Links to
Japanese railway companies.
No model without a prototype. Below a selection of JR Group and private railways are listed. The list is NOT complete!
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JREast,
operating from Tokyo to
the North of Honshu, also operating Tokyo commuter services!
JRWest,
operating from Osaka to the West Coast and cities in the south of
Honshu.
JR
Tokai, operating in central
Japan. Meitetsu (below) is one of their competitors. Japanese
language only..
JR
Kyushu operates on the the
southern island of Kyushu (Japanese)
JR
Hokkaido is operating on the
Northern Island of Hokkaido
JR
Shikoku
is the smallest of the JR companies, but JR Shikoku offers
interesting services. Japanese language only.
New
is this JR Freight homepage. It is only in Japanese.
JREast Cultural Society is a
branch of JREast, organising cultural events and publishing the
English-language Japan Rail and Transport
Review magazine..
Nagoya Railways (Meitetsu), regional
railway
company operating from Nagoya (Japanese)
Railway
Technology Research Institute (Japan) a research
instutute for railway technology.
Hankyu
Railway Co. operating from
Osaka.(Japanese only)
Kinki
Nippon Tetsudo or Kintetsu
is Japan's largest private
railway. Operating in the Osaka-Kyoto-Nagoya area.
The Tobu
Railway runs
from Tokyo (Asakusa) to Nikko, there are more routes in their
network.
Tokyu
operates a dense service on their Tokyo urban network.
Japanese railway
rolling stock manufacturers and other railway-related
manufacturers
Hitachi
is one of
Japan's largest suppliers of railway technolgy. Their product
range also includes signalling, traffic management and
passenger-service equipment. Pages are in English.
Nippon
Sharyo
is a Nagoya area based company and supplies rolling stock to
almost all of the JR-group companies as well as quite a few
railways overseas, including the USA.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries is well-known for its Shinkansen
technology. A great number of other interesting trains come from
Kawasaski's workshops.
Tokyu Sharyo
is part of
the Tokyu Group, which operates railways, department stores,
hotels, an airline etc. Tokyu Car also makes road vehicles, like
trailers and bodywork for trucks.
Niigata Transys, a smaller manufacturer, but they have built interesting trains.
Kyosan
Electric
makes signalling and information systems for railways, airports
and road traffic.
Daido Signal is another signalling manufaturer
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