List of defunct railway companies in Japan

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.

The list omits these types of operators:

• Type 1: Direct predecessor of surviving railway operator. (e.g. Meguro Kamata Electric Railway, the current Tokyu Corporation.)
• Type 2: Operator with lines largely succeeded by surviving railway operator. (e.g. Kaetsunō Railway, whose lines succeeded by Manyōsen.)
• Type 3: Operator that was merged by surviving railway operator, Type 1, or Type 2. (e.g. Sanyō Railway, later merged into Japanese National Railways, which was later succeeded by Japan Railways Group Companies.)
• Type 4: Planned line that was never built.

Hokkaidō

• Abashiri KōtsÅ«
• Formerly called Higashi-Mokoto Transportation 東藻琴交通. Still active in bus and other businesses.
• Asahikawa City Tramway
• Asahikawa Electric Tramway
• Ashibetsu Forest Railway 芦別森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Bekkai Municipal Tramway
• Bifuka Municipal Tramway
• Ebetsu Municipal Handcar Tramway 江別町営人車軌道
• Forest Railway in Mikasa (Operator name unknown) (Industrial railway)
• Garuishi Tramway
• Haboro Colliery Railway
• Haboro Forest Railway 羽幌森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Hamanaka Municipal Tramway
• Hayakita Railway 早来鉄道
• Formerly called Hayakita Tramway 早来軌道. Still active as Atsuma Bus , a bus operator.
• Hokkaidō Chihoku Kōgen Railway
• Hokkaidō Colliery and Steamship
• Formerly called YÅ«bari Railway . Hokkaidō Colliery and Steamship is still active as a chemical importer. YÅ«bari Railway is still active as a bus operator.
• Hokkaidō Takushoku Railway
• Still active as a truck company.
• Horonobe Municipal Tramway
• Iwanai Horsecar 岩内馬車鉄道
• Jōzankei Forest Railway 定山渓森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Jōzankei Railway
• Still active as Jōtetsu , a bus operator.
• Kakuta Coal Mine Industrial Railway 角田炭礦専用鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Kamikawa Horsecar 上川馬車鉄道
• Kayanuma Colliery Tramway
• Opened in 1869, presumed to be the oldest railway in Japan.
• Kitami Railway 北見鉄道
• Kōtō Tramway 江当軌道
• Kushiro Development Pier
• Former names include Hokkaidō Colliery Railway 北海道炭礦鉄道, YÅ«betsu Colliery Railway 雄別炭礦鉄道, YÅ«betsu Railway , and YÅ«betsu Coal Mine 雄別炭礦.
• Kushiro Railway
• Maruseppu Forest Railway 丸瀬布森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Mitsubishi Coal Mining
• Former names include ŌyÅ«bari Coal Mine 大夕張炭礦, Bibai Railway 美唄鉄道, Mitsubishi Mining , and Mitsubishi ŌyÅ«bari Coal Mine 三菱大夕張炭礦. Mitsubishi Mining was later merged into Mitsubishi Material .
• Mitsui Ashibetsu Railway 三井芦別鉄道
• Mitsui Mining
• Still active in its main business.
• Nemuro Takushoku Railway
• Nippon Soda (Industrial railway)
• Still active in its main business as a chemical company.
• Noboribetsu Onsen Tramway
• Oketo Forest Railway 置戸森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Onneyu Forest Railway 温根湯森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Ōnuma Electric Railway
• ŌyÅ«bari Forest Office (Industrial railway)
• Rumoi Railway
• Sapporo Suburban Electric Tramway 札幌郊外電気軌道
• Formerly called Sapporo Onsen Electric Tramway .
• Sapporo Tramway 札幌軌道
• Saru Railway
• Shibecha Municipal Tramway
• Shibetsu Tramway
• Still active as a bus operator.
• Suttsu Railway
• Teshio Colliery Railway
• Still active as Tentesu Bus , a bus operator.
• Tōbetsu Municipal Tramway 当別町営軌道
• Tomakomai Port Development
• Still active as a developer.
• Tōyako Electric Railway
• Tsurui Municipal Tramway 鶴居村営軌道
• Utanobori Municipal Tramway
• Yoichi Rinkō Tramway
• YÅ«betsu Tramway

Tōhoku region

Aomori Prefecture

• Aomori Prefecture
• Kawauchi Forest Railway 川内森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Nanbu JÅ«kan Railway
• Still active as Nanbu JÅ«kan , a taxi company.
• Nanbu Railway
• Still active as Nanbu Bus , a bus operator.
• Ōhata Forest Railway 大畑森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Shimokita KōtsÅ«
• Still active as a bus operator.
• Tanabe Transport Tramway
• Formerly called Tanabe Tramway 田名部軌道
• Tsugaru Forest Railway (Industrial railway)

Iwate Prefecture

• Ganpoku Tramway 岩北軌道
• Iwate Chūō Bus
• Former names include Hanamaki Electric Tramway 花巻電気軌道, Hanamaki Electric Company 花巻電気, Morioka Electric Industry 盛岡電気工業, Hanamaki Onsen Electric Railway 花巻温泉電気鉄道/花巻温泉電鉄, Hanamaki Electric Railway 花巻電気鉄道/. Later merged into Iwateken KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.
• Japan Iron & Steel
• Former names include Kamaishi Mine Horsecar 釜石鉱山馬車鉄道, Kamaishi Mine Railway , Tanaka Mine 田中鉱山, Kamaishi Mine 釜石鉱山, and Nittetsu Mining . The last company is still active in its main business.
• Matsuo Mining Railway
• Mizusawa Forest Railway 水沢森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Tankō Tramway 胆江軌道
• Waga Light Tramway 和賀軽便軌道

Miyagi Prefecture

• Furukawa Horsecar 古川馬車鉄道
• Kakuda Tramway
• Formerly called Kakuda Horsecar 角田馬車軌道.
• Kurihara Den'en Railway くりはら田園鉄道線
• Miyagi Bus 宮城バス
• Former names include Sendai Tramway 仙台軌道, Sendai Railway , Senpoku Railway , Kinkazan Tramway , Ojika Tramway 牡鹿軌道, Kinkazan Jidōsha 金華山自動車, and Matsuyama Handcar Tramway 松山人車軌道. Later merged into Miyagi Transportation , a bus operator.
• Sennan KōtsÅ« 仙南交通
• Former names include Sennan Tramway 仙南軌道, Jōnan Tramway 城南軌道, Sennan Onsen Tramway , Sennan KōtsÅ« Jidōsha 仙南交通自動車, Akiu Stone Tramway 秋保石材軌道, Akiu Stone Electric Tramway 秋保石材電気軌道, Akiu Electric Tramway 秋保電気軌道, and Akiu Electric Railway . Later merged into Miyagi Transportation.
• Zōtō Tramway
• Later merged into Sendai City Transportation Bureau .

Akita Prefecture

• Akita Chūō KōtsÅ«
• Still active as a bus operator.
• Akita City Transportation Bureau
• Dōwa Kōgyō
• Still active as Dōwa Holdings in its main business, a metal company.
• Jōgi Forest Railway 定義森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Nagakisawa Forest Railway 長木沢森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Nakanishi Tokugorō Operated Tramway 中西徳五郎経営軌道
• Nibetsu Forest Railway 仁別森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Sugisawa Forest Railway 杉沢森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Takanosu Forest Railway 鷹巣森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Ugo KōtsÅ«
• Former names include Ogachi Railway 雄勝鉄道, and Yokote Railway 横手鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.

Yamagata Prefecture

• Akayu Handcar Tramway 赤湯人車軌道
• Shōnai KōtsÅ«
• Still active as a bus operator.
• Yachi Tramway 谷地軌道
• Yamagata KōtsÅ«
• Former names include Takahata Railway , Sanzan Electric Tramway , and Obanazawa Railway . Still active as Yamakō , a bus and other operator.

Fukushima Prefecture

• Akai Tramway 赤井軌道
• Bandai KyÅ«kō Electric Railway
• Former names include Japan Sulfur 日本硫黄, and Japan Sulfur Kankō 日本硫黄観光.
• Ena Railway
• Iwaki Coal Mine
• Still active as Jōban Kōsan , a resort developer.
• Iwaki Tramway
• Miharu Horsecar
• Nakoso Tramway 勿来軌道
• Yoshima Tramway 好間軌道

Kantō region

Ibaraki Prefecture

• Haguro Tramway 羽黒軌道
• Hitachi Dentetsu
• Formerly called Jōhoku Electric Railway 常北電気鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.
• Ibaraki Tramway 茨城軌道
• Inada Handcar Tramway 稲田人車軌道
• Iwama Handcar Tramway 岩間人車軌道
• Jōnan Electric Railway
• Kabaho Kōgyō 樺穂興業
• Kasama Inari Transport 笠間稲荷運輸
• Kashima Railway 鹿島鉄道
• Formerly called Kashima SangÅ« Railway 鹿島参宮鉄道.
• Kashima Tramway
• Mito Electric Railway
• Muramatsu Tramway 村松軌道
• Tsukuba Railway
• Formerly called Jōsō Tsukuba Railway 常総筑波鉄道. Still active as Kantetsu Tsukuba Shōji , a golf practice range company.

Tochigi Prefecture

• Akami Railway
• Formerly called Akami Light Railway 赤見軽便鉄道.
• Imperial Japanese Army (Industrial railway)
• Iwafune Handcar Railway
• Kitsuregawa Handcar Tramway
• Formerly called Kitsuregawa Handcar Railway 喜連川人車鉄道.
• Nabeyama Tramway
• Formerly called Nabeyama Handcar Tramway 鍋山人車軌道.
• Nasu Tramway
• Formerly called Nasu Handcar Tramway 那須人車軌道.
• Otome Handcar Tramway
• Shiobara Electric Railway
• Formerly called Shiobara Tramway 塩原軌道.
• Tōya Railway
• Still active as Tōya KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.

Gunma Prefecture

• Ikaho Cable Railway
• Formerly called Kantō Cable Railway 関東鋼索鉄道.
• Iwahana Light Railway
• Kusakaru Electric Railway
• Former names include Kusakaru Light Railway 草津軽便鉄道, and Kusatsu Electric Railway 草津電気鉄道. Still active as Kusakaru KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.
• Midorino Horsecar 緑野馬車鉄道
• Satomi Tramway 里見軌道
• Tokyo Light
• Formerly called Agatsuma Onsen Horsecar 吾妻温泉馬車鉄道, Tone Tramway 利根軌道, Agatsuma Tramway , Gunma Electric Power Company 群馬電力, and Tokyo Electric Power Company 東京電力. The last company is different from the current company with the same name.
• Usui Horsecar

Saitama Prefecture

• BushÅ« Nakatsugawa Forest Railway 武州中津川森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• BushÅ« Railway
• Former names include Chūō Light Electric Railway 中央軽便電気鉄道, and Chūō Railway 中央鉄道.
• Chichibu Mining (Industrial railway)
• Still active as Taiheiyō Cement 太平洋セメント in its main business.
• ChÅ«bu Horsecar
• Gyōda Horsecar
• Honjō Electric Tramway
• Irikawa Forest Railway 入川森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Iruma Horsecar 入間馬車鉄道
• Jōbu Railway
• Formerly called Japan Nickel 日本ニッケル. Japan Nickel is still active as Asahi Industries 朝日工業, a chemical company.
• Senju Horsecar
• Sōka Horsecar
• University of Tokyo (Industrial railway)
• Still active in its main operation.

Chiba Prefecture

• Imperial Japanese Army (Railway for tactical practice)
• Isumi Tramway
• KujÅ«kuri Railway
• Formerly called KujÅ«kuri Tramway 九十九里軌道. Still active as a bus operator.
• Nansō Railway
• Narita Railway
• Former names include Chiba Prefectural Railway , Seisō Electric Tramway , and Narita Electric Tramway 成田電気軌道. Still active as Chiba KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.

Tokyo Metropolis

• Okutama Kōgyō (Industrial railway)
• Still active in its main business as a limestone company.
• Senju Horsecar
• Sōka Horsecar
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Port and Harbor (Industrial railway)
• Still active in its main operation.

Kanagawa Prefecture

• Atami Tramway Organization 熱海軌道組合
• Former names include Zusō Handcar Railway 豆相人車鉄道, Atami Railway , and Dai-Nippon Tramway .
• Dream KōtsÅ«
• Kawasaki City Transportation Bureau
• Still active as a bus operator. Now planning a subway.
• Shōnan Tramway
• Former names include Shōnan Horsecar 湘南馬車鉄道, and Shōnan Light Railway 湘南軽便鉄道.
• Tsurumi Rinkō Railway
• Formerly called Kaigan Electric Tramway 海岸電気軌道.

Chūbu region

Niigata Prefecture

• Echigo KōtsÅ«
• Former names include Tochio Railway 栃尾鉄道, Tochio Electric Railway 栃尾鉄道, and Nagaoka Railway 長岡鉄道. Still active as a bus operator..
• Kanbara Railway
• Still active as a bus operator.
• Kubiki Railway and Bus
• Formerly called Kubiki Railway 頸城鉄道. Still active as Kubiki Bus , a bus operator.
• Niigata KōtsÅ«
• Former names include Nakanokuchi Electric Railway 中ノ口電気鉄道, and Niigata Electric Railway 新潟電鉄.

Yamanashi Prefecture

• Fuji KaiyÅ« Tramway 富士廻遊軌道
• Yamanashi Horsecar 山梨馬車鉄道
• Yamanashi KōtsÅ«
• Former names include Yamanashi Electric Railway 山梨電気鉄道, and Kyōsai Electric Railway 峡西電気鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.

Nagano Prefecture

• Enasan Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Ikeda Railway
• Kiso Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Kusakaru Electric Railway
• Former names include Kusakaru Light Railway 草津軽便鉄道, and Kusatsu Electric Railway 草津電気鉄道. Still active as Kusakaru KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.
• Nunobiki Electric Railway
• Usui Horsecar
• Zenkōji-Hakuba Dentetsu
• Still active as a truck company.

Toyama Prefecture

• Kamioka Railway

Ishikawa Prefecture

• Ogoya Railway
• Former names include Ogoya Mine 尾小屋鉱山, and Yokoyama Mining 横山鉱業部. Still active as Komatsu Bus , a bus operator.

Fukui Prefecture

• Hongō Tramway 本郷軌道

Gifu Prefecture

• Enasan Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Hichisō Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Kitaena Railway
• Formerly called 大同電力 Daidō Electric Power Company. Still active as Kitaena KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.
• Kosaka Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Nakatsugawa Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Sakashita Forest Railway 坂下森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Formerly called Sakagawa Railway .
• Sugoroku-Kanakido Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Tadachi Forest Railway 田立森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Tōnō Railway
• Former names include Kasahara Railway 笠原鉄道, and Dachi Railway 駄知鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.
• Tsukechi Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Yahagi Water Power 矢作水力
• Former names include Iwamura Electric Railway 岩村電気鉄道, and Iwamura Electric Tramway . Later merged into ChÅ«bu Electric Power Company 中部電力.

Shizuoka Prefecture

• Abe Railway
• Atami Tramway Organization 熱海軌道組合
• Former names include Zusō Handcar Railway 豆相人車鉄道, Atami Railway , and Dai-Nippon Tramway .
• Fuji Tramway
• Fujieda-Yaizu-kan Tramway
• Gotenba Horsecar
• Formerly called Nonaka Gotenba Horsecar 野中御殿場馬車鉄道.
• Hamamatsu Electric Railway
• Formerly called Dai-Nippon Tramway 大日本軌道.
• Horinouchi Transport 堀之内運輸
• Former names include Jōtō Horsecar 城東馬車鉄道, Omaezaki Tramway 御前崎軌道, and Horinouchi Tramway .
• Ihara Tramway 庵原軌道
• Kōmyō Electric Railway
• Misakubo Forest Railway 水窪森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Nakaizumi Tramway 中泉軌道
• Nanzu Horsecar 南豆馬車鉄道
• Negata Tramway 根方軌道
• Seien Railway 西遠鉄道
• Senzu Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Former names include Second Fuji Electric Power Company 第二富士電力, and Fuji Electric Power Company 富士電力. Later merged into ChÅ«bu Electric Power Company 中部電力.
• Shimada Tramway 島田軌道

Aichi Prefecture

• Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition
• Shitara Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Tōkadai New Transit 桃花台新交通

Mie Prefecture

• Anō Railway
• ChÅ«sei Railway
• Formerly called Dai-Nippon Tramway 大日本軌道.
• Kuwana Electric Tramway
• Mie Electric Railway
• Former names include Matsuzaka Light Railway 松阪軽便鉄道, Matsuzaka Railway 松阪鉄道, Matsuzaka Electric Railway 松阪電気鉄道, Miyagawa Electric Company 宮川電気, Ise Electric Railway 伊勢電気鉄道, Mie Gōdō Electric Company 三重合同電気, Asama Tozan Railway 朝熊登山鉄道, Gōdō Electric Company 合同電気, Tōhō Electric Power Company 東邦電力, Shinto KōtsÅ« 神都交通, and Mie KōtsÅ« . The last company is still active as a bus operator.
• Ōsugidani Forest Railway (Industrial railway)

Kansai region

Shiga Prefecture

• Kōjaku Railway
• Still active as Kōjaku KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.

Kyōto Prefecture

• Atagoyama Railway
• Hokutan Railway
• Kaya Railway
• Still active as Kaya Kōsan , a bus and other operator.

Ōsaka Prefecture

• Minoo Cable Railway

Hyōgo Prefecture

• Awaji Railway
• Still active as Awaji KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.
• Banden Railway
• Former names include Tatsuno Electric Railway 龍野電気鉄道, ShingÅ« Light Railway 新宮軽便鉄道, and BanshÅ« Water Power Electric Company 播州水力電気.
• Befu Railway
• Formerly called Befu Light Railway 別府軽便鉄道. Still active as a taxi and bus operator.
• Himeji City Transportation Bureau 姫路市交通局
• Still active as Himeji City Public Enterprise Bureau Transportation Division , a bus operator.
• Izushi Railway
• Japan Trolleybus
• Kitazawa Industry
• Still active in its main business as a developer.
• Meishin Electric Railway
• Myōken Cable Railway
• Sasayama Railway
• Formerly called Sasayama Light Railway 篠山軽便鉄道

Wakayama Prefecture

• Arida Railway
• Still active as a bus operator.
• Kōyasan Forest Railway (Industrial railway)
• Nogami Electric Railway
• Formerly called Nogami Light Railway 野上軽便鉄道. Its group companies are still active.

Chūgoku region

Tottori Prefecture

• Hinomaru Bus
• Former names include Hosshōji Railway 法勝寺鉄道, Hakuyō Electric Railway 伯陽電鉄, and San'in Chūō Railway 山陰中央鉄道.
• Iwai Municipal Tramway
• Former names include Iwai Village Tramway 岩井村自働車軌道, and Iwai Municipal Tramway 岩井村営軌道.
• Yonago Electric Tramway The successive bus company was merged into Hinomaru Bus.

Shimane Prefecture

• Hinomaru Bus
• Former names include Hosshōji Railway 法勝寺鉄道, Hakuyō Electric Railway 伯陽電鉄, and San'in Chūō Railway 山陰中央鉄道.

Okayama Prefecture

• ChÅ«goku Inariyama Cable Railway
• Dōwa Kōgyō
• Former names include Katakami Railway 片上鉄道, and Fujita Kōgyō 藤田興業. Still active as Dōwa Holdings in its main business, a metal company.
• Ikasa Tetsudō
• Former names include Ibara Kasaoka Light Railway 井原笠岡軽便鉄道, Ryōbi Light Railway 両備軽便鉄道, Ryōbi Railway 両備鉄道, and Shinkō Railway 神高鉄道. Remained active as a bus operator until 2012.
• Okayama Rinkō Railway
• Ryōbi Bus
• Former names include Saidaiji Tramway 西大寺軌道, Saidaiji Railway , Sanban Light Railway 三蟠軽便鉄道, and Sanban Railway 三蟠鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.
• Shimotsui Dentetsu
• Former names include Shimotsui Light Railway 下津井軽便鉄道, and Shimotsui Railway 下津井鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.
• Tamano Municipal Electric Railway
• Formerly called Binan Electric Railway

Hiroshima Prefecture

• Ikasa Tetsudō
• Former names include Ibara Kasaoka Light Railway 井原笠岡軽便鉄道, Ryōbi Light Railway 両備軽便鉄道, Ryōbi Railway 両備鉄道, and Shinkō Railway 神高鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.
• Kure City Transportation Bureau
• Still active as a bus operator.
• Onomichi Railway
• Later merged into ChÅ«goku Bus , a bus operator.
• Tomotetsudō
• Formerly called Tomo Light Railway 鞆軽便鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.

Yamaguchi Prefecture

• Bōseki Railway
• Later merged into Bōchō KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.
• Dai-Nippon Tramway
• Funaki Railway
• Formerly called Funaki Light Railway 船木軽便鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.
• San'yō Electric Tramway
• Former names include ChōshÅ« Railway 長州鉄道, and Nagato Railway 長門鉄道. Still active as Sanden KōtsÅ« , a bus operator.
• Yamaguchi Prefectural Tramway
• Former names include Iwakuni Electric Tramway 岩国電気軌道, Iwakuni Electric Company 岩国電気, and ChÅ«gai Electric Company 中外電気.

Shikoku region

Tokushima Prefecture

• Hashikura Tozan Railway

Kagawa Prefecture

• Kotosan Corporation
• Former names include Sanuki Electric Tramway 讃岐電気軌道, and Kotohira KyÅ«kō Electric Railway . Still active as a bus operator.
• Yashima Tozan Railway

Ehime Prefecture

• Sumitomo Metal Mining (Industrial railway)
• Still active in its main business.

Kōchi Prefecture

• Yanase Forest Railway (Industrial railway)

Kyūshū region

Fukuoka Prefecture

• Asakura Tramway
• Former names include Chūō Tramway 中央軌道, and Ryōchiku Tramway 両筑軌道.
• Ashiya Railway 芦屋鉄道
• Chikugo Tramway
• Formerly called Chikugo Horsecar 筑後馬車鉄道. The successive bus company was merged into Nishi-Nippon Railroad 西日本鉄道.
• Chikuhō Railway
• Former names include Kurate Light Railway 鞍手軽便鉄道, Teikoku Coal 帝国炭業, KyÅ«shÅ« Mining 九州鉱業, and Chikuhō Mining Railway 筑豊鉱業鉄道.
• KitakyÅ«shÅ« City Transportation Bureau
• Formerly called Wakamatsu City Transportation Bureau 若松市交通局. Still active as a bus operator.
• Kurate Tramway 鞍手軌道
• KyÅ«shÅ« Chikuhi Railway
• Formerly called Tōhi Railway 東肥鉄道.
• Mizuma Tramway 三潴軌道
• Nanchiku Tramway 南筑軌道
• Ōkuma Tramway 大隈軌道
• Tokuriki Tramway
• Unoshima Railway
• Yanagawa Tramway

Saga Prefecture

• Asakura Tramway
• Former names include Chūō Tramway 中央軌道, and Ryōchiku Tramway 両筑軌道.
• Hichiku Tramway 肥筑軌道
• Hizen Electric Railway
• Formerly called Hizen Electric Tramway 肥前電気軌道.
• Saga Electric Tramway
• Former names include Kawakami Tramway 川上軌道, Saga Horsecar 佐賀馬車鉄道, and Saga Tramway 佐賀軌道.
• YÅ«toku Tramway

Nagasaki Prefecture

• United States Forces Japan (Industrial railway)
• Still active in its main operation.

Kumamoto Prefecture

• Arao City Transportation Bureau
• Formerly called Arao City Transportation Division 荒尾市交通部.
• Kumamoto Light Railway
• KyÅ«shÅ« Chikuhi Railway
• Formerly called Tōhi Railway 東肥鉄道.
• Naidaijin Forest Railway 内大臣森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• Yamaga Onsen Railway
• Former names include Kamoto Tramway 鹿本軌道, and Kamoto Railway 鹿本鉄道. Still active as Katetsu KōtsÅ« 鹿鉄交通, a bus operator.
• YÅ«en Railway
• Formerly called Mifune Railway 御船鉄道. Still active as Kumamoto Bus , a bus operator.

Ōita Prefecture

• Chikugo Tramway
• Former names include Chikugo Horsecar 筑後馬車鉄道. The successive bus company was merged into Nishi-Nippon Railroad 西日本鉄道.
• Nippon Mining (Industrial railway)
• Still active as Nippon Mining & Metals in its main business.
• Ōita KōtsÅ«
• Former names include Usa SangÅ« Railway 宇佐参宮鉄道, Kunisaki Railway 国東鉄道, HijÅ« Railway 日出生鉄道, HōshÅ« Railway 豊州鉄道, HōshÅ« Electric Railway 豊州電気鉄道, Hōgo Electric Railway 豊後電気鉄道, KyÅ«shÅ« Water Power Electric Company 九州水力電気, Beppu Ōita Electric Railway 別府大分電鉄, and Yabakei Railway 耶馬渓鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.

Miyazaki Prefecture

• Aya Forest Railway 綾森林鉄道 (Industrial railway)
• HyÅ«ga Tramway
• Miyazaki KōtsÅ«
• Former names include Miyazaki Light Railway 宮崎軽便鉄道, and Miyazaki Railway 宮崎鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.
• Shiromi Tramway
• Takachiho Railway

Kagoshima Prefecture

• Kagoshima KōtsÅ«
• Former names include Nansatsu Railway 南薩鉄道, and Satsunan Chūō Railway 薩南中央鉄道. Still active as a bus operator.

Okinawa Prefecture

• Daitō Tōgyō 大東糖業 (Industrial railway)
• Former names include Tamaoki Shōkai 玉置商会, Tōyō Sugar 東洋製糖, and Dai-Nippon Sugar 大日本製糖. Tōyō Sugar is different from the current company with the same name. Dai-Nippon Sugar (the current Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar ) and Daitō Tōgyō are still active in their main businesses, sugar companies.
• Itoman Horsecar
• Okinawa Electric Company
• Formerly called Okinawa Electric Tramway 沖縄電気軌道.
• Okinawa International Oceanic Exposition Association 沖縄国際海洋博覧会協会
• Okinawa Prefecture Railway
• Formerly called Okinawa Prefecture Light Railway 沖縄県軽便鉄道.
• Okinawa Tramway
• Former names include Okinawa Handcar Tramway 沖縄人車軌道, and Okinawa Horsecar 沖縄馬車軌道.

See also

• (List of defunct railway lines in Japan)
• List of railway companies in Japan
• List of railway lines in Japan
• List of railway stations in Japan
• Railway electrification in Japan
• Rail transport in Japan
• Monorails in Japan
• List of aerial lifts in Japan
• List of airport people mover systems
• List of bus operating companies in Japan
• Specified local lines, a list of Japanese railway lines subject to the 1980 JNR Reconstruction Act
• (Uncompleted line)