Railway electrification in Japan

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Japan's conventional mainline railway network schematic map showing electrification systems with voltages and frequencies as of 2017. Third-sector railways are included. Shinkansen exclusive-use trackage is not included. Municipal subways and other rapid transit networks are not included. Private railways are not included.

This is a list of railway electrification systems in Japan.

All lines use an overhead line power supply unless otherwise noted. As of 2005[update], the rail system consists of the following:[1]

* 20,264 km (12,591 mi) of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), of which 13,280 kilometres (8,250 mi) is electrified.
* 3,204 km (1,991 mi) of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge, all electrified.
* 117 km (73 mi) of 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) Scotch gauge, all electrified.
* 11 km (6.8 mi) of 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) narrow gauge, all electrified.

Electrification systems used by the Japan Railways Group, Japan's formerly state-owned operators, are 1,500 V DC and 20 kV AC for conventional lines and mini-Shinkansen, and 25 kV AC for Shinkansen. Electrification at 600 V DC and 750 V DC are also seen in private lines and non-rail based transit systems. The frequency of the AC power supply is 50 Hz in Eastern Japan and 60 Hz in Western Japan.

## DC electrified

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### 200 V

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Name  | Operator  | Gauge  | Notes

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Ikoma Cable Line | Kintetsu Railway | 1,067 mm  | Cable railway
Nishi-Shigi Cable Line

### 440 V

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Skyrail Midorizaka Line | Sky Rail Service  | Suspended monorail | Closed April 30, 2024

### 600 V

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See also: List of railway electrification systems § 600 V DC

#### 1,067 mm gauge

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Name  | Operator  | Notes

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Chōshi Electric Railway Line | Chōshi Electric Railway  |
Katsuyama Eiheiji Line | Echizen Railway |
Mikuni Awara Line |
Enoshima Electric Railway Line  | Enoshima Electric Railway |
Fukubu Line | Fukui Railway |
Ishikawa Line | Hokuriku Railroad |
Hanazono Line | Iyotetsu |
Honmachi Line |
Jōhoku Line |
Jōnan Line |
Ōtemachi Line |
Takahama Line |
Fujisaki Line | Kumamoto Electric Railway |
Kikuchi Line |
Shinminatokō Line | Manyosen |
Takaoka Kidō Line |
Higashiyama Line  | Okayama Electric Tramway |
Seikibashi Line |
Sapporo Streetcar | Sapporo Transportation Service Promotion Corporation  |
Shizuoka–Shimizu Line | Shizuoka Railway |
Gomen Line | Tosaden Kōtsū |
Ino Line |
Sanbashi Line |
Toyama City Tram Line | Toyama Chihō Railway |
Toyamakō Line |
Azumada Main Line | Toyohashi Railroad |

#### 1,435 mm gauge

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Name  | Operator  | Notes

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Chikuhō Electric Railroad Line | Chikuho Electric Railroad  |
Eizan Main Line  | Eizan Electric Railway |
Kurama Line  |
Hankai Line | Hankai Tramway |
Uemachi Line |
Eba Line | Hiroshima Electric Railway |
Hakushima Line |
Hijiyama Line |
Main Line |
Miyajima Line |
Ujina Line |
Yokogawa Line |
Kagoshima City Tram  | Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau |
Arashiyama Line  | Keifuku Electric Railroad |
Kitano Line  |
Kumamoto City Tram  | Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau |
Nagasaki Electric Tramway |
Ginza Line | Tokyo Metro | Third rail
Marunouchi Line
Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line | Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line
Nagoya Municipal Subway Meikō Line

#### Other gauges

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Hakodate City Tram | Hakodate City Tram Department | 1,372 mm  |
Main Line
Part of Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route | Kurobe Gorge Railway | 762 mm  |
Tateyama Tunnel Trolleybus
Part of Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route | Tateyama Kurobe Kanko  | Trolleybus  |
Ueno Zoo Monorail | Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation | Suspended monorail | Overhead contact
Service suspended since 2019
Toden Arakawa Line | 1,372 mm  | Only surviving Tokyo Toden
Setagaya Line | Tokyu Railways |

### 750 V

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See also: List of railway electrification systems § 750 V DC

Name  | Operator  | Gauge  | Notes

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Enshū Railway Line | Enshu Railway  | 1,067 mm  |
Hakone Tozan Line (Hakone-Yumoto – Gōra)  | Hakone Tozan Railway | 1,435 mm  | 1,067 mm gauge section (Odawara – Hakone-Yumoto) uses 1,500 V, dead section within Hakone-Yumoto
Astram Line | Hiroshima Rapid Transit | People mover
(1,700 mm-wide track)  | Third rail, Side contact
Gunchū Line | Iyotetsu | 1,067 mm  |
Yokogawara Line |
Keihanna Line | Kintetsu Railway | 1,435 mm  | Third rail
Namboku Line  | Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway
Chūō Line | Osaka Metro
Midōsuji Line
Sennichimae Line
Tanimachi Line
Yotsubashi Line
Hokusei Line | Sangi Railway | 762 mm  | Was operated by Kintetsu until 2003
Sapporo Municipal Subway Namboku Line | Sapporo City Transportation Bureau | Rubber-tyred metro  | Third rail
Yamaguchi Line | Seibu Railway | People mover
Haneda Airport Line  | Tokyo Monorail | Straddle–beam monorail  | Side contact
Utsunomiya Light Rail Line  | Utsunomiya Light Rail  | 1,067 mm
Yūkarigaoka Line | Yamaman  | People mover  | Under-floor contact
Kintetsu Hachiōji Line | Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway | 762 mm  | Was operated by Kintetsu until 2015
Utsube Line
Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line | Yokohama City Transportation Bureau | 1,435 mm  | Third rail
Kanazawa Seaside Line | Yokohama Seaside Line  | People mover
(1,700 mm-wide track)

### 1,500 V

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See also: List of railway electrification systems § 1,500 V DC

#### 1,067 mm gauge

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Name  | Operator  | Notes

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Agatsuma Line | JR East |
Echigo Line |
Hachikō Line (Hachioji – Komagawa, Kita-Fujioka – Kuragano) | Komagawa – Kita-Fujioka section is not electrified, for Kita-Fujioka – Kuragano section, only trains of Takasaki Line may use for switch-back, trains of Hachikō Line remain use DMU
Hakushin Line |
Itō Line |
Itsukaichi Line |
Jōban Line (Nippori – Toride)
Consists of Jōban Line local service and Jōban Line rapid service | Dead section between Toride – Fujishiro, 20 kV, 50 Hz electrified north of the dead section
Jōetsu Line | Except Echigo-Yuzawa – Gala-Yuzawa (de facto Shinkansen section, 25 kV, 50 Hz electrified)
Karasuyama Line (within Karasuyama Station, for charging purpose) | While not de jure considered electrified line, all trains except reserved cruise trains are using battery EMU
Kashima Line |
Kawagoe Line |
Keiyō Line |
Mito Line (Near Oyama Station) | Dead section between Oyama – Otabayashi, 20 kV, 50 Hz electrified east of the dead section
Musashino Line |
Nambu Line |
Narita Line |
Negishi Line |
Nikkō Line |
Ōito Line (Matsumoto – Minami-Otari) | JR West section (Minami-Otari – Itoigawa) is not electrified
Ōme Line |
Ryōmō Line |
Sagami Line |
Saikyo Line |
Senseki Line | Except freight-only Rikuzen-Yamashita – Ishinomakikō and Senseki-Tōhoku Line connection (Matsushima – Takagimachi), where both are not electrified
Shin'etsu Main Line | Except freight-only Kami-Nuttari signal base – Higashi-Niigatakō (not electrified)
Shinonoi Line |
Sōbu Main Line
Consists of Chūō-Sōbu Line local service and Yokusuka-Sōbu rapid service line | Except freight-only Shinkoiwa shingōjō – Etchūjima Kamotsu (not electrified)
Sotobō Line |
Takasaki Line |
Tōgane Line |
Tōhoku Main Line (Tokyo – Kuroiso)
Also known as Utsunomiya Line.
Consists of Ueno–Tokyo Line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, and Shōnan-Shinjuku Line | Dead section between Kuroiso – Takaku, 20 kV, 50 Hz electrified north of the dead section
Tsurumi Line |
Uchibō Line |
Uetsu Main Line (Niitsu – Murakami) | Dead section between Murakami – Majima, 20 kV, 50 Hz electrified northeast of the dead section
Yahiko Line |
Yamanote Line |
Yokohama Line |
Yokosuka Line |
Chūō Main Line
Consists of Chūō-Sōbu Line local service, Chūō Line rapid service and Chuo Line Nagoya | JR East, JR Central |
Tōkaidō Main Line
Consists of Shōnan-Shinjuku Line, Yokusuka-Sōbu rapid service line,
Sōtetsu-JR through line, Keihin-Tōhoku Line, Biwako Line,
JR Kyoto Line, JR Kobe Line, and Tōkaidō Freight Line | JR East, JR Central, JR West | Except freight-only Sannō signal base – Nagoya Minato
Gotemba Line | JR Central  |
Iida Line |
Minobu Line |
Taketoyo Line | Except freight-only tracks near Ōbu Station
Kansai Main Line (Nagoya – Kameyama, Kamo – JR Namba)
Consists of Kansai Line Nagoya and Yamatoji Line | JR Central, JR West | Kameyama – Kamo section is not electrified
Akō Line | JR West  |
Bantan Line (Himeji – Teramae)  | Teramae – Wadayama section is not electrified
Fukuchiyama Line |
Fukuen Line (Fukuyama – Fuchū)  | Fuchū – Shimo-Kawabe section was electrified during 1954–1962, then demolished, Shimo-Kawabe – Shiomachi section is never electrified
Hakubi Line |
Hanwa Line |
Hokuriku Main Line (Maibara – Tsuruga)  | Dead section between Tsuruga – Minami-Imajō, 20 kV, 60 Hz electrified northeast of the dead section
JR Tōzai Line |
Kakogawa Line |
Kansai Airport Line | Concurrent with Nankai Airport Line within Sky Gate Bridge R
Katamachi LineAlso known as Gakkentoshi Line |
Kisei Main Line (Wakayamashi – Shingū) | JR Central section (Shingū – Kameyama) is not electrified
Kabe Line |
Kosei Line |
Kure Line |
Kusatsu Line |
Maizuru Line |
Nanao Line (Naka-tsubata – Wakuraonsen)  | Dead section between Tsubata – Naka-tsubata, 20 kV, 60 Hz electrified near Tsubata Station, partially concurrent with another same named line of Noto Railway (see below)
Nara Line |
Obama Line |
Onoda Line |
Osaka Higashi Line |
Osaka Loop Line |
Sakai Line (Yonago – Gotō depot) | Only for dead mileage purpose of San'in Main Line trains in Gotō depot, trains of Sakai Line are all using DMU, not de jure considered electrified line, the rest Sakai Line is not electrified
Sakurai Line |
Sakurajima Line |
San'in Main Line (Kyōoto – Kinosaki Onsen, Hōki-Daisen – Nishi-Izumo)
Also known as Sagano Line (Kyoto-Sonobe) | Kinosaki Onsen – Hōki-Daisen, and Nishi-Izumo – Hatabu sections are not electrified
Ube Line |
Uno Line |
Wakayama Line |
Honshi-Bisan Line | JR West, JR Shikoku |
Dosan Line (Tadotsu – Kotohira)  | JR Shikoku  | Kotohira – Kubokawa section is not electrified
Yosan Line (Takamatsu – Iyoshi)  | Iyoshi – Uwajima section is not electrified
San'yō Main Line (Kōbe – Shimonoseki)

Consists of JR Kobe Line, Wadamisaki Line and Sanyo Line Hiroshima

| JR West, JR Kyushu | Dead section[clarification needed] between Shimonoseki – Moji (at Kyushu gate of Kanmon Railway Tunnel), 20 kV, 60 Hz electrified within Moji Station (except a freight-only track, to which its dead section is located west of Moji Station)
Chikuhi Line (Meinohama – Karatsu)  | JR Kyushu  | Karatsu – Imari section is not electrified
Karatsu Line (Karatsu – Nishi-Karatsu)  | Kubota – Karatsu section is not electrified
Aichi Loop Line | Aichi Loop Railway  |
Aizu Line (Aizu-Tajima – Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi)  | Aizu Railway | As of 2022, all trains of Aizu Railway are DMUs, electrification is used by Tobu Railway trains, the rest Aizu Line is not electrified
Kamikōchi Line | Alpico Kōtsū |
Chichibu Main Line | Chichibu Railway |
Mikajiri Line  | Freight line
Myōkō Haneuma Line  | Echigo Tokimeki Railway | was a part of Shin'etsu Main Line until 2015
Nihonkai Hisui Line (Kajiyashiki – Naoetsu)  | Dead section between Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan – Kajiyashiki, 20 kV, 60 Hz electrified west of the dead section, was a part of Hokuriku Main Line until 2015
Fujikyuko Line | Fuji Kyuko |
Fukuoka City Subway Hakozaki Line | Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau  |
Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line |
Iizaka Line | Fukushima Transportation |
Gakunan Railway Line | Gakunan Electric Train  |
Hakone Tozan Line (Odawara – Hakone-Yumoto)  | Hakone Tozan Railway  | include dual gauge section (see below)

the rest 1,435 mm gauge section (Hakone-Yumoto – Gōra) uses 750 V, dead section within Hakone-Yumoto

Hokuhoku Line | Hokuetsu Express  |
Asanogawa Line | Hokuriku Railroad |
Ibara Line (Sōja – Kiyone)  | Ibara Railway  | All Ibara Railway trains are DMU, electrification is used by JR West
Kita-Matsue Line | Ichibata Electric Railway |
Taisha Line |
Iga Line | Iga Railway  | Was operated by Kintetsu until 2007
Daiyūzan Line | Izuhakone Railway |
Sunzu Line |
Izu Kyūkō Line | Izukyū |
Jōmō Line | Jomo Electric Railway  |
Joshin Line | Jōshin Electric Railway  |
Inokashira Line | Keio Corporation |
Domyoji Line | Kintetsu Railway |
Gose Line |
Minami Osaka Line |
Nagano Line |
Yoshino Line |
Ao Line | Kobe Electric Railway |
Arima Line |
Kobe Kosoku Line |
Kōen-Toshi Line |
Sanda Line |
Kōnan Line | Kōnan Railway |
Ōwani Line |
Airport Line | Meitetsu |
Bisai Line |
Chikkō Line |
Chita New Line |
Gamagōri Line |
Hashima Line |
Hiromi Line |
Inuyama Line |
Kakamigahara Line |
Komaki Line |
Kōwa Line |
Mikawa Line |
Nagoya Main Line |
Nishio Line |
Seto Line |
Takehana Line |
Toyokawa Line |
Tokoname Line |
Toyota Line |
Tsushima Line |
Tsukuba Express (Akihabara – Moriya)  | Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company | Dead section between Moriya – Miraidaira, 20 kV, 50 Hz electrified north of the dead section
Mizuma Line | Mizuma Railway |
Nagano Line  | Nagano Electric Railway |
Aonami Line | Nagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit  |
Airport Line | Nankai Electric Railway | Concurrent with JR Kansai Airport Line within Sky Gate Bridge R
Kada Line |
Koya Line |
Nankai Main Line |
Takashinohama Line |
Tanagawa Line |
Wakayamako Line |
Kaizuka Line | Nishi-Nippon Railroad |
Nanao Line (Nanao – Wakuraonsen)  | Noto Railway | The rest of Noto Railway Nanao Line is not electrified, and the only electrified section is concurrent with another same named line of JR West above
Enoshima Line | Odakyu Electric Railway |
Odawara Line |
Tama Line |
Main Line | Ohmi Railway |
Taga Line |
Yōkaichi Line |
Ikawa Line (Abt Ichishiro – Nagashima Dam)  | Ōigawa Railway | The electrified section is an abt rack section, rest sections of Ikawa Line are not electrified
Ōigawa Main Line |
Nagareyama Line | Ryutetsu  |
Atsugi Line  | Sagami Railway | Freight line
Izumino Line |
Shin-Yokohama Line |
Sotetsu Main Line |
Saitama Rapid Railway Line | Saitama Railway Corporation  |
Sangi Line  | Sangi Railway |
Chichibu Line | Seibu Railway |
Haijima Line |
Ikebukuro Line |
Kokubunji Line |
Sayama Line |
Seibuen Line |
Shinjuku Line |
Tamagawa Line |
Tamako Line |
Toshima Line |
Yūrakuchō Line |
Sendai Subway Namboku Line | Sendai City Transportation Bureau |
Kita-Shinano Line | Shinano Railway | Was a part of Shin'etsu Main Line until 2015
Shinano Railway Line | Was a part of Shin'etsu Main Line until 1997
Daishi Line | Tobu Railway |
Isesaki Line
Also known as Skytree Line |
Kameido Line |
Kinugawa Line |
Kiryū Line |
Koizumi Line |
Nikkō Line |
Ogose Line |
Sano Line |
Tōjō Line |
Urban Park Line |
Utsunomiya Line |
Chiyoda Line | Tokyo Metro |
Fukutoshin Line |
Hanzomon Line |
Hibiya Line |
Namboku Line |
Tozai Line |
Yūrakuchō Line |
Toei Mita Line | Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation |
Rinkai Line | Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit  |
Den-en-toshi Line | Tokyu Railway |
Ikegami Line |
Kodomonokuni Line |
Meguro Line |
Ōimachi Line |
Tamagawa Line |
Tōyoko Line |
Fujikoshi Line | Toyama Chihō Railway |
Kamidaki Line |
Main Line |
Tateyama Line |
Tōyō Rapid Railway Line | Toyo Rapid Railway  |
Atsumi Line | Toyohashi Railroad |
Kamiiida Line | Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya |
Nagoya Municipal Subway Sakura-dōri Line |
Nagoya Municipal Subway Tsurumai Line |
Bessho Line | Uedadentetsu  |
Kishigawa Line | Wakayama Electric Railway  |
Miyafuku Line | Willer Trains | All trains of Willer Trains are DMU, JR West run EMU through trains in both lines
Miyazu Line (Miyazu – Amanohashidate)
Aizu Kinugawa Line  | Yagan Railway |
Minatomirai Line | Yokohama Minatomirai Railway |
Yōrō Line | Yoro Railway  | Was operated by Kintetsu until 2007

#### 1,435 mm gauge

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Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line | Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau  | Linear motors
Hakone Tozan Line (Iriuda – Hakone-Yumoto)  | Hakone Tozan Railway  | Dual gauge section.
The remaining 1,435 mm gauge section (Hakone-Yumoto – Gōra)
uses 750 V, dead section[clarification needed] within Hakone-Yumoto
Arashiyama Line | Hankyu |
Imazu Line |
Itami Line |
Kōbe Kosoku Line  |
Kōbe Main Line |
Kōyō Line |
Kyoto Main Line |
Minoo Line |
Senri Line |
Takarazuka Main Line |
Hanshin Main Line | Hanshin Electric Railway |
Kōbe Kosoku Line |
Mukogawa Line |
Namba Line |
Hokusō Line | Hokuso Railway  |
Ishiyama Sakamoto Line | Keihan Electric Railway |
Katano Line |
Keihan Main Line |
Keishin Line |
Nakanoshima Line |
Ōtō Line |
Uji Line |
Airport Line | Keikyu |
Daishi Line |
Keikyū Main Line |
Kurihama Line |
Zushi Line |
Chiba Line | Keisei Electric Railway |
Chihara Line |
Higashi-Narita Line |
Kanamachi Line |
Keisei Main Line |
Narita Airport Line |
Oshiage Line |
Ikoma Line | Kintetsu Railway |
Kashihara Line |
Kyoto Line |
Nagoya Line |
Namba Line  |
Nara Line |
Osaka Line |
Shigi Line |
Shima Line |
Suzuka Line |
Tawaramoto Line |
Tenri Line |
Toba Line |
Yamada Line |
Yunoyama Line |
Kōbe Municipal Subway Hokushin Line | Kobe Municipal Transportation Bureau |
Kōbe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line |
Kōbe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line |
Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line | Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau |
Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line |
Amagi Line | Nishi-Nippon Railroad |
Dazaifu Line |
Tenjin Ōmuta Line |
Myoken Line  | Nose Electric Railway |
Nissei Line  |
Imazatosuji Line | Osaka Metro | Linear motors
Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
Sakaisuji Line |
Aboshi Line | Sanyo Electric Railway |
Main Line |
Sendai Subway Tōzai Line | Sendai City Transportation Bureau | Linear motors
Shibayama Railway Line  | Shibayama Railway |
Kotohira Line | Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad |
Nagao Line |
Shido Line |
Toei Asakusa Line | Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation |
Toei Oedo Line | Linear motors
Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line | Yokohama City Transportation Bureau

##### Other gauges

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Linimo | Aichi Rapid Transit  | HSST-Maglev | Third rail
Line 1  | Chiba Urban Monorail | Suspended monorail | Third rail, side contact
Line 2
Dōbutsuen Line | Keio Corporation | 1,372 mm  |
Keibajō Line |
Keiō Line |
Keiō New Line |
Sagamihara Line |
Takao Line |
Kokura Line  | Kitakyushu monorail | Straddle-beam monorail  | Side contact
Disney Resort Line | Maihama Resort Line
Okinawa Urban Monorail Line  | Okinawa Urban Monorail
Main Line | Osaka Monorail
Saito Line
Sapporo Municipal Subway Tōhō Line | Sapporo City Transportation Bureau | Rubber-tyred metro |
Sapporo Municipal Subway Tōzai Line |
Enoshima Line  | Shonan Monorail | Suspended monorail  | Side contact
Tama Toshi Monorail Line | Tama Toshi Monorail  | Straddle-beam monorail
Toei Shinjuku Line | Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation | 1,372 mm  |

## AC electrified

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### 600 V 50 Hz

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New Shuttle | Saitama New Urban Transit  | People mover  | three–phase, side contact
Nippori-Toneri Liner | Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Waterfront Line  | Yurikamome

### 600 V 60 Hz

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Nankō Port Town Line | Osaka Metro | People mover  | three–phase, side contact
Port Island Line | Kobe New Transit | People mover (2,430 mm width track)
Rokkō Island Line | People mover

### 20 kV, 50 Hz

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Chitose Line | JR Hokkaido | 1,067 mm  | Include Chitose Airport branch
Hakodate Main Line (Hakodate – Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, Otaru – Asahikawa)  | Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto – Otaru section is not electrified
Kaikyō Line (Naka-Oguni – Shin-nakaoguni signal base)  | Dead section within Shin-nakaoguni signal base, 25 kV electrified north of dead section, only freight trains and Train Suite Shikishima cruise train may run after 2016
Muroran Main Line (Muroran – Higashi-Muroran – Numanohata)  | Oshamambe – Higashi-Muroran, and Numanohata – Iwamizawa section is not electrified
Sasshō Line | All non-electrified sections are abandoned in 2020
Sōya Main Line (Asahikawa – Kita-Asahikawa Freight Terminal)  | Only for dead mileage purpose of Hakodate Main Line trains, and for freight trains, passenger trains of Sōya Main Line are using DMUs, as the rest of line is not electrified
Akita Shinkansen | JR East | 1,435 mm  | Mini-Shinkansen, concurrent with Tazawako Line (nearly all line) and Ōu Main Line (Ōmagari – Akita)
Banetsu West Line (Kōriyama – Kitakata)  | 1,067 mm  | As of 2022, no EMUs are running west of Aizu-Wakamatsu, Aizu-Wakamatsu – Kitakata electrification is therefore planned to be abandoned,[2] the rest of line are not electrified
Jōban Line (Fujishiro – Iwanuma)  | Dead section between Toride – Fujishiro, 1,500 V electrified south of the dead section
Mito Line (Otabayashi – Tomobe)  | Dead section between Oyama – Otabayashi, 1500 V electrified near the Oyama Station
Oga Line (within Oga Station, for charging purpose)  | While not de jure considered electrified line, all trains are using battery EMU
Ōu Main Line | Mixed 1,067 mm and 1,435 mm in different sections (see the line article)  | except the mainly-freight transport Tsuchizaki – Akita Port section which is not electrified

Concurrent with Yamagata Shinkansen (Fukushima – Shinjō) and Akita Shinkansen (Ōmagari – Akita)

Senzan Line | 1,067 mm  |
Tazawako Line | 1,435 mm  | Concurrent with Akita Shinkansen (nearly all line)
Tōhoku Main Line (Takaku – Morioka)  | 1,067 mm  | Except Senseki-Tōhoku Line connection (Matsushima – Takagimachi) which is not electrified, dead section between Kuroiso – Takaku, 1500 V electrified south of the dead section
Tsugaru Line (Aomori – Shin-nakaoguni signal base)  | Tsugaru Line trains north of Kanita are using DMUs, the electrification north of Kanita is for Kaikyō Line trains (see above)
Uetsu Main Line (Majima – Akita)  | 1,435 mm  | Except freight-only Sakata – Sakatakō, dead section between Murakami – Majima, 1,500 V electrified southwest of the dead section
Yamagata Shinkansen | Mini-Shinkansen, concurrent with Ōu Main Line (Fukushima – Shinjō)
Abukuma Express Line | AbukumaExpress | 1,067 mm  |
Aoimori Railway Line | Aoimori Railway | formerly part of Tohoku Main Line until 2010
Iwate Galaxy Railway Line | IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway  | formerly part of Tohoku Main Line until 2002
Tsukuba Express (Miraidaira – Tsukuba)  | Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company | Dead section between Moriya – Miraidaira, 1,500 V electrified south of the dead section
Sendai Airport Line | Sendai Airport Transit  |
South Hokkaido Railway Line (Satsukari – Goryōkaku)  | South Hokkaido Railway | Dead section between Kikonai – Satsukari, 25 kV electrified west of dead section, passenger trains (except Train Suite Shikishima cruise train) are using DMU, while freight trains are drag by electric locomotives

formerly part of Esashi Line until 2016

### 20 kV, 60 Hz

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Hokuriku Main Line (Minami-Imajō – Kanazawa)  | JR West | 1,067 mm  | Dead section between Tsuruga – Minami-Imajō, 1500 V electrified southwest of the dead section
Nanao Line (within Tsubata)  | Dead section between Tsubata – Naka-Tsubata, 1500 V electrified north of the dead section
Chikuhō Main Line (Orio – Keisen)

part of Fukuhoku Yutaka Line on the electrified section

| JR Kyushu | Wakamatsu – Orio, and Keisen – Haruda sections are not electrified, but for the first non-electrified section, all trains are using battery EMUs since 2016
Hōhi Main Line (Kumamoto – Higo-Ōzu, Shimogōri signal base – Ōita)  | The second electrified section is a dead mileage purpose section for Nippō Main Line trains, Hōhi Main Line trains east of Higo-Ōzu are DMUs, as Higo-Ōzu – Shimogōri is not electrified
Kagoshima Main Line |
Kashii Line (within Kashii Station, for charging purpose)  | While not de jure considered electrified line, all trains are using battery EMU
Miyazaki Kūkō Line |
Nagasaki Main Line (Tosu – Hizen-Hama)  | South of the Hizen-Hama, the main route was electrified during 1976–2022, abandoned due to opening of the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen, now being demolished, the old route (Nagayo branch) was never electrified
Nichinan Line (Minami-Miyazaki – Tayoshi)  | The rest of Nichinan Line is not electrified
Nippō Main Line |
Ōmura Line (Haiki – Huis Ten Bosch)  | The line south of Huis Ten Bosch is not electrified
San'yō Main Line (within Moji Station)  | Dead section between Shimonoseki – Moji (at Kyushu gate of Kanmon Railway Tunnel), 1500 V electrified north of the dead section (see above)
Sasaguri Linepart of Fukuhoku Yutaka Line |
Sasebo Line |
Ainokaze Toyama Railway Line  | Ainokaze Toyama Railway | was a part of Hokuriku Main Line until 2015
Nihonkai Hisui Line (Ichiburi – Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan)  | Echigo Tokimeki Railway | Dead section between Echigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan – Kajiyashiki, 1500 V electrified east of the dead section, was a part of Hokuriku Main Line until 2015
Hisatsu Orange Railway Line  | Hisatsu Orange Railway | was a part of Kagoshima Main Line until 2004, except the 36plus3 limited express and freight trains, all other passenger trains are using DMUs
IR Ishikawa Railway Line  | IR Ishikawa Railway | was a part of Hokuriku Main Line until 2015

### 25 kV, 50 Hz

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See also: List of railway electrification systems § 25 kV AC, 50 Hz

Name  | Operator  | Gauge  | Notes

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Hokkaido Shinkansen | JR Hokkaido | 1,435 mm  | Concurrent with Kaikyō Line between Shin-nakaoguni signal base – Yunosato-Shiriuchi signal base
Kaikyō Line (Shin-nakaoguni signal base – Kikonai)  | 1,067 mm  | Dead section within Shin-nakaoguni signal base, 20 kV electrified south of dead section, only freight trains and Train Suite Shikishima cruise train may run after 2016

Concurrent with Hokkaido Shinkansen between Shin-nakaoguni signal base – Yunosato-Shiriuchi signal base

Jōetsu Shinkansen | JR East | 1,435 mm  |
Tōhoku Shinkansen | has connections with two Mini-Shinkansens above, and hence dead sections on both connection points
Hokuriku Shinkansen (Tokyo – Karuizawa, Jōetsumyōkō – Itoigawa)  | JR East, JR West |
South Hokkaido Railway Line (near Kikonai station)  | South Hokkaido Railway | 1,067 mm  | Dead section between Kikonai – Satsukari, 20 kV electrified east of dead section, passenger trains (except Train Suite Shikishima cruise train) are using DMU, while freight trains are drag by electric locomotives

formerly part of Esashi Line until 2016

### 25 kV, 60 Hz

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See also: List of railway electrification systems § 25 kV AC, 60 Hz

Name  | Operator  | Gauge  | Notes

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Hokuriku Shinkansen (Karuizawa – Jōetsumyōkō, Itoigawa – Tsuruga)  | JR East, JR West  | 1,435 mm  |
Tōkaidō Shinkansen | JR Central |
Sanyō Shinkansen | JR West  |
Kyushu Shinkansen | JR Kyushu |
Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen |

## References

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1. ^ CIA – The World Factbook – Japan
2. ^ "会津若松－喜多方間「非電力化」磐越西線でJR東日本が計画". 福島民友 (in Japanese). 2021-08-04. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-10-01.

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