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[update]):[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.
See also: List of railway electrification systems § 1,500 V DC |
Name | Notes |
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Agatsuma Line | |
Aichi Loop Line | |
Aichi Rapid Transit | HSST-Maglev, third rail |
Aizu Railway Aizu Line (Aizu-Tajima – Aizukōgen-Ozeguchi) | |
Akabane Line | |
Akō Line | |
Alpico Kōtsū Kamikōchi Line | |
Bantan Line (Himeji - Teramae) | |
Chōshi Electric Railway Line | |
Chiba Urban Monorail | Suspended monorail, third rail, side contact. |
Chichibu Railway Chichibu Main Line | |
Chichibu Railway Mikajiri Line | |
Chikuhi Line (Meinohama - Karatsu) | |
Chūō Main Line | |
Chūō-Sōbu Line | Officially part of Chūō Main Line and Sōbu Main Line |
Dosan Line (Tadotsu - Kotohira) | |
Echigo Line | |
Fujikyuko Line | |
Fukuchiyama Line | |
Fukuen Line (Fukuyama - Fuchū) | |
Fukuoka Municipal Subway Hakozaki Line | |
Fukuoka Municipal Subway Kūkō Line | |
Fukushima Kōtsū Iizaka Line | |
Gakkentoshi Line | Official name is Katamachi Line. |
Gakunan Railway | |
Gotemba Line | |
Hachikō Line (Hachioji - Komagawa) | |
Hakubi Line | |
Hakushin Line |
See also: List of railway electrification systems § 750 V DC |
Name | Voltage | Gauge | Notes |
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Enshū Railway Line | 750 V DC | 1,067 mm | |
Osaka Municipal Subway Chūō Line | 750 V DC | 1,435 mm | Third rail |
Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line | 750 V DC | 1,435 mm | Third rail |
Osaka Municipal Subway Sennichimae Line | 750 V DC | 1,435 mm | Third rail |
Osaka Municipal Subway Tanimachi Line | 750 V DC | 1,435 mm | Third rail |
Osaka Municipal Subway Yotsubashi Line | 750 V DC | 1,435 mm | Third rail |
Hiroshima Rapid Transit Astram Line | 750 V DC | People mover | Third rail, Side contact |
Iyotetsu Yokogawara Line | 750 V DC | 1,067 mm | |
Iyotetsu Gunchū Line | 750 V DC | 1,067 mm | |
Kintetsu Keihanna Line | 750 V DC | 1,435 mm | Third rail |
Kintetsu Hachiōji Line | 750 V DC | 762 mm | Third rail |
Kintetsu Utsube Line | 750 V DC | 762 mm | |
Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway | 750 V DC | 1,435 mm | Third rail |
Sapporo Municipal Subway Namboku Line | 750 V DC | Rubber-tyred metro | third rail |
Sangi Railway Hokusei Line | 750 V DC | 762 mm | |
Seibu Yamaguchi Line | 750 V DC | People mover | Third rail |
Tokyo Monorail | 750 V DC | Straddle–beam monorail | Side contact |
Yamaman Yūkarigaoka Line | 750 V DC | People mover | Under-floor contact |
Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line | 750 V DC | 1,435 mm | Third rail |
Kanazawa Seaside Line | 750 V DC | People mover | Third rail |
See also: List of railway electrification systems § 600 V DC |
See also: List of railway electrification systems § 25 kV AC, 50 Hz; and List of railway electrification systems § 25 kV AC, 60 Hz |
Name | Voltage | Gauge | Notes |
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Hokuriku Shinkansen (Tokyo – Karuizawa, Jōetsumyōkō – Itoigawa) | 25 kV AC 50 Hz | 1,435 mm | |
Hokkaido Shinkansen | 25 kV AC 50 Hz | 1,435 mm | |
Jōetsu Shinkansen | 25 kV AC 50 Hz | 1,435 mm | |
Tōhoku Shinkansen | 25 kV AC 50 Hz | 1,435 mm | |
Yamagata Shinkansen | 25 kV AC 50 Hz | 1,435 mm |
Name | Voltage | Gauge | Notes |
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Hokuriku Shinkansen (Karuizawa – Jōetsumyōkō, Itoigawa – Tsuruga) | 25 kV AC 60 Hz | 1,435 mm | |
Tōkaidō Shinkansen | 25 kV AC 60 Hz | 1,435 mm | |
Sanyō Shinkansen | 25 kV AC 60 Hz | 1,435 mm | |
Kyushu Shinkansen | 25 kV AC 60 Hz | 1,435 mm |
Name | Operator | Gauge | Notes |
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AbukumaExpress | 1,067 mm | ||
Aoimori Railway | Aoimori Railway Company | 1,067 mm | Metoki - Aomori |
Akita Shinkansen | JR East | 1,435 mm | Officially part of Tazawako Line and Ōu Main Line. |
Banetsu West Line | 1,067 mm | Kōriyama - Kitakata | |
Chitose Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Esashi Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Hakodate Main Line(Hakodate – Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, and Otaru – Asahikawa) | 1,067 mm | ||
Iwate Galaxy Railway Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Jōban Line | 1,067 mm | Toride – Mito | |
Kaikyō Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Mito Line | 1,067 mm | Except near the Oyama Station. | |
Muroran Main Line | 1,067 mm | Muroran - Junction point to Chitose Line. | |
Ōu Main Line | 1,435 mm | ||
Sasshō Line | 1,067 mm | Sōen – Hokkaidō-Iryōdaigaku | |
Sendai Airport Transit | 1,067 mm | ||
Senzan Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Sōya Main Line (Asahikawa – Kita-Asahikawa Freight Terminal) | 1,067 mm | The electricity is used for dead mileage only, trains for service are operated with DMUs | |
Tazawako Line | 1,435 mm | ||
Tōhoku Main Line | 1,067 mm | Kuroiso – Morioka | |
Tsugaru Line | 1,067 mm | Aomori - Junction point to Kaikyō Line. | |
Tsukuba Express | 1,067 mm | Miraidaira- Tsukuba | |
Uetsu Main Line | 1,435 mm | Majima – Akita |
Name | Operator | Gauge | Notes |
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Chikuhō Main Line (Orio - Keisen) | JR Kyushu | 1,067 mm | |
Hisatsu Orange Railway (Yatsushiro -Sendai) | Hisatsu Orange Railway | 1,067 mm | |
Hōhi Main Line (Kumamoto - Higo-Ōzu, and near the Ōita Station) | 1,067 mm | ||
Kagoshima Main Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Miyazaki Kūkō Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Nagasaki Main Line (New Line) | 1,067 mm | ||
Nichinan Line (Minami-Miyazaki - Tayoshi) | 1,067 mm | ||
Nippō Main Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Ōmura Line (Haiki – Huis Ten Bosch) | 1,067 mm | ||
San'yō Main Line (Shimonoseki - Moji) | 1,067 mm | ||
Sasaguri Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Sasebo Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Kagoshima Main Line | 1,067 mm | ||
Hokuriku Main Line | JR West | 1,067 mm | Tsuruga - Kanazawa |