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Japan Railways (JR)
JR East Japan (overview)
★ Kantô Area – Urban Network (shorter distances), JR Lines
★ Kantô Area – Urban Network (long distance services), JR Lines
★ Individual lines in the wider Kantô area
★ Individual lines in the Kô-Shin-Etsu area
★ Individual lines in Tôhoku
JR Tôkai (overview)
Click for individual JR Tôkai lines
JR West Japan (overview)
★ JR West Japan, CHÛGOKU (incl. Hyôgo prefecture) – click for individual lines
★ JR West Japan, KINKI – click for individual lines
★ JR West Japan, HOKURIKU – click for individual lines
JR Hokkaidô (overview)
Click for individual JR Hokkaidô lines
JR Shikoku (overview)
Click for individual JR Shikoku lines
JR Kyûshû (overview)
JR Kyûshû (individual lines)
JR Freight
JR Rolling Stock .
JR Rolling Stock (Click here for the individual classes)
Numbering System
Literature on individual types of JR (JNR) vehicles
Major Non-JR Railways
✸ Major Non-JR – Kantô Area
大 Tôkyû (incl. Yokohama Kôsoku Tetsudô)
大 Keiô
大 Seibu
大 Keisei (incl. Chiba New Town Tetsudô, Hokusô Tetsudô, Shin Keisei Dentetsu, Shibayama Tetsudô)
大 Tôbu
大 Keikyû (Keihin Kyûkô)
大 Odakyû
大 Sôtetsu (Sagami Tetsudô)
✸ Major Non-JR – Nagoya Area
➤ Meitetsu (overview)
Meitetsu – Individual Lines
✸ Major Non-JR–Kansai/Nagoya Area
Kintetsu
✸ Major Non-JR – Kansai Area
Nankai
San’yô
Hanshin
Keihan
Hankyû
✸ Major Non-JR – Kyûshû
Nishitetsu
Smaller non-JR railways
☀ Kyûshû (non-JR)
☀ Shikoku (non-JR)
☀ West Japan: Chûgoku (non-JR)
☀ West Japan: Kinki (non-JR)
☀ Hokuriku (non-JR)
☀ Chûbu (non-JR)
☀ East Japan: Kantô (non-JR)
☀ East Japan: Kô-Shin-Etsu (non-JR)
☀ Tôhoku (non-JR)
☀ Hokkaidô (non-JR)
Tramways
市 Kyûshû Tramways
市 Shikoku Tramways
市 Kansai and West Japan Tr.
市 Hokuriku Tramways
市 Nagoya area Tramways
市 Kantô and Northeast Japan Tr.
市 Hokkaidô Tramways
市 Haga Utsunomiya LRT
Freight-only companies
Underground Railways
Fukuoka Underground
Kôbe Underground
Ôsaka Underground
Kyôto Underground
Nagoya Underground
Yokohama Underground
Tôkyô Metro
Tôkyô To’ei Chikatetsu
Sendai Underground
Sapporo Underground
Other transport systems .
☆ Okinawa Monorail (Yui Rail)
★ Tôkyô Monorail (Haneda Monorail)
Museums and Preservation .
History
Documentary material
Iida-sen
Peter Ackermann
Lit: TJ 2/2024
