 | 1500 V = | 1917 | 1961 | |
| Ishikawa line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 2.1 | 600 V = | 1927 | 2009 | Section Tsurugi - Kaga-Ichinomiya |
| Iwakura branch line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 5.5 | 1500 V = | 1920 | 1964 | |
| Kaetsu line | Kaetsunō Bus Co. | 1067 | 19.5 | - | 1915 | 1972 | |
| Kachigawa line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 2.1 | - | 1931 | 1937 | |
| Kamikochi line | Matsumoto Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.3 | 1500 V = | 1922 | 1983 | Section Shin-Shimashima-Shinashima |
| Kamioka line | Kamioka Tetsudo | 1067 | 19.9 | - | 1966 | 2006 | |
| Kanbara railway line | Kanbara Tetsudo | 1067 | 21.9 | 600 V = | 1923 | 1999 | |
| Kaneishi line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 7.6 | 600 V = | 1898 | 1971 | |
| Kasai line | Hamamatsu Denki Tetsudō | 762 | 2.4 | - | 1914 | 1944 | |
| Kasawara line | Tōnō Tetsudō | 1067 | 4.5 | - | 1928 | 1978 | |
| Katayamatsu line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 2.7 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1965 | |
| Katō line | Nagano Dentetsu | 1067 | 12.9 | 1500 V = | 1925 | 2002 | |
| Katsuyama Eiheiji Lineage | Keifuku Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 8.5 | 600 V = | 1918 | 1974 | Section Katsuyama - Keifuku-Ōno |
| Kinmei line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 16.8 | 600 V = | 1926 | 1987 | |
| Kiyosu line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.0 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1944 | |
| Komatsu line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 5.9 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1986 | |
| Kitaena railway line | Kitaena Tetsudō | 1067 | 22.6 | 600 V = | 1924 | 1978 | |
| Kōmyō Railway | Kōmyō Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 19.6 | 1500 V = | 1928 | 1936 | |
| Koromo line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 13.0 | 1500 V = | 1921 | 1962 | |
| Kozakai branch line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.2 | 1500 V = | 1926 | 1944 | |
| Kubiki railway line | Kubiki Jidōsha | 762 | 15.0 | - | 1914 | 1971 | |
| Kusakaru Railway | Kusakaru Denki Tetsudō | 762 | 55.5 | 600 V = | 1915 | 1962 | |
| Maruko line | Ueda Kotsu | 1067 | 11.9 | 600 V = | 1918 | 1969 | |
| Maruoka line | Keifuku Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 7.6 | 600 V = | 1915 | 1968 | |
| Maruyama Railway Line | Maruyama Suiryoku | 1067 | 4.1 | 600 V = | 1952 | 1954 | only in the construction of the Maruyama Dam |
| Matsusaka line | Mie Denki | 762 | 23.0 | 600 V = | 1912 | 1964 | |
| Mikawa line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 16.4 | 1500 V = | 1926 | 2004 | Section Hekinan - Kira-Yoshida |
| 9.6 | 1928 | 2004 | Section Sanage- Nishi-Nakagane | ||||
| Mikuni line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 9.8 | 600 V = | 1911 | 1972 | z. T. by Mikuni-Awara line replaced |
| Mikuni-Awara Line | Keifuku Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 2.6 | 600 V = | 1932 | 1944 | Section Mikuni – Tōjinbōguchi |
| Monkey Park Monorail | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1.2 | 1500 V = | 1962 | 2008 | Monorail | |
| Nagaoka line | Echigo Kotsu | 1067 | 39.2 | 750 V = | 1915 | 1975 | Freight traffic until 1995 |
| Nakaizumi small train | |||||||
| Nakanomachi line | Hamamatsu Denki Tetsudō | 762 | 7.2 | - | 1909 | 1937 | |
| Nanao line | Ministry of Railways | 1067 | 7.6 | - | 1898 | 1925 | old Tokuda – Nanaominato line |
| Noto Tetsudo | 20.4 | - | 1935 | 2001 | Section Anamizu - Wajima | ||
| Nanetsu line | Fukui Tetsudo | 1067 | 14.3 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1981 | |
| Nanzu horse-drawn tram | Nanzu Basha Tetsudo | 762 | 4.1 | 1918 | 1957 | ||
| Nekata small train | Nekata Kidō | 1067 | 17.3 | - | 1890 | 1924 | |
| Nishimaruko line | Ueda Kotsu | 1067 | 8.6 | 750 V = | 1926 | 1963 | |
| Nishio line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 15.3 | 1500 V = | 1911 | 1962 | old Okazaki – Fukuchi line |
| Nomi line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 16.7 | 600 V = | 1925 | 1980 | |
| Noto line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 25.5 | 600 V = | 1925 | 1972 | |
| Noto line | Noto Tetsudo | 1067 | 61.0 | - | 1959 | 2005 | |
| Nunobiki railway line | Nunobiki Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 7.6 | 600 V = | 1926 | 1936 | |
| Nagoya trolleybus | Nagoya City Department of Transportation | 6.1 | 600 V = | 1943 | 1951 | ||
| Ogoya railway line | Ogoya Tetsudō | 762 | 16.8 | - | 1919 | 1977 | |
| Ōi line | Kitaena Tetsudō | 1067 | 4.3 | - | 1922 | 1940 | |
| Okoshi line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 5.6 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1954 | |
| Okuyama line | Enshu Tetsudo | 762 | 25.7 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1964 | |
| Peachliner | Tōkadai Shin-kōtsū | 7.4 | 750 V = | 1991 | 2006 | Monorail | |
| Renraku line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 10.6 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1971 | |
| Sakagawa Railway | Sakagawa Tetsudo | 762 | 10.5 | - | 1926 | 1944 | |
| Sanadasoehi line | Ueda Kotsu | 1067 | 15.9 | 1500 V = | 1927 | 1972 | |
| Sasadu line | Toyama Chihō Tetsudō | 1067 | 12.4 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1975 | |
| Be-Kleinbahn | Be Tetsudo | 762 | 4.2 | - | 1924 | 1937 | |
| Seiho line | Fukui Tetsudo | 1067 | 19.5 | 600 V = | 1926 | 1973 | |
| Senzu forest railway | State Forest Service | 762 | 45.8 | - | 1931 | 1968 | |
| Seto line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 6.3 | 1500 V = | 1911 | 1976 | old route Horikawa – Yada |
| Shima line | Kinki Nippon Tetsudo | 1067 | 0.3 | 1500 V = | 1929 | 1969 | Section Kashikojima –Shinjukō |
| Shimada Railway | Shimada Kido | 762 | 2.9 | - | 1898 | 1955 | manually operated train, only freight traffic |
| Shimizuko line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 8.3 | - | 1916 | 1984 | |
| Shin'etsu main line | JR East | 1067 | 11.2 | 1500 V = | 1893 | 1997 | Section Yokokawa - Karuizawa |
| Shōkin line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 8.4 | 600 V = | 1905 | 1955 | |
| Tram Ena | Iwamura Denki Kidō | 1067 | 12.6 | 600 V = | 1906 | 1935 | |
| Gifu tram | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 57.4 | 600 V = | 1911 | 2005 | |
| Tramway Ise | Mie Denki | 1067 | 14.0 | 600 V = | 1903 | 1961 | |
| Kanazawa tram | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 12.9 | 600 V = | 1919 | 1967 | |
| Kofu tram | Yamanashi Kotsu | 1067 | 20.2 | 600 V = | 1930 | 1962 | |
| Kuwana tram | Kuwana Denki | 1067 | 1.0 | 600 V = | 1927 | 1944 | |
| Matsumoto tram | Matsumoto Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 5.3 | 750 V = | 1924 | 1964 | |
| Nagoya Tram | Nagoya City Department of Transportation | 1067 | 106.3 | 600 V = | 1898 | 1974 | |
| Niigata tram | Niigata Kotsu | 1067 | 36.1 | 1500 V = | 1933 | 1999 | |
| Numazu tram | Izuhakone Tetsudō | 1067 | 6.6 | 600 V = | 1906 | 1963 | |
| Okazaki tram | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 8.8 | 600 V = | 1899 | 1962 | |
| Shizuoka tram | Shizuoka Tetsudo | 1067 | 4.6 | 600 V = | 1928 | 1975 | |
| Ueda tram | Ueda Onsen Densha | 1067 | 11.4 | 600 V = | 1921 | 1938 | |
| Sun'en line | Shizuoka Tetsudo | 762 | 68.5 | - | 1913 | 1970 | |
| Taguchi line | Toyohashi Tetsudo | 1067 | 22.6 | 1500 V = | 1929 | 1968 | |
| Takehana line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 6.7 | 1500 V = | 1929 | 2001 | Section Egira –Ōsu |
| Tochio line | Echigo Kotsu | 762 | 26.5 | 750 V = | 1915 | 1975 | |
| Toyamakō line | JR West | 1067 | 8.0 | 1500 V = | 1924 | 2006 | today used by Toyama Light Rail |
| Main Tōkaidō line | State Railway | 1067 | ? | - | 1883 | 1899 | old route Sekigahara - Nagahama |
| Japanese State Railways | 3.0 | 1500 V = | 1899 | 1974 | Freight route to Numazu port | ||
| Uonuma line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 12.6 | - | 1911 | 1984 | |
| Usui horse tram | Usui Basha Tetsudo | ? | 19.1 | - | 1888 | 1893 | |
| Yahiko line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 7.9 | - | 1927 | 1985 | Section Higashi-Sanjō - Echigo-Nagasawa |
| Yamanaka line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 8.9 | 600 V = | 1899 | 1971 | |
| Yamanashi horse tram | Yamanashi Basha Tetsudo | 666 | 25.5 | - | 1898 | 1928 | |
| Yamashiro line | Hokuriku Tetsudō | 1067 | 6.3 | 600 V = | 1911 | 1971 | |
| Yanagase line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 26.1 | - | 1882 | 1964 | |
| Yashiro line | Nagano Dentetsu | 1067 | 24.4 | 1500 V = | 1922 | 2012 | |
| Yaotsu line | Nagoya Tetsudō | 1067 | 7.3 | 1500 V = | 1930 | 2001 | |
| Yaizukan small train | Fujieda Yaizukan Kidō | ||||||
| Zenkouji-Hakuba Railway | Zenkōuji-Hakuba Dentetsu | 1067 | 7.4 | - | 1921 | 1944 |
Chūgoku
| Name of the route | Railway company | Track width (in mm) |
Length (in km) |
Power system |
from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boseki Railway | Bōseki Tetsudō | 1067 | 18.8 | - | 1919 | 1964 | |
| Funaki Railway | Funaki Tetsudo | 1067 | 17.7 | - | 1916 | 1961 | |
| Hirose line | Ichibata densha | 1067 | 8.3 | 600 V = | 1928 | 1960 | |
| Hosshōji Railway | Hosshōji Dentetsu | 1067 | 17.9 | 600 V = | 1924 | 1967 | |
| Ikasa train | Ikasa Tetsudo | 1067 | 33.0 | - | 1911 | 1971 | |
| Isa-Kleinbahn | Isa Kido | 762 | 2.6 | - | 1922 | 1947 | |
| Iwai Railway | Iwai Chōei Kidō | 762 | 3.4 | - | 1926 | 1944 | |
| Katakami Railway | Dowa Holdings | 1067 | 33.8 | - | 1923 | 1991 | |
| Kibi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 2.4 | - | 1911 | 1944 | Branch line Bitchū-Takamatsu-Tōkayama |
| Kita Matsue line | Ichibata densha | 1067 | 3.3 | 1500 V = | 1926 | 1960 | Section Ichibata-guchi -Ichibata |
| Kurayoshi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 20.0 | - | 1912 | 1985 | |
| Mine line | JR West | 1067 | 2.8 | - | 1905 | 1997 | Minami-Ōmine-–mine branch |
| Nagato Railway | Nagato Tetsudo | 1067 | 18.2 | - | 1918 | 1956 | |
| Nishifutō line | Mizushima Rinkai Tetsudō | 1067 | 0.8 | - | 1962 | 2016 | freight traffic only |
| Okayama port railway | Okayama Rinko Tetsudo | 1067 | 8.1 | - | 1947 | 1984 | |
| Saidaiji Railway | Saidaiji Tetsudo | 914 | 11.4 | - | 1911 | 1962 | |
| Sanban train | Sanban Tetsudo | 762 | 7.2 | - | 1915 | 1931 | |
| San'in main line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 2.3 | - | 1955 | 1982 | Freight branch line to the port of Hamada |
| Sankō line | JR West | 1067 | 108.1 | 1930 | 2018 | ||
| Shimotsui railway line | Shimotsui Dentetsu | 762 | 21.0 | 600 V = | 1913 | 1991 | |
| Okayama funicular | Chūgoku Inari Kōsaku Tetsudō | 1067 | 0.4 | 1929 | 1944 | ||
| Iwakuni tram | Iwakuni Denki Kidō | 1067 | 5.7 | 600 V = | 1909 | 1929 | |
| Tram Kure | Kure City Tourist Office | 1067 | 11.3 | 600 V = | 1909 | 1968 | |
| Shimonoseki tram | San'yō Denki Kidō | 1067 | 17.6 | 600 V = | 1926 | 1971 | |
| Yonago tram | Yonago Densha Kidō | 1067 | 7.7 | 600 V = | 1925 | 1938 | |
| Tachikue line | Ichibata densha | 1067 | 18.7 | - | 1932 | 1964 | |
| Taisha line | JR West | 1067 | 4.7 | - | 1912 | 1990 | |
| Tamano railway | Tamano Shiei Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 4.7 | 1500 V = | 1953 | 1972 | |
| Yamaguchi branch line | Dai Nippon Kidō | 1067 | 12.9 | - | 1908 | 1913 |
Hokkaidō
| Name of the route | Railway company | Track width (in mm) |
Length (in km) |
Power system |
from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aioi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 36.8 | - | 1924 | 1985 | |
| Ashibetsu Mine Railway | Mitsubishi Materials | 1067 | 9.5 | - | 1949 | 1964 | |
| Betsukai small train | Betsukai Son'ei Kidō | 762 | 28.1 | - | 1925 | 1971 | |
| Bibai railway line | Mitsubishi Materials | 1067 | 10.6 | - | 1914 | 1972 | |
| Bifuka small train | Bifuka Chōei Kidō | 762 | 21.5 | - | 1935 | 1962 | |
| Bikō line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 21.2 | - | 1964 | 1985 | |
| Chashinai mine railway | Mitsubishi Materials | 1067 | 2.0 | - | 1952 | 1967 | |
| Ebetsu small train | Ebetsu Kido | 762 | 11.3 | - | 1926 | 1936 | |
| Esashi line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 42.1 | - | 1936 | 2014 | Section Kikonai - Esashi |
| Furusato Ginga Line | Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Tetsudō | 1067 | 140.0 | - | 1910 | 2006 | |
| Futō line | Kushiro Kaihatsu Futō | 1067 | 2.1 | - | 1946 | 1984 | freight traffic only |
| Garuishi tram | Garuishi Kido | 762 | 8.2 | - | 1921 | 1937 | |
| Haboro mine train | Haboro Tankō Tetsudō | 1067 | 16.6 | - | 1941 | 1970 | |
| Haboro line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 141.1 | - | 1927 | 1987 | |
| Tomakomai port railway | Tomakomai Port Development Co. | 1067 | 10.2 | - | 1968 | 2001 | freight traffic only |
| Hamanaka small train | Hamanaka Chōei Kidō | 762 | 34.1 | - | 1927 | 1972 | |
| Hayakita Railway Line | Hayakita Tetsudo | 762 | 18.0 | - | 1904 | 1951 | |
| Higashi Asahikawa Lineage | Asahikawa Denki Kidō | 1067 | 9.7 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1973 | |
| Higashikawa line | Asahikawa Denki Kidō | 1067 | 15.5 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1973 | |
| Higashimokoto small train | Higashimokoto Kotsu | 762 | 32.9 | - | 1935 | 1965 | |
| Hiroo line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 84.0 | - | 1929 | 1987 | |
| Hokkaidō-Takushoku Railway Line | Hokkaidō Takushoku Tetsudō | 1067 | 54.3 | - | 1928 | 1968 | |
| Hokusei mine train | 1067 | 2.8 | - | 1918 | 1966 | ||
| Horonai line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 20.8 | - | 1882 | 1987 | |
| Horonobe small train | Horonobe Chōei Kidō | 762 | 16.3 | - | 1929 | 1971 | |
| Iburi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 90.5 | - | 1919 | 1986 | |
| Iwanai line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 14.9 | - | 1912 | 1985 | |
| Iwanai horse-drawn tram | 762 | 17.4 | - | 1905 | 1912 | ||
| Jōzankei Railway Line | Jōzankei Tetsudō | 1067 | 27.2 | 1500 V = | 1918 | 1969 | |
| Kamiiso railway line | Taiheiyo Cement | 1067 | 10.6 | - | 1904 | 1989 | freight traffic only |
| Kamikawa horse tram | |||||||
| Kamisunagawa branch line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 7.3 | - | 1918 | 1994 | Part of the main Hakodate line |
| Kayanuma mine train | Kayanuma Tankō | 1067 | 6.3 | - | 1946 | 1962 | freight traffic only |
| Kitami railway line | Kitami Takushoku Tetsudō | 1067 | 8.9 | - | 1930 | 1939 | |
| North Kohin Line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 30.4 | - | 1936 | 1985 | |
| Kōhin South Line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 19.9 | - | 1935 | 1985 | |
| Kōmon small train | Kōmon Kidō | 762 | 28.0 | - | 1943 | 1948 | |
| Konpoku line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 12.8 | - | 1957 | 1970 | |
| Koshimizu small train | Nippon Beet Sugar | 762 | 18.0 | - | 1941 | 1952 | |
| Kushiro Railway Line | Kushiro Tetsudo | 1067 | 41.8 | - | 1892 | 1896 | freight traffic only |
| Manji line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 23.8 | - | 1914 | 1985 | |
| Matsumae line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 50.8 | - | 1937 | 1988 | |
| Mayachi mine train | Hokkaidō Tankō Kisen | 1067 | 4.4 | - | 1913 | 1987 | |
| Minamibibai branch line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 3.0 | - | 1931 | 1973 | Part of the main Hakodate line |
| Mitsui Ashibetsu Railway Line | Mitsui Group | 1067 | 9.1 | - | 1940 | 1989 | |
| Mitsui Naie mine train | Mitsui Group | 1067 | 10.0 | - | 1949 | 1967 | |
| Nayoro main line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 143.0 | - | 1915 | 1989 | |
| Nemuro-Takushoku Line | Nemuro Takushoku Tetsudō | 762 | 15.5 | - | 1929 | 1959 | |
| Nishikō line | Kushiro Kaihatsu Futō | 1067 | 1.7 | - | 1977 | 1999 | freight traffic only |
| Nissō Mine Railway | Nippon Soda | 1067 | 18.1 | - | 1940 | 1972 | freight traffic only |
| Obihiro line | Tokachi Tetsudō | 762 | 65.1 | - | 1920 | 1959 | |
| Ōji small train | Ōji Seishi | 762 | 38.1 | - | 1908 | 1951 | |
| Oshima coastal railway | Oshima Kaigan Tetsudo | 1067 | 9.4 | - | 1927 | 1945 | |
| Ōyūbari Railway Line | Mitsubishi Materials | 1067 | 17.2 | - | 1929 | 1973 | |
| Rinko line | Rumoi Tetsudo | 1067 | 3.3 | - | 1930 | 1941 | |
| Rinko line | Taiheiyō Sekitan Hanbai Yusō | 1067 | 7.3 | - | 1925 | 1986 | three sections |
| Rumoi main line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 16.7 | - | 1921 | 2016 | Section Rumoi - Mashike |
| Sapporo small train | Sapporo Kidō | 1067 | 10.8 | - | 1910 | 1935 | |
| Sapporo Onsen Tram | Sapporo Onsen Denki Kidō | 1067 | 1.8 | 600 V = | 1928 | 1933 | |
| Saru train line | Saru Tetsudo | 762 | 13.1 | - | 1922 | 1951 | |
| Sassho line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 34.9 | - | 1931 | 1972 | Section Shin-Totsukawa - Ishikari-Numata |
| JR Hokkaido | 47.6 | - | 1931 | 2020 | Section Shin-Totsukawa– Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku | ||
| Sekishō line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 14.5 | - | 1907 | 1987 | Momojiyama – Noborikawa branch line |
| JR Hokkaido | 16.1 | - | 1892 | 2019 | Branch line Shin-Yūbari – Yūbari | ||
| Setana line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 48.4 | - | 1929 | 1987 | |
| Shibecha small train | Shibecha Chōei Kidō | 762 | 30.7 | - | 1955 | 1971 | |
| Shikubetsu railway line | Yūbetsu Tetsudō | 1067 | 44.1 | - | 1923 | 1984 | |
| Shibetsu-Kleinbachn | Shibetsu Kido | 762 | 21.4 | - | 1920 | 1959 | |
| Shibetsu line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 116.9 | - | 1933 | 1989 | |
| Shihoro line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 78.3 | - | 1925 | 1987 | |
| Shinmei line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 121.8 | - | 1924 | 1995 | |
| Shimizu line | Tokachi Tetsudō | 762 | 40.0 | - | 1921 | 1951 | |
| Shiranuka line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 33.1 | - | 1964 | 1983 | |
| Shokotsu line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 34.3 | - | 1923 | 1985 | |
| Asahikawa tram | Asahikawa Shigai Kidō | 1067 | 12.2 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1956 | |
| Noboribetsu tram | Noboribetsu Onsen Kidō | 1067 | 8.6 | 600 V = | 1915 | 1933 | |
| Ōnuma tram | Ōnuma Dentetsu | 1067 | 28.5 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1952 | |
| Suttsu train | Suttsu Tetsudo | 1067 | 16.5 | - | 1920 | 1972 | |
| Tankō line | Rumoi Tetsudo | 1067 | 17.6 | - | 1930 | 1971 | |
| Temiya line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 2.8 | - | 1880 | 1985 | |
| Tenpoku line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 148.9 | - | 1914 | 1989 | |
| Teshio mine train | Teshio Tetsudo | 1067 | 25.4 | - | 1941 | 1967 | freight traffic only |
| Tomiuchi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 82.5 | - | 1922 | 1986 | |
| Toyako Railway Line | Tōyako Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 8.8 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1941 | |
| Tsunoda mine train | |||||||
| Utanobori small train | Utanobori Chōei Kidō | 762 | 47.6 | - | 1929 | 1970 | |
| Utashinai line | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 14.5 | - | 1891 | 1988 | |
| Yoichi embankment | JR Hokkaido | 1067 | 2.8 | - | 1932 | 1940 | |
| Yūbari Railway Line | Yūbari Tetsudō | 1067 | 14.5 | - | 1926 | 1975 | |
| Yūbetsu small train | Yūbetsu Kidō | 762 | 6.2 | - | 1928 | 1939 | |
| Yūbetsu Railway Line | Yūbetsu Tetsudō | 1067 | 10.8 | - | 1920 | 1970 | |
| Yūmō line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 89.8 | - | 1935 | 1987 |
Kanto
| Name of the route | Railway company | Track width (in mm) |
Length (in km) |
Power system |
from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahina line | Seibu Tetsudo | 1067 | 3.2 | 1500 V = | 1925 | 1963 | freight traffic only |
| Aizawa line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 4.2 | 1500 V = | 1920 | 1997 | freight traffic only |
| Akagi funicular | Akagi Tozan Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.0 | 1957 | 1968 | ||
| Akami small train | Akami Keibentetsudō | 762 | 6.4 | - | 1915 | 1927 | |
| Azuma small train | Azuma Kidō | 762 | 21.3 | 550 V = | 1910 | 1934 | |
| Bushiyu Railway | Bushiyū Tetsudō | 1067 | 16.9 | - | 1924 | 1938 | |
| Chiyōshi-Yūran lineage | Chiyōshi Yūran Tetsudō | 1067 | 5.9 | - | 1913 | 1917 | |
| Goryō line | Keiō Dentetsu | 1372 | 6.3 | 600 V = | 1931 | 1945 | |
| Chiyūbu horse-drawn tram | Chiyūbu Basha Tetsudō | 762 | 18.3 | - | 1900 | 1917 | |
| Daishi line | Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu | 1072 | 3.5 | 1500 V = | 1944 | 1970 | Section Kojimashinden –Sakuramoto |
| Gyōda horse-drawn tram | Gyōda Basha Tetsudō | ? | 5.3 | - | 1900 | 1923 | |
| Iwahana small train | Iwahana Keibentetsudō | 1067 | 2.6 | - | 1917 | 1945 | freight traffic only |
| Haguro small train | - | freight traffic only | |||||
| Hitachi railway line | Hitachi Dentetsu | 1067 | 18.1 | 600 V = | 1928 | 2005 | |
| Hitachi Mining Railway | Hitachi | 762 | 5.4 | - | 1908 | 1960 | freight traffic only |
| Ibaraki line | Ibaraki Kotsu | 1067 | 25.2 | - | 1926 | 1971 | |
| Ikaho funicular | Ikaho Kēburu Tetsudō | 1067 | 2.0 | 1929 | 1966 | ||
| Inada train | - | 1896 | 1965 | freight traffic only | |||
| Iruma horse-drawn tram | Iruma Basha Tetsudo | 762 | 10.2 | - | 1894 | 1917 | |
| Isumi small train | Isumi Kido | 610 | 15.5 | - | 1912 | 1927 | |
| Itsukaichi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 2.7 | 1500 V = | 1925 | 1982 | Section Musashi-Itsukaichi -Musashi-Iwai |
| Iwafune Railway | Iwafune Jinsha Tetsudō | 635 | 4.3 | - | 1899 | 1916 | freight traffic only |
| Iwama Railway | - | 1895 | 1915 | freight traffic only | |||
| Jiyōnan Railway | Jiyōnan Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 4.8 | 600 V = | 1926 | 1938 | |
| Kabaho-Kogyō Railway | Kabaho Kōgyō | 609 | 3.7 | - | 1922 | 1954 | freight traffic only |
| Kasama Railway | Kasama Jinsha Kido | 610 | 1.4 | - | 1915 | 1930 | |
| Kashima railway line | Kashima Tetsudo | 1067 | 26.9 | - | 1924 | 2007 | |
| Kashima small train | Kashima Kidō | 762 | 17.5 | - | 1924 | 1930 | |
| Kinugawa line | Jiyōsō Tsukuba Tetsudō | 1067 | 6.0 | - | 1923 | 1964 | |
| Kitaōji line | JR Freight | 1067 | 4.0 | - | 1927 | 2014 | freight traffic only |
| Kujūkuri Railway | Kujūkuri Tetsudō | 762 | 8.6 | - | 1926 | 1961 | |
| Jōbu Railway | Jōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 6.1 | - | 1942 | 1986 | |
| Kaigan train | Kaigan Denki Kidō | 1372 | 9.7 | 600 V = | 1925 | 1937 | |
| Keishi line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 6.3 | - | 1943 | 1959 | |
| Kitsuregawa Railway | Kitsuregawa Jinsha Kidō | 610 | 8.2 | - | 1902 | 1918 | |
| Koizumi line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 3.0 | - | 1939 | 1976 | Freight branch line Nishi-Koizumi -Sengokugashi |
| Komagatake funicular | Izuhakone Tetsudō | 1067 | 0.7 | ? | 1957 | 2005 | |
| Kumagaya line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 10.1 | 1943 | 1983 | ||
| Midono horse tram | Midono Basha Tetsudō | 762 | 14.5 | - | 1898 | 1921 | |
| Mukōgaoka-Yūen monorail | Odakyū Dentetsu | 1.1 | 600 V = | 1966 | 2001 | Monorail | |
| Muramatsu small train | Muramatsu Kidō | 762 | 3.6 | - | 1926 | 1933 | |
| Musashi Chūō Denki Tetsudō | Keiō Dentetsu | 1067 | 8.4 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1939 | |
| Musashino stadium line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 3.2 | 1500 V = | 1951 | 1959 | |
| Nabeyama Railway | Nabeyama Kidō | 610 | 15.9 | - | 1900 | 1960 | |
| Nanso Railway | Nansō Tetsudō | 1067 | 12.2 | - | 1930 | 1939 | |
| Nasu small train | Nasu Kido | 762 | 5.2 | - | 1908 | 1934 | |
| Negoya line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 4.3 | - | 1926 | 1967 | freight traffic only |
| Nishi Ōya lineage | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | ? | 1500 V = | 1963 | 1984 | |
| Noda Railway | Noda Jinsha Tetsudo | 762 | 3.5 | - | 1900 | 1925 | |
| Kawasaki trolleybus | Kawasaki City Tourist Office | 7.3 | 600 V = | 1951 | 1967 | ||
| Tokyo trolleybus | Tokyo Prefecture Transportation Office | 51.3 | 600 V = | 1952 | 1968 | ||
| Yokohama trolleybus | Yokohama City Transportation Office | ? | 600 V = | 1959 | 1972 | ||
| Ōgano line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.6 | 1500 V = | 1929 | 1986 | freight traffic only |
| Ōmiya lineage | Seibu Tetsudo | 1372 | 12.8 | 600 V = | 1906 | 1941 | |
| Ōmori branch line | Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu | 1435 | 0.7 | 600 V = | 1901 | 1937 | |
| Otome track | Otome Jinsha Kidō | 610 | 1.6 | - | 1899 | 1917 | freight traffic only |
| Ōya line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 38.7 | - | 1897 | 1964 | |
| Saitama Prefectural Railway | Saitama Kenei Tetsudō | 762 | 2.4 | - | 1920 | 1957 | freight traffic only |
| Satomi small train | Satomi Kidō | 762 | 4.1 | - | 1921 | 1932 | |
| Senju horse-drawn tram | Senju Basha Tetsudo | ? | ? | - | 1893 | 1896 | |
| Shimogawara line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 9.4 | 1500 V = | 1920 | 1976 | |
| Shin Okusawa Line | Ikegami Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.4 | 600 V = | 1928 | 1935 | |
| Shirohige line | Keisei Dentetsu | 1372 | 1.4 | 600 V = | 1928 | 1936 | |
| Shirota connection line | Odakyū Dentetsu | 1067 | ? | 1500 V = | 1945 | 1952 | freight traffic only |
| Shonan tram | Shonan Kido | 762 | 10.0 | - | 1906 | 1937 | |
| Sōka horse-drawn tram | Sōka Basha Tetsudō | ? | ? | - | 1898 | 1901 | |
| Nikko funicular | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.2 | 1932 | 1970 | ||
| Honjō tram | Honjō Denki Kidō | 1067 | 7.1 | 600 V = | 1915 | 1930 | |
| Kawasaki tram | Kawasaki City Tourist Office | 1435 | 6.7 | 600 V = | 1944 | 1969 | |
| Maebashi tram | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 48.0 | 600 V = | 1890 | 1956 | |
| Mito tram | Mito Denki Tetsudō | 762 | 11.2 | - | 1929 | 1938 | |
| Nasu tram | Shiobara Densha | 1067 | 14.6 | 550 V = | 1912 | 1932 | |
| Nikko tram | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 10.6 | 600 V = | 1910 | 1968 | |
| Odawara tram | Hakone Tozan Tetsudō | 1435 | 6.8 | 600 V = | 1888 | 1956 | |
| Narita tram | Narumune Denki Kidō | 1372 | 5.3 | 600 V = | 1910 | 1944 | |
| Tsuchiura tram | Jōnan Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 4.1 | 600 V = | 1926 | 1938 | |
| Yokohama Tram | Yokohama City Transportation Office | 1372 | 50.0 | 600 V = | 1904 | 1972 | |
| Suihin line | Ibaraki Kotsu | 1067 | 20.5 | 600 V = | 1922 | 1966 | |
| Takasaka-Kogaisoku Line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 5.5 | - | 1955 | 1985 | freight traffic only |
| Tako line | Narita Tetsudo | 1067 | 30.2 | - | 1911 | 1946 | |
| Tamagawa line | Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu | 1372 | 13.4 | 600 V = | 1907 | 1969 | |
| Tōkatsu train | Tōkatsu Jinsha Tetsudō | 610 | 12.3 | - | 1909 | 1918 | |
| Tokyo port line | Tokyo Port Authority | 1067 | 9.3 | - | 1929 | 1989 | |
| Tokugawa-Kawagishi Line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 3.2 | 1500 V = | 1925 | 1968 | Freight branch line Kizaki -Hiratsukagashi |
| Tone small train | Tone Kidō | 762 | 21.3 | 550 V = | 1911 | 1924 | |
| Toya Railway | Tōya Tetsudō | 1067 | 24.4 | - | 1918 | 1968 | |
| Tsukuba line | Tsukuba Tetsudo | 1067 | 40.1 | - | 1918 | 1987 | |
| Utsunomiya Air Force Base Line | army | 1067 | 11.7 | - | 1942 | 1945 | freight traffic only |
| Watarase Keikoku Line | Watarase Keikoku Tetsudō | 1067 | 44.1 | - | 1911 | 1989 | |
| Yaita line | Tōbu Tetsudō | 1067 | 23.5 | - | 1924 | 1959 | |
| Yachimata line | Narita Tetsudo | 600 | 13.8 | - | 1914 | 1940 | |
| Yatsu branch line | Keisei Dentetsu | 1372 | 1.2 | 1200 V = | 1927 | 1934 | |
| Yokohama Dreamland Monorail | Dream transportation | 5.3 | 1500 V = | 1966 | 1967 | Monorail |
Kinki
| Name of the route | Railway company | Track width (in mm) |
Length (in km) |
Power system |
from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aboshi Railway | Kitazawa Sangyō | 1067 | 5.9 | - | 1943 | 1987 | freight traffic only |
| Akō Railway | Akō Tetsudō | 762 | 12.7 | - | 1921 | 1951 | |
| Amagasaki port line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 4.6 | 1500 V = | 1891 | 1984 | Branch of the Fukuchiyama Line |
| Amagasaki coastline | Hanshin Denki Tetsudō | 1435 | 1.7 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1962 | |
| Arima line | Ministry of Railways | 1067 | 12.2 | - | 1915 | 1943 | |
| Atogayama Railway | Atogayama Tetsudo | 1435 | 3.4 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1944 | followed by a funicular |
| Awaji Railway | Awaji Kotsu | 1067 | 23.4 | 600 V = | 1922 | 1966 | |
| Bantan line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 5.6 | - | 1895 | 1986 | Section Himeji - Shikamakō |
| Daibutsu line | Kansai Tetsudo | 1067 | 9.9 | - | 1898 | 1907 | |
| Himeji monorail | Himeji City Tourist Office | 1.6 | 600 V = | 1966 | 1974 | ||
| Hanwa freight line | JR Freight | 1067 | 11.3 | 1500 V = | 1952 | 2009 | freight traffic only |
| Hirano line | Nankai Denki Tetsudō | 1435 | 3.7 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1980 | |
| Hyōgo-Rinkō Line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 4.6 | - | 1911 | 1984 | freight traffic only |
| Hokutan Railway | Hokutan Tetsudō | 1067 | 12.4 | - | 1923 | 1971 | |
| Izushi train | Izushi Tetsudō | 1067 | 11.2 | - | 1929 | 1970 | |
| Kaijō line | Kita-Ōsaka Kyūkō Dentetsu | 1067 | 1500 V = | 1970 | 1970 | only during the world exhibition | |
| Kajiya line | JR West | 1067 | 13.2 | - | 1913 | 1990 | |
| Kamitsutsui line | Hankyū Dentetsu | 1435 | 0.9 | 600 V = | 1920 | 1940 | |
| Kaya Railway | Kaya Tetsudo | 1067 | 8.5 | - | 1926 | 1985 | |
| Kitano line | Hankyū Dentetsu | 1435 | 0.8 | 600 V = | 1910 | 1949 | |
| Kobe Rinko Line | JR Freight | 1067 | 3.4 | 1500 V = | 1907 | 2003 | freight traffic only |
| Kōjaku Railway Line | Kōjaku Tetsudō | 1067 | 51.0 | - | 1921 | 1969 | Replacement by Kosei line |
| Kokudō line | Hanshin Denki Tetsudō | 1435 | 29.8 | 600 V = | 1926 | 1975 | |
| Kōwaka Railway Line | Kowaka Tetsudo | 1067 | 53.2 | - | 1921 | 1969 | |
| Maizurukō line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 1.8 | - | 1904 | 1985 | |
| Meishin Railway | Meishin Densha | 762 | 6.0 | - | 1929 | 1985 | freight traffic only |
| Miki line | Miki Tetsudo | 1067 | 6.6 | - | 1916 | 2008 | |
| Minoo funicular | Minoo Kōsaku Tetsudō | 0.1 | 1965 | 1993 | |||
| Monorail | Expo '70 | 4.3 | ? | 1970 | 1970 | Monorail during the exhibition | |
| Mukogawa line | Hanshin Denki Tetsudō | 1435 | ? | 1500 V = | 1943 | 1985 | Section Kōshienguchi – Mukogawa |
| Myōken funicular | Nose Dentetsu | 0.6 | ? | 1925 | 1944 | ||
| Naka Maizuru Line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 3.4 | - | 1919 | 1972 | |
| Noguchi line | Beppu Tetsudo | 1067 | 4.4 | - | 1921 | 1984 | |
| North Osaka Line | Hanshin Denki Tetsudō | 1435 | 4.3 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1975 | |
| Hibarigaoka trolleybus | Hanshin Denki Tetsudō | 1.3 | 600 V = | 1928 | 1932 | ||
| Trolleybus Kyoto | Kyoto City Transport Office | 5.2 | 600 V = | 1932 | 1969 | ||
| Osaka trolleybus | Osaka City Transportation Office | 38.3 | 600 V = | 1953 | 1970 | ||
| Ōhama branch line | Nankai Denki Tetsudō | 1435 | 1.6 | 600 V = | 1912 | 1949 | |
| Osaka Rinko Line | JR Freight | 1067 | 8.7 | - | 1928 | 2006 | freight traffic only |
| Ōtsu line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 2.2 | 1500 V = | 1880 | 1969 | originally part of the Tōkaidō main line |
| Sasayama lineage | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 17.6 | - | 1944 | 1972 | |
| Shigisan Kyūkō Railway | Shigisan Kyūkō Dentetsu | 1067 | 2.1 | 600 V = | 1928 | 1944 | |
| Aboshi tram | Gangs Tetsudo | 1435 | 17.1 | 600 V = | 1909 | 1934 | |
| Kobe tram | Kobe City Tourist Office | 1435 | 35.6 | 600 V = | 1910 | 1971 | |
| Kyoto tram | Kyoto City Transport Office | 1067 1435 |
70.5 21.1 |
600 V = | 1895 | 1978 | |
| Osaka tram | Osaka City Transportation Office | 1435 | 118.0 | 600 V = | 1903 | 1969 | |
| Wakayama Tram | Nankai Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 5.4 | 600 V = | 1909 | 1971 | |
| Takasago line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 9.7 | - | 1913 | 1984 | freight traffic only |
| Tennōji branch line | Nankai Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 1.3 | 1500 V = | 1900 | 1993 | |
| Tsuchiyama line | Beppu Tetsudo | 1067 | 4.1 | - | 1923 | 1984 | |
| Yōkaichi line | Ōmi Tetsudō | 1067 | 2.8 | 1500 V = | 1930 | 1964 | Tarobbōgū-mae – Misono section |
Kyushu
| Name of the route | Railway company | Track width (in mm) |
Length (in km) |
Power system |
from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asakura narrow-gauge railway | Asakura Kidō | 914 | 32.2 | - | 1908 | 1940 | |
| Ashiya small train | Ashiya Tetsudo | 762 | 6.0 | - | 1915 | 1932 | |
| Ashiya lineage | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 6.2 | - | 1947 | 1961 | |
| Bansei line | Minami Satsu Tetsudō | 1067 | 2.7 | - | 1916 | 1962 | |
| Chikuhi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 7.4 | - | 1929 | 1983 | Section Higashi Karatsu - Yamamoto |
| Chikuhō Railway | Chikuhō Tetsudō | 1067 | 3.8 | - | 1915 | 1954 | |
| Chiran's line | Kagoshima Kotsu | 1067 | 18.3 | - | 1927 | 1985 | |
| Chūō small train | Chūō Kidō | 914 | 12.7 | - | 1921 | 1940 | |
| Expo New City Car | Expo '75 | 1.4 | ? | 1975 | 1976 | Monorail during the exhibition | |
| Hakata Rinko Line | JR Freight | 1067 | 3.7 | 20 kV 60 Hz ~ | 1942 | 1998 | freight traffic only |
| Hichiku small train | Hichiku Kido | 914 | 6.6 | - | 1923 | 1934 | |
| Hinata small train | Hinata Kidō | 762 | 23.1 | - | 1927 | 1945 | |
| Hitahikosan line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 6.5 | - | 1933 | 1962 | Ishida-Higashi-Kokura section |
| Hōshū line | Ōita Kōtsū | 762 | 15.5 | - | 1914 | 1953 | |
| Hososhima line | JR Freight | 1067 | 3.5 | - | 1921 | 1993 | from 1972 only freight traffic |
| Ita line | Heisei Chikuhō Tetsudō | 1067 | 3.6 | - | 1898 | 1964 | Freight branch lines at Nakaizumi |
| Itoman line | Okinawa Ken'ei Tetsudō | 762 | 15.0 | - | 1923 | 1945 | |
| Itoman horse-drawn tram | Itoman Basha Kido | 762 | 9.3 | - | 1919 | 1935 | |
| Josukō line | US Armed Forces | 1067 | 4.6 | - | 1950 | 1978 | |
| Kadena line | Okinawa Ken'ei Tetsudō | 762 | 22.4 | - | 1922 | 1945 | |
| Kairiku connection line | Okinawa Ken'ei Tetsudō | 762 | 1.0 | - | 1917 | 1945 | |
| Kamiyamada line | JR Kyushu | 1067 | 25.9 | - | 1895 | 1998 | |
| Karatsu line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 4.1 | - | 1912 | 1970 | Branch Yamamoto- Kishidake |
| Katsuki line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 3.5 | - | 1908 | 1985 | |
| Katsuta line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 13.8 | - | 1918 | 1985 | |
| Kitakyushu Railway | Hakata Denki Kidō | 914 | 20.8 | 600 V = | 1910 | 1975 | |
| Kobukuro Line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 11.7 | - | 1894 | 1969 | |
| Kokuraura line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 6.1 | - | 1903 | 1916 | |
| Kikuchi line | Kumamoto Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 13.5 | 600 V = | 1913 | 1986 | Section Miyoshi- Kikuchi |
| Kumamoto small train | Kumamoto Keibentetsudō | 762 | 23.8 | - | 1907 | 1920 | |
| Kunisaki line | Ōita Kōtsū | 1067 | 30.3 | - | 1922 | 1966 | |
| Kurate-Kleinbahn | Curate Kidō | 914 | 13.8 | - | 1914 | 1938 | |
| Kyushu-Uhichiku lineage | Kyushu Uhichiku Tetsudo | 1067 | 13.6 | - | 1920 | 1938 | |
| Makurazaki line | Kagoshima Kotsu | 1067 | 49.6 | - | 1914 | 1984 | |
| Miike line | Mitsui | 1067 | 18.6 | - | 1891 | 1997 | freight traffic only |
| Muroki line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 11.2 | - | 1908 | 1985 | |
| Miyada line | JR Kyushu | 1067 | 7.5 | - | 1902 | 1989 | |
| Miyajidake line | Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo | 1067 | 9.9 | 600 V = | 1927 | 2007 | z. T. through Kaizuka-line replaces |
| Miyanojo line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 66.1 | - | 1924 | 1987 | |
| Minamidaitō Sugar Train | Daitō Sugar Co. | 762 | 27.2 | - | 1902 | 1983 | freight traffic only |
| Miyanoharu line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 26.6 | - | 1937 | 1984 | |
| Miyazaki Kōtsū Line | Miyazaki Kotsu | 1067 | 20.0 | - | 1913 | 1962 | |
| Mizuma small train | Mizuma Kido | 914 | 18.5 | - | 1909 | 1930 | |
| Nagasaki main line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 1.1 | 20 kV 60 Hz ~ | 1930 | 1982 | Section Nagasaki - Nagasakiminato |
| Nanchiku small train | Nanchiku Kidō | 914 | 17.2 | - | 1903 | 1940 | |
| Ōkawa line | Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo | 1067 | 16.0 | - | 1912 | 1966 | |
| Okinawa light rail | Okinawa Kidō | 762 | 17.7 | - | 1914 | 1945 | |
| Ōkuma-Kleinbahn | Ōkuma Kidō | 914 | 2.2 | - | 1924 | 1933 | |
| Ōkura line | Railway Office of the Cabinet | 1067 | 11.5 | - | 1891 | 1911 | |
| Ōsumi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 98.3 | - | 1915 | 1987 | |
| Ryōkichi small train | Ryōkichi Kidō | 914 | 18.4 | - | 1912 | 1938 | |
| Saga line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 24.1 | - | 1935 | 1987 | |
| Saganoseki line | JX Metals | 762 | 9.2 | - | 1933 | 1960 | |
| Sechibaru Line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 6.7 | - | 1933 | 1971 | |
| Shibushi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 38.6 | - | 1923 | 1987 | |
| Shimabara Railway Line | Shimabara Tetsudo | 1067 | 35.3 | - | 1922 | 2008 | Section Shimabara-gaikō - Kazusa |
| Shiromi small train | Shiromi Kido | 610 | 11.1 | - | 1925 | 1949 | freight traffic only |
| Soeda line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 12.1 | - | 1915 | 1985 | |
| Arao urban train | Arao | 1067 | 5.1 | 500 V = | 1949 | 1964 | |
| Fukuoka tram | Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo | 1067 1435 |
29.2 | 600 V = | 1910 | 1979 | |
| Tram Hita | Chikugo Kido | 914 | 51.5 | - | 1903 | 1929 | |
| Kitakyushu tram | Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo | 1435 | 44.3 | 600 V = | 1911 | 2000 | |
| Kurume tram | Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo | 1435 | 12.3 | 600 V = | 1913 | 1958 | |
| Kyu-Wakamatsu tram | Kitakyushu City Tourist Office | 1067 | 4.0 | 600 V = | 1936 | 1975 | freight traffic only |
| Okinawa tram | Okinawa Denki | 1067 | 6.9 | 500 V = | 1914 | 1933 | |
| Tram Ōita | Ōita Kōtsū | 1067 | 18.4 | 600 V = | 1900 | 1972 | |
| Tram Ōmuta | Nishi-Nippon Tetsudo | 1435 | 4.7 | 600 V = | 1927 | 1954 | |
| Tram saga | SAga Denki Kidō | 1067 | 7.5 | 600 V = | 1913 | 1937 | |
| Ureshino tram | Hizen Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 9.7 | 600 V = | 1913 | 1931 | |
| Sumiyoshi small train | ? | ? | 1.7 | - | 1914 | 1929 | |
| Takachiho line | Takachiho Tetsudō | 1067 | 50.0 | - | 1935 | 2005 | |
| Tokuriki small train | Tokuriki Kidō | 914 | 3.1 | - | 1923 | 1925 | |
| Tsuma line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 19.3 | - | 1913 | 1984 | |
| Tsuyazaki small train | Hakatawan Tetsudō Kisen | 914 | 3.9 | - | 1907 | 1939 | |
| Unoshima small train | Unoshima Tetsudo | 762 | 17.7 | - | 1914 | 1936 | |
| Ounce track | Ounces of tetsudo | 1067 | 17.3 | - | 1923 | 1938 | |
| Urushio line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 7.9 | - | 1913 | 1986 | |
| Usasangu line | Ōita Kōtsū | 1067 | 8.8 | - | 1916 | 1965 | |
| Usunōra Line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 3.8 | - | 1931 | 1971 | |
| Yabakei line | Ōita Kōtsū | 1067 | 36.1 | - | 1913 | 1975 | |
| Yabe line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 19.7 | - | 1945 | 1985 | |
| Yamaga Onsen Railway | Yamaga Onsen Tetsudo | 1067 | 20.3 | - | 1917 | 1965 | |
| Yamano line | JR Kyushu | 1067 | 55.7 | - | 1921 | 1988 | |
| Yanagawa light rail | Yanagawa Kidō | 914 | 7.6 | - | 1911 | 1932 | |
| Yonabaru line | Okinawa Ken'ei Tetsudō | 762 | 9.4 | - | 1914 | 1945 | |
| Yūen Railway | Yūen Tetsudō | 1067 | 28.6 | - | 1915 | 1964 | |
| Yunoki line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 3.9 | - | 1920 | 1967 | |
| Yūtoku small train | Yūtoku Kidō | 914 | 24.2 | - | 1904 | 1931 |
Shikoku
| Name of the route | Railway company | Track width (in mm) |
Length (in km) |
Power system |
from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aki line | Tosa Denki Tetsudo | 1067 | 26.8 | 600 V = | 1924 | 1974 | |
| Betsuko mine train | Sumitomo Kinzoku Kōzan | 762 | 5.5 | - | 1893 | 1911 | freight traffic only |
| Hashikura funicular | Hashikura Tozan Tetsudō | 1067 | 0.4 | 1930 | 1944 | ||
| Kabe line | Sumitomo Kinzoku Kōzan | 762 | 10.3 | 600 V = | 1893 | 1977 | |
| Kajiyabara line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 6.9 | - | 1923 | 1972 | |
| Komatsushima line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 1.9 | - | 1913 | 1985 | |
| Kotohira-Kyūko Line | Kotohira Kyūkō Dentetsu | 1067 | 15.7 | 600 V = | 1930 | 1944 | |
| Kōtoku line | JR Shikoku | 1067 | 5.8 | - | 1916 | 1935 | Yoshinari − Furukawa section |
| Morimatsu line | Iyo Tetsudō | 1067 | 4.4 | - | 1896 | 1965 | |
| Mugi line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 2.1 | - | 1916 | 1961 | Hanoura − Furushō freight branch line |
| Shido line | Takamatsu-Kotohira Denki Tetsudō | 1435 | ? | 1500 V = | 1915 | 1957 | Section Kawaramachi −Kōen-mae |
| Shinai line | Takamatsu-Kotohira Denki Tetsudō | 1435 | 2.4 | 600 V = | 1917 | 1957 | |
| Shionoe line | Takamatsu-Kotohira Denki Tetsudō | 1435 | 16.2 | - | 1929 | 1941 | |
| Tokushima Line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 6.0 | - | 1900 | 1914 | Section Awa-Yamakawa-Funato |
| Yanase Forest Railway | Yanase Shinrin Tetsudo | 762 | 82.9 | - | 1895 | 1964 | |
| Yashima funicular | Yashima Tozan Tetsudo | 1067 | 0.8 | 1929 | 2005 |
Tōhoku
| Name of the route | Railway company | Track width (in mm) |
Length (in km) |
Power system |
from | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akai small train | |||||||
| Akaya Railway | Matsuyama Jinsha Kido | 610 | 1.9 | - | 1919 | 1926 | |
| Akita-Chūō-Kōtsū Lineage | Akita Chūō Kōtsū | 1067 | 3.8 | 600 V = | 1922 | 1969 | |
| Akiu line | Akiu Denki Tetsudō | 1067 | 16.0 | 600 V = | 1914 | 1961 | |
| Ena railway line | Ena Tetsudo | 1067 | 4.8 | - | 1953 | 1987 | |
| Furukawa horse tram | 737 | 10.2 | - | 1900 | 1913 | ||
| Hakuhō Line | Ministry of Transport | 1067 | 23.3 | - | 1916 | 1944 | |
| Hanamaki Railway | Hanamaki Dentetsu | 762 | 26.0 | 600 V = | 1913 | 1972 | |
| Hanaoka line | DOWA Holdings | 1067 | 4.8 | - | 1914 | 1985 | |
| Hirota line | Tōkyō Dentō | 762 | 4.8 | ? | 1921 | 1926 | |
| Iwaizumi line | JR East | 1067 | 38.4 | - | 1942 | 2010 | |
| Iwaki mine train | Joban Kosan Co. | 762 | 9.0 | - | 1905 | 1944 | |
| Iwaki small train | Nippon Tetsudō Jigyō | 762 | 6.0 | - | 1914 | 1929 | |
| Iwakita small train | |||||||
| Kakuda small train | Kakuda Kidō | 762 | 19.3 | - | 1899 | 1930 | |
| Kamaishi Mine Railway | Nittetsu Mining Co. | 762 | 16.0 | - | 1880 | 1950 | |
| Kamaishi line | JR East | 1067 | 3.7 | - | 1913 | 1943 | old route Hanamaki –Nitanai |
| Kawamata line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 12.2 | - | 1926 | 1972 | |
| Kesennuma line | JR East | 1067 | 57.3 | - | 1977 | 2011 | Section Yanaizu - Kesennuma |
| Kimoko small train | |||||||
| Kinkazan small train | Kinkazan Kidō | 762 | 13.9 | - | 1915 | 1940 | |
| Kosaka line | Kosaka Seiren | 1067 | 22.3 | - | 1908 | 2008 | |
| Kurihara Railway Line | Kurihara Den'en Tetsudō | 1067 | 25.7 | - | 1921 | 2007 | |
| Kuruishi line | Kōnan Tetsudō | 1067 | 6.2 | - | 1912 | 1998 | |
| Matsuo mine train | Matsuo Kōgyō | 1067 | 12.2 | 1500 V = | 1934 | 1972 | |
| Matsuyama Railway | Matsuyama Jinsha Kido | 610 | 2.5 | - | 1922 | 1929 | |
| Miharu horse tram | 762 | 13.2 | - | 1891 | 1914 | ||
| Mokudōsha line | Mokudōsha | 610 | 10.0 | - | 1882 | 1888 | |
| Nakanishi line | Nakanishi Tokugorō Keiei Kidō | ||||||
| Nakaso small train | |||||||
| Nanbu train | Nanbu Tetsudo | 1067 | 12.3 | - | 1929 | 1968 | |
| Nanbu-Jūkan Railway Line | Nanbu Jūkan | 1067 | 20.9 | - | 1962 | 2002 | |
| Nibetsu Forest Railway | State Forest Service | 762 | 38.5 | - | 1909 | 1968 | freight traffic only |
| Nichichu line | Japanese State Railways | 1067 | 11.6 | - | 1938 | 1984 | |
| Numajiri Railway | Bandai Kyūkō Dentetsu | 1067 | 15.6 | - | 1913 | 1969 | |
| Obanazawa line | Yamako | 1067 | 11.4 | 600 V = | 1926 | 1970 | |
| Ogachi line | Ugo Kotsu | 1067 | 11.7 | - | 1928 | 1973 | |
| Ōhata line | Shimokita Kotsu | 1067 | 18.0 | - | 1939 | 2001 | |
| Onahama-Futo line | Fukushima Rinkai Tetsudō | 1067 | 5.4 | - | 1970 | 2001 | |
| Ōshō line | Ugo Kotsu | 1067 | 38.2 | - | 1918 | 1971 | |
| Ōtera line | Tōkyō Dentō | 762 | 5.5 | ? | 1918 | 1926 | |
| Rinko line | Aomori Rinkai Tetsudō | 1067 | - | freight traffic only | |||
| Sanzan line | Yamako | 1067 | 2.6 | - | 1926 | 1974 | |
| Sendai railway line | Sendai Tetsudo | 762 | 43.9 | - | 1922 | 1960 | |
| Sennan Onsen miniature train | Sennen Onsen Kidō | 762 | 16.6 | - | 1912 | 1937 | |
| Shiogama line | JR Freight | 1067 | 4.9 | - | 1887 | 1997 | freight traffic only |
| Akita Tram | Akita City Tourist Office | 1067 | 7.7 | 600 V = | 1889 | 1966 | |
| Fukushima tram | Fukushima Kotsu | 1067 | 31.5 | 750 V = | 1908 | 1971 | |
| Matsushima tram | Matsushima Densha | 1067 | 3.8 | 550 V = | 1922 | 1938 | |
| Sendai tram | Sendai City Transport Office | 1067 | 16.0 | 600 V = | 1926 | 1976 | |
| Takahata line | Yamako | 1067 | 10.6 | 600 V = | 1922 | 1974 | |
| Tanabe goods train | Tanabe Unyu Kidō | 762 | 4.0 | - | 1929 | 1941 | freight traffic only |
| Toyone line | Senpoku Tetsudō | 762 | 28.6 | - | 1921 | 1968 | |
| Towada-Kankō Railway Line | Towada Kankō Dentetsu | 1067 | 14.7 | 1500 V = | 1922 | 2012 | |
| Toyokawa Mine Railway | Toyokawa Tankō Basha Tetsudō | 762 | - | 1883 | 1884 | ||
| Tsugaru Forest Railway | State Forest Service | 762 | 86.2 | - | 1909 | 1970 | freight traffic only |
| Tsukidate line | Senpoku Tetsudō | 762 | 12.6 | - | 1923 | 1950 | |
| Waga small train | |||||||
| Yachi small train | Yachi Kido | 762 | 5.6 | - | 1916 | 1935 | |
| Yoshima small train | Yoshima Kidō | 762 | 4.7 | - | 1921 | 1927 | |
| Yoshima line | Yoshima Tankō Tetsudō | 1067 | 5.7 | - | 1905 | 1969 | |
| Yunohama line | Shonai Kotsu | 1067 | 12.3 | 600 V = | 1929 | 1975 | |
| Zōtō small train | Zōtō Kidō | 762 | 5.9 | - | 1926 | 1939 |