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List of railway lines in Japan lists existing railway lines in Japan alphabetically. The vast majority of Japanese railways are classified under two Japanese laws, one for railways (鉄道, tetsudō) and another for trams (軌道, kidō). The difference between the two is a legal, and not always substantial, one.
Gakunan Railway Line (Gakunan Railway) No official line name exists. Gala-Yuzawa Line (Common name. East Japan Railway Company) Gamagōri Line (Nagoya Railroad) Gantoku Line (West Japan Railway Company) Geibi Line (West Japan Railway Company) Ginga Dream Line Kamaishi Line (Nickname. East Japan Railway Company) Ginza Line (Tokyo Metro) Gomen ...
Uetsu Main Line (East Japan Railway Company) Uji Line (Keihan Electric Railway) Ujina Line (Hiroshima Electric Railway) Ukishima Line (Freight. Kanagawa Rinkai Railway) Umeda Freight Line (Common name. West Japan Railway Company) Umi Line (Common name. Kyushu Railway Company) Umineko Rail Hachinohe City Line (Nickname. East Japan Railway Company)
All the railway and tram lines in Japan are named by the operators. In principle (with some exceptions), a section of railway has only one name. Line names are shown on a ticket to indicate the route of the ticket. Passengers refer the railway by the name of line (e.g. "Tōyoko Line") or the name of operator (e.g. "Hanshin").
Pages in category "Railway lines in Tokyo" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The first railway in Japan was the line from Shimbashi to Sakuragicho in Yokohama, which opened in 1872; another segment of today's Tokaido Main Line, between Kyoto and Kobe, opened in 1877. [ 2 ] In 1883, the government decided to use the Nakasendō route, and construction of several segments commenced (including the modern-day Takasaki Line ).
This is the name for the concept of using a single train that is designed to travel on both 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge railway lines and the 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge used by Shinkansen train services in Japan. The trucks/bogies of the Gauge Change Train (GCT) allow the wheels to be unlocked from the axles, narrowed ...
The Narita Line (Japanese: 成田線, romanized: Narita-sen) is the name for a combination of three railway lines located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).