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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.
Ban'etsu-Sai Line (East Japan Railway Company) Ban'etsu-To Line (East Japan Railway Company) Bantan Line (West Japan Railway Company) Beppu Rakutenchi Cable Line (Okamoto MFG) Bessho Line (Ueda Electric Railway) Bisai Line (Nagoya Railroad) Biwako Line (Nickname. West Japan Railway Company) Blue Line (Nickname. Yokohama City Transportation Bureau)
Kansai Kūkō Line (West Japan Railway Company) Kansai Main Line (Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company) Karasuma Line (Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau) Karasuyama Line (East Japan Railway Company) Karatsu Line (Kyushu Railway Company) Kasamatsu Cable (Common name. Tango Kairiku Kotsu) Kashihara Line (Kintetsu Railway)
Railway lines have adopted station numbering in preparation for Tokyo 2020, making it easier for tourists to distinguish the stations. Station numbering was previously exclusive to subway lines. 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.
This category collects Japanese railway lines. Subways and subways lines belong in Category:Rapid transit in Japan Monorails can be found in Category:Monorails in Japan ...
Rifu Line (Common name. East Japan Railway Company) Rikuu-Sai Line (East Japan Railway Company) Rikuu-Tō Line (East Japan Railway Company) Rinkai Fukutoshin Line (Former name. Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit) Rinkai Line (Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit) Rinkai Main Line (Freight. Keiyo Rinkai Railway) Rinkai Main Line (Freight. Sendai ...
Japan was the first country to build dedicated railway lines for high-speed travel. Because of the mountainous terrain, the existing network consisted of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge lines, which generally took indirect routes and could not be adapted to higher speeds due to technical limitations of narrow-gauge rail.
The Tōkaidō Main Line shown in orange in this map of the southern approaches to Tokyo Tōkaidō Main Line (JR East) service pattern diagram. The section between Tokyo and Atami is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and it is located in the Greater Tokyo Area.