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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.
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: Overhead line power supply, unless otherwise noted. The rail system consists of the following (As of 2005):[1]

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

200 V

Name Operator Gauge Notes
Ikoma Cable Line Kintetsu Railway 1,067 mm cable railway
Nishi-Shigi Cable Line

440 V

Name Operator Gauge Notes
Skyrail Midorizaka Line Sky Rail Service suspended monorail

600 V

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

1,067 mm gauge

Name Operator Notes
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

Name Operator Notes
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

Name Operator Gauge Notes
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 TrolleybusPart of Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route Tateyama Kurobe Kanko Trollybus
Ueno Zoo Monorail Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation suspended monorail Overhead contact

suspended service since 2019

Toden Arakawa Line 1,372 mm Only surviving Tokyo Toden
Setagaya Line Tokyu Railways

750 V

See also: List of railway electrification systems § 750 V DC
Name Operator Gauge Notes
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 Under construction
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

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

1,067 mm gauge

Name Operator Notes
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)
consist 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
consist 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, consist 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
consist of Chūō-Sōbu Line local service, Chūō Line rapid service and Chuo Line Nagoya		 JR East, JR Central
Tōkaidō Main Line
consist 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)
consist 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)

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

JR West, JR Kyushu Dead section 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
Semboku Rapid Railway Line Semboku Rapid Railway
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

Name Operator Notes
Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma Line Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau Linear motors
Hakone Tozan Line (Iriuda – Hakone-Yumoto) Hakone Tozan Railway dual gauge section

the rest 1,435 mm gauge section (Hakone-Yumoto – Gōra) uses 750 V, dead section 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
Shin-Keisei Line Shin-Keisei Electric 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
Name Operator Gauge Notes
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 1372 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 1372 mm

AC electrified

600 V 50 Hz

Name Operator Gauge Notes
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

Name Operator Gauge Notes
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

Name Operator Gauge Notes
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

Name Operator Gauge Notes
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

See also: List of railway electrification systems § 25 kV AC, 50 Hz
Name Operator Gauge Notes
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

See also: List of railway electrification systems § 25 kV AC, 60 Hz
Name Operator Gauge Notes
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

  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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