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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)
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.
Pages in category "Railway lines in Japan" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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)
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 Yokohama Line (Japanese: 横浜線, romanized: Yokohama-sen) is a Japanese railway line of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) connecting Higashi-Kanagawa Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Hachiōji Station in Hachiōji, Tokyo.