List of defunct railway companies in Japan

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List of defunct railway companies in Japan lists defunct Japanese railway operators. The list includes all types of railways, such as handcars, horsecars, trams, light railways, heavy rails, freight rails, industrial railways, monorails, new transit systems, or funiculars. Some companies are still active in other businesses, such as bus operation. Translated names might be tentative. "Former names" include those of preceding operators not directly related to their successors.

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The list omits these types of operators:

Hokkaidō

Kamitokoro Station, Hokkaido Chihoku Kogen Railway Line, 2006. Chihoku CR70 7.PNG
Kamitokoro Station, Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Railway Line, 2006.
Yubari Railway Line, presumably in the 1970s. Yubari-Honcho stn.jpg
Yūbari Railway Line, presumably in the 1970s.
Oyubari Coal Mine Industrial Railway Line, 1912. Oyubari Coal Mine 1912.jpg
Ōyūbari Coal Mine Industrial Railway Line, 1912.
Abandoned bridge of Oyubari Forest Railway. Oyubari Forest Railway Sangen Bridge.jpg
Abandoned bridge of Ōyūbari Forest Railway.

Tōhoku region

"Horse Face Train" of Hanamaki Electric Railway, preserved at a park. Hanamaki Electric Railway train.jpg
"Horse Face Train" of Hanamaki Electric Railway, preserved at a park.
Kurihara Den'en Railway Line, 2006. KuriharaDenenTetsudo2006-4.jpg
Kurihara Den'en Railway Line, 2006.
Railbus of Nanbu Jukan Railway Line, at the revival event, 2006. Nanbu Jukan Railbus.jpg
Railbus of Nanbu Jūkan Railway Line, at the revival event, 2006.

Aomori Prefecture

Iwate Prefecture

Miyagi Prefecture

Akita Prefecture

Yamagata Prefecture

Fukushima Prefecture

Kantō region

Ruins of Dream Land Monorail, Dream Kanko. Dream monorail udagawa.jpg
Ruins of Dream Land Monorail, Dream Kankō.
Ayukawa Station, Hitachi Dentetsu Line, 2004. Ayukawa(Ibaraki)-station-platform.jpg
Ayukawa Station, Hitachi Dentetsu Line, 2004.
Kashima Railway Line, 2007. Kashima-Kiha431.jpg
Kashima Railway Line, 2007.
Former Kita-Karuizawa Station of Kusakaru Electric Railway. Kita-Karuizawa Station.jpg
Former Kita-Karuizawa Station of Kusakaru Electric Railway.

Ibaraki Prefecture

Tochigi Prefecture

Gunma Prefecture

Saitama Prefecture

Chiba Prefecture

Tokyo Metropolis

Kanagawa Prefecture

Chūbu region

Toyota IMTS guided bus system was operated only at Expo 2005, but still was considered as a railway. TOYOTA IMTS 04.jpg
Toyota IMTS guided bus system was operated only at Expo 2005, but still was considered as a railway.
Kamioka Railway Line, 2002. Kamioka-railway-freight-train-20020513.jpg
Kamioka Railway Line, 2002.
Farewell run of Niigata Kotsu train, 1999. Niigata Koutsuu Kuha46 19990402.jpg
Farewell run of Niigata Kōtsū train, 1999.
Peachliner (Tokadai New Transit) was the first regular new transit system to be discontinued. Peachliner.jpg
Peachliner (Tōkadai New Transit) was the first regular new transit system to be discontinued.

Niigata Prefecture

Yamanashi Prefecture

Nagano Prefecture

Toyama Prefecture

Ishikawa Prefecture

Fukui Prefecture

Gifu Prefecture

Shizuoka Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

Mie Prefecture

Kansai region

Ruins of Atagoyama Railway Line. Atagoyama Railway ruins.jpg
Ruins of Atagoyama Railway Line.
Ruins of Daishogun Station, Himeji Municipal Monorail. Himeji monorail Daishogun stn.jpg
Ruins of Daishōgun Station, Himeji Municipal Monorail.
Farewell run of Nokami Electric Railway Line, 1994. Nokami Electric Railway Hikata Station.jpg
Farewell run of Nokami Electric Railway Line, 1994.

Shiga Prefecture

Kyōto Prefecture

Ōsaka Prefecture

Hyōgo Prefecture

Wakayama Prefecture

Chūgoku region

Type 1 Locomotive of Ikasa Railway, preserved at a museum. Ikasa Railway Type 1.jpg
Type 1 Locomotive of Ikasa Railway, preserved at a museum.
Omoto Station, Okayama Rinko Railway Line, 1984. Okayama Rinko Railway.jpg
Ōmoto Station, Okayama Rinkō Railway Line, 1984.

Tottori Prefecture

Shimane Prefecture

Okayama Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture

Shikoku region

Tokushima Prefecture

Kagawa Prefecture

Ehime Prefecture

Kōchi Prefecture

Kyūshū region

Type 2 Locomotive of Nansatsu Railway, preserved at a park. Nansatsu SL-2 1.jpg
Type 2 Locomotive of Nansatsu Railway, preserved at a park.
Takachiho Railway Line acrossing Gokase River, 2005. Takachiho Railway Bridge.jpg
Takachiho Railway Line acrossing Gokase River, 2005.
Daito Togyo sugarcane train, preserved at a park. Daito Seito sugarcane train.jpg
Daitō Tōgyō sugarcane train, preserved at a park.

Fukuoka Prefecture

Saga Prefecture

Nagasaki Prefecture

Kumamoto Prefecture

Ōita Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

Okinawa Prefecture

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