Railway electrification in Japan explained

See also: Rail transport in Japan.

This is a list of Railway Electrification Systems in Japan:Overhead line power supply, unless otherwise noted. The rail system consists of the following :[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

NameOperatorGaugeNotes
Ikoma Cable LineKintetsu Railway1,067 mmcable railway
Nishi-Shigi Cable Line

600 V

1,067 mm gauge

NameOperatorNotes
Chōshi Electric Railway LineChōshi Electric Railway
Katsuyama Eiheiji LineEchizen Railway
Mikuni Awara Line
Enoshima Electric Railway LineEnoshima Electric Railway
Fukubu LineFukui Railway
Ishikawa LineHokuriku Railroad
Hanazono LineIyotetsu
Honmachi Line
Jōhoku Line
Jōnan Line
Ōtemachi Line
Takahama Line
Fujisaki LineKumamoto Electric Railway
Kikuchi Line
Shinminatokō LineManyosen
Takaoka Kidō Line
Higashiyama LineOkayama Electric Tramway
Seikibashi Line
Sapporo StreetcarSapporo Transportation Service Promotion Corporation
Shizuoka–Shimizu LineShizuoka Railway
Gomen LineTosaden Kōtsū
Ino Line
Sanbashi Line
Toyama City Tram LineToyama Chihō Railway
Toyamakō Line
Azumada Main LineToyohashi Railroad

1,435 mm gauge

NameOperatorNotes
Chikuhō Electric Railroad LineChikuho Electric Railroad
Eizan Main LineEizan Electric Railway
Kurama Line
Hankai LineHankai Tramway
Uemachi Line
Eba LineHiroshima Electric Railway
Hakushima Line
Hijiyama Line
Main Line
Miyajima Line
Ujina Line
Yokogawa Line
Kagoshima City TramKagoshima City Transportation Bureau
Arashiyama LineKeifuku Electric Railroad
Kitano Line
Kumamoto City TramKumamoto City Transportation Bureau
Nagasaki Electric Tramway
Ginza LineTokyo MetroThird rail
Marunouchi Line
Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama LineTransportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Nagoya Municipal Subway Meijō Line
Nagoya Municipal Subway Meikō Line

Other gauges

NameOperatorGaugeNotes
Hakodate City TramHakodate City Tram Department1,372 mm
Main LineKurobe Gorge Railway762 mm
Tateyama Tunnel TrolleybusTateyama Kurobe KankoTrolleybus
Ueno Zoo MonorailTokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportationsuspended monorailOverhead contactsuspended service since 2019
Toden Arakawa Line1,372 mmOnly surviving Tokyo Toden
Setagaya LineTokyu Railways

750 V

NameOperatorGaugeNotes
Enshū Railway LineEnshu Railway1,067 mm
Hakone Tozan Line (Hakone-YumotoGōra)Hakone Tozan Railway1,435 mm1,067 mm gauge section (Odawara – Hakone-Yumoto) uses 1,500 V, dead section within Hakone-Yumoto
Astram LineHiroshima Rapid TransitPeople mover (1,700 mm-wide track)Third rail, Side contact
Gunchū LineIyotetsu1,067 mm
Yokogawara Line
Keihanna LineKintetsu Railway1,435 mmThird rail
Namboku LineKita-Osaka Kyuko Railway
Chūō LineOsaka Metro
Midōsuji Line
Sennichimae Line
Tanimachi Line
Yotsubashi Line
Hokusei LineSangi Railway762 mmWas operated by Kintetsu until 2003
Sapporo Municipal Subway Namboku LineSapporo City Transportation BureauRubber-tyred metroThird rail
Yamaguchi LineSeibu RailwayPeople mover
Haneda Airport LineTokyo MonorailStraddle–beam monorailSide contact
Utsunomiya Light Rail LineUtsunomiya Light Rail1,067 mm
Yūkarigaoka LineYamamanPeople moverUnder-floor contact
Kintetsu Hachiōji LineYokkaichi Asunarou Railway762 mmWas operated by Kintetsu until 2015
Utsube Line
Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue LineYokohama City Transportation Bureau1,435 mmThird rail
Kanazawa Seaside LineYokohama Seaside LinePeople mover (1,700 mm-wide track)

1,500 V

1,067 mm gauge

NameOperatorNotes
Agatsuma LineJR East
Echigo Line
Hachikō Line (HachiojiKomagawa, Kita-FujiokaKuragano)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 (NipporiToride)
Dead section between Toride – Fujishiro, 20 kV, 50 Hz electrified north of the dead section
Jōetsu LineExcept Echigo-YuzawaGala-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 (MatsumotoMinami-Otari)JR West section (Minami-Otari – Itoigawa) is not electrified
Ōme Line
Ryōmō Line
Sagami Line
Saikyo Line
Senseki LineExcept freight-only Rikuzen-Yamashita – Ishinomakikō and Senseki-Tōhoku Line connection (MatsushimaTakagimachi), where both are not electrified
Shin'etsu Main LineExcept freight-only Kami-Nuttari signal base – Higashi-Niigatakō (not electrified)
Shinonoi Line
Sōbu Main Line
Except freight-only Shinkoiwa shingōjō – Etchūjima Kamotsu (not electrified)
Sotobō Line
Takasaki Line
Tōgane Line
Tōhoku Main Line (TokyoKuroiso)
Dead section between Kuroiso – Takaku, 20 kV, 50 Hz electrified north of the dead section
Tsurumi Line
Uchibō Line
Uetsu Main Line (NiitsuMurakami)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
JR East, JR Central
Tōkaidō Main Line
JR East, JR Central, JR WestExcept freight-only Sannō signal base – Nagoya Minato
Gotemba LineJR Central
Iida Line
Minobu Line
Taketoyo LineExcept freight-only tracks near Ōbu Station
Kansai Main Line (NagoyaKameyama, KamoJR Namba)
JR Central, JR WestKameyama – Kamo section is not electrified
Akō LineJR West
Bantan Line (HimejiTeramae)Teramae – Wadayama section is not electrified
Fukuchiyama Line
Fukuen Line (FukuyamaFuchū)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 (MaibaraTsuruga)Dead section between Tsuruga – Minami-Imajō, 20 kV, 60 Hz electrified northeast of the dead section
JR Tōzai Line
Kakogawa Line
Kansai Airport LineConcurrent with Nankai Airport Line within Sky Gate Bridge R
Katamachi Line
Kisei Main Line (WakayamashiShingū)JR Central section (Shingū – Kameyama) is not electrified
Kabe Line
Kosei Line
Kure Line
Kusatsu Line
Maizuru Line
Nanao Line (Naka-tsubataWakuraonsen)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 (YonagoGotō 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 (KyōotoKinosaki Onsen, Hōki-DaisenNishi-Izumo)
Kinosaki Onsen – Hōki-Daisen, and Nishi-Izumo – Hatabu sections are not electrified
Ube Line
Uno Line
Wakayama Line
Honshi-Bisan LineJR West, JR Shikoku
Dosan Line (TadotsuKotohira)JR ShikokuKotohira – Kubokawa section is not electrified
Yosan Line (TakamatsuIyoshi)Iyoshi – Uwajima section is not electrified
San'yō Main Line (KōbeShimonoseki)JR West, JR KyushuDead 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 (MeinohamaKaratsu)JR KyushuKaratsu – Imari section is not electrified
Karatsu Line (Karatsu – Nishi-Karatsu)Kubota – Karatsu section is not electrified
Aichi Loop LineAichi Loop Railway
Aizu Line (Aizu-TajimaAizukōgen-Ozeguchi)Aizu RailwayAs of 2022, all trains of Aizu Railway are DMUs, electrification is used by Tobu Railway trains, the rest Aizu Line is not electrified
Kamikōchi LineAlpico Kōtsū
Chichibu Main LineChichibu Railway
Mikajiri LineFreight line
Myōkō Haneuma LineEchigo Tokimeki Railwaywas a part of Shin'etsu Main Line until 2015
Nihonkai Hisui Line (KajiyashikiNaoetsu)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 LineFuji Kyuko
Fukuoka City Subway Hakozaki LineFukuoka City Transportation Bureau
Fukuoka City Subway Kūkō Line
Iizaka LineFukushima Transportation
Gakunan Railway LineGakunan Electric Train
Hakone Tozan Line (OdawaraHakone-Yumoto)Hakone Tozan Railwayinclude dual gauge section (see below)the rest 1,435 mm gauge section (Hakone-Yumoto – Gōra) uses 750 V, dead section within Hakone-Yumoto
Hokuhoku LineHokuetsu Express
Asanogawa LineHokuriku Railroad
Ibara Line (SōjaKiyone)Ibara RailwayAll Ibara Railway trains are DMU, electrification is used by JR West
Kita-Matsue LineIchibata Electric Railway
Taisha Line
Iga LineIga RailwayWas operated by Kintetsu until 2007
Daiyūzan LineIzuhakone Railway
Sunzu Line
Izu Kyūkō LineIzukyū
Jōmō LineJomo Electric Railway
Joshin LineJōshin Electric Railway
Inokashira LineKeio Corporation
Domyoji LineKintetsu Railway
Gose Line
Minami Osaka Line
Nagano Line
Yoshino Line
Ao LineKobe Electric Railway
Arima Line
Kobe Kosoku Line
Kōen-Toshi Line
Sanda Line
Kōnan LineKōnan Railway
Ōwani Line
Airport LineMeitetsu
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 (AkihabaraMoriya)Metropolitan Intercity Railway CompanyDead section between Moriya – Miraidaira, 20 kV, 50 Hz electrified north of the dead section
Mizuma LineMizuma Railway
Nagano LineNagano Electric Railway
Aonami LineNagoya Rinkai Rapid Transit
Airport LineNankai Electric RailwayConcurrent with JR Kansai Airport Line within Sky Gate Bridge R
Kada Line
Koya Line
Nankai Main Line
Takashinohama Line
Tanagawa Line
Wakayamako Line
Kaizuka LineNishi-Nippon Railroad
Nanao Line (NanaoWakuraonsen)Noto RailwayThe 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 LineOdakyu Electric Railway
Odawara Line
Tama Line
Main LineOhmi Railway
Taga Line
Yōkaichi Line
Ikawa Line (Abt IchishiroNagashima Dam)Ōigawa RailwayThe electrified section is an abt rack section, rest sections of Ikawa Line are not electrified
Ōigawa Main Line
Nagareyama LineRyutetsu
Atsugi LineSagami RailwayFreight line
Izumino Line
Shin-Yokohama Line
Sotetsu Main Line
Saitama Rapid Railway LineSaitama Railway Corporation
Sangi LineSangi Railway
Chichibu LineSeibu Railway
Haijima Line
Ikebukuro Line
Kokubunji Line
Sayama Line
Seibuen Line
Shinjuku Line
Tamagawa Line
Tamako Line
Toshima Line
Yūrakuchō Line
Semboku Rapid Railway LineSemboku Rapid Railway
Sendai Subway Namboku LineSendai City Transportation Bureau
Kita-Shinano LineShinano RailwayWas a part of Shin'etsu Main Line until 2015
Shinano Railway LineWas a part of Shin'etsu Main Line until 1997
Daishi LineTobu Railway
Isesaki Line
Kameido Line
Kinugawa Line
Kiryū Line
Koizumi Line
Nikkō Line
Ogose Line
Sano Line
Tōjō Line
Urban Park Line
Utsunomiya Line
Chiyoda LineTokyo Metro
Fukutoshin Line
Hanzomon Line
Hibiya Line
Namboku Line
Tozai Line
Yūrakuchō Line
Toei Mita LineTokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Rinkai LineTokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit
Den-en-toshi LineTokyu Railway
Ikegami Line
Kodomonokuni Line
Meguro Line
Ōimachi Line
Tamagawa Line
Tōyoko Line
Fujikoshi LineToyama Chihō Railway
Kamidaki Line
Main Line
Tateyama Line
Tōyō Rapid Railway LineToyo Rapid Railway
Atsumi LineToyohashi Railroad
Kamiiida LineTransportation Bureau City of Nagoya
Nagoya Municipal Subway Sakura-dōri Line
Nagoya Municipal Subway Tsurumai Line
Bessho LineUedadentetsu
Kishigawa LineWakayama Electric Railway
Miyafuku LineWiller TrainsAll trains of Willer Trains are DMU, JR West run EMU through trains in both lines
Miyazu Line (MiyazuAmanohashidate)
Aizu Kinugawa LineYagan Railway
Minatomirai LineYokohama Minatomirai Railway
Yōrō LineYoro RailwayWas operated by Kintetsu until 2007

1,435 mm gauge

NameOperatorNotes
Fukuoka City Subway Nanakuma LineFukuoka City Transportation BureauLinear motors
Hakone Tozan Line (IriudaHakone-Yumoto)Hakone Tozan Railwaydual gauge sectionthe rest 1,435 mm gauge section (Hakone-Yumoto – Gōra) uses 750 V, dead section within Hakone-Yumoto
Arashiyama LineHankyu
Imazu Line
Itami Line
Kōbe Kosoku Line
Kōbe Main Line
Kōyō Line
Kyoto Main Line
Minoo Line
Senri Line
Takarazuka Main Line
Hanshin Main LineHanshin Electric Railway
Kōbe Kosoku Line
Mukogawa Line
Namba Line
Hokusō LineHokuso Railway
Ishiyama Sakamoto LineKeihan Electric Railway
Katano Line
Keihan Main Line
Keishin Line
Nakanoshima Line
Ōtō Line
Uji Line
Airport LineKeikyu
Daishi Line
Keikyū Main Line
Kurihama Line
Zushi Line
Chiba LineKeisei Electric Railway
Chihara Line
Higashi-Narita Line
Kanamachi Line
Keisei Main Line
Narita Airport Line
Oshiage Line
Ikoma LineKintetsu 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 LineKobe Municipal Transportation Bureau
Kōbe Municipal Subway Kaigan Line
Kōbe Municipal Subway Seishin-Yamate Line
Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma LineKyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau
Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line
Amagi LineNishi-Nippon Railroad
Dazaifu Line
Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Myoken LineNose Electric Railway
Nissei Line
Imazatosuji LineOsaka MetroLinear motors
Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
Sakaisuji Line
Aboshi LineSanyo Electric Railway
Main Line
Sendai Subway Tōzai LineSendai City Transportation BureauLinear motors
Shibayama Railway LineShibayama Railway
Shin-Keisei LineShin-Keisei Electric Railway
Kotohira LineTakamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad
Nagao Line
Shido Line
Toei Asakusa LineTokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Toei Oedo LineLinear motors
Yokohama Municipal Subway Green LineYokohama City Transportation Bureau
other gauges
NameOperatorGaugeNotes
LinimoAichi Rapid TransitHSST-MaglevThird rail
Line 1Chiba Urban MonorailSuspended monorailThird rail, side contact
Line 2
Dōbutsuen LineKeio Corporation1372 mm
Keibajō Line
Keiō Line
Keiō New Line
Sagamihara Line
Takao Line
Kokura LineKitakyushu monorailStraddle-beam monorailSide contact
Disney Resort LineMaihama Resort Line
Okinawa Urban Monorail LineOkinawa Urban Monorail
Main LineOsaka Monorail
Saito Line
Sapporo Municipal Subway Tōhō LineSapporo City Transportation Bureaurubber-tyred metro
Sapporo Municipal Subway Tōzai Line
Enoshima LineShonan Monorailsuspended monorailSide contact
Tama Toshi Monorail LineTama Toshi Monorailstraddle-beam monorail
Toei Shinjuku LineTokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation1372 mm

AC electrified

600 V 50 Hz

NameOperatorGaugeNotes
New ShuttleSaitama New Urban Transitpeople moverthree–phase, side contact
Nippori-Toneri Liner20 kV AC 50 Hz Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
Tokyo Waterfront New Transit Waterfront LineYurikamome

600 V 60 Hz

NameOperatorGaugeNotes
Nankō Port Town LineOsaka Metropeople moverthree–phase, side contact
Port Island LineKobe New Transitpeople mover (2,430 mm width track)
Rokkō Island Linepeople mover

20 kV, 50 Hz

NameOperatorGaugeNotes
Chitose LineJR Hokkaido1,067 mmInclude Chitose Airport branch
Hakodate Main Line (HakodateShin-Hakodate-Hokuto, OtaruAsahikawa)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 (MuroranHigashi-MuroranNumanohata)Oshamambe – Higashi-Muroran, and Numanohata – Iwamizawa section is not electrified
Sasshō LineAll 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 ShinkansenJR East1,435 mmMini-Shinkansen, concurrent with Tazawako Line (nearly all line) and Ōu Main Line (ŌmagariAkita)
Banetsu West Line (KōriyamaKitakata)1,067 mmAs 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 (FujishiroIwanuma)Dead section between Toride – Fujishiro, 1,500 V electrified south of the dead section
Mito Line (OtabayashiTomobe)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 Linemixed 1,067 mm and 1,435 mm in different sections (see the line article)except the mainly-freight transport TsuchizakiAkita Port section which is not electrifiedConcurrent with Yamagata Shinkansen (FukushimaShinjō) and Akita Shinkansen (Ōmagari – Akita)
Senzan Line1,067 mm
Tazawako Line1,435 mmConcurrent with Akita Shinkansen (nearly all line)
Tōhoku Main Line (TakakuMorioka)1,067 mmExcept Senseki-Tōhoku Line connection (MatsushimaTakagimachi) 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 (MajimaAkita)1,435 mmExcept freight-only Sakata – Sakatakō, dead section between Murakami – Majima, 1,500 V electrified southwest of the dead section
Yamagata ShinkansenMini-Shinkansen, concurrent with Ōu Main Line (Fukushima – Shinjō)
Abukuma Express Line20 kV AC 50 Hz AbukumaExpress1,067 mm
Aoimori Railway LineAoimori Railwayformerly part of Tohoku Main Line until 2010
Iwate Galaxy Railway LineIGR Iwate Galaxy Railwayformerly part of Tohoku Main Line until 2002
Tsukuba Express (MiraidairaTsukuba)Metropolitan Intercity Railway CompanyDead section between Moriya – Miraidaira, 1,500 V electrified south of the dead section
Sendai Airport LineSendai Airport Transit
South Hokkaido Railway Line (SatsukariGoryōkaku)South Hokkaido RailwayDead 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 locomotivesformerly part of Esashi Line until 2016

20 kV, 60 Hz

NameOperatorGaugeNotes
Hokuriku Main Line (Minami-ImajōKanazawa)JR West1,067 mmDead 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 (OrioKeisen)JR KyushuWakamatsu – 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 (KumamotoHigo-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 (TosuHizen-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-MiyazakiTayoshi)The rest of Nichinan Line is not electrified
Nippō Main Line
Ōmura Line (HaikiHuis Ten Bosch)The line south of Huis Ten Bosch is not electrified
San'yō Main Line (within Moji Station)Dead section between ShimonosekiMoji (at Kyushu gate of Kanmon Railway Tunnel), 1500 V electrified north of the dead section (see above)
Sasaguri Line
Sasebo Line
Ainokaze Toyama Railway LineAinokaze Toyama Railwaywas a part of Hokuriku Main Line until 2015
Nihonkai Hisui Line (IchiburiEchigo Oshiage Hisui Kaigan)Echigo Tokimeki RailwayDead 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 LineHisatsu Orange Railwaywas 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 LineIR Ishikawa Railwaywas a part of Hokuriku Main Line until 2015

25 kV, 50 Hz

NameOperatorGaugeNotes
Hokkaido ShinkansenJR Hokkaido1,435 mmConcurrent with Kaikyō Line between Shin-nakaoguni signal base – Yunosato-Shiriuchi signal base
Kaikyō Line (Shin-nakaoguni signal base – Kikonai)1,067 mmDead 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 2016Concurrent with Hokkaido Shinkansen between Shin-nakaoguni signal base – Yunosato-Shiriuchi signal base
Jōetsu ShinkansenJR East1,435 mm
Tōhoku Shinkansenhas 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 Railway1,067 mmDead 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 locomotivesformerly part of Esashi Line until 2016

25 kV, 60 Hz

NameOperatorGaugeNotes
Hokuriku Shinkansen (Karuizawa – Jōetsumyōkō, Itoigawa – Tsuruga)JR East, JR West1,435 mm
Tōkaidō ShinkansenJR Central
Sanyō ShinkansenJR West
Kyushu ShinkansenJR Kyushu
Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen

Notes and References

  1. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/japan/ CIA – The World Factbook – Japan
  2. Web site: 2021-08-04 . 会津若松-喜多方間「非電力化」磐越西線でJR東日本が計画 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210804101457/https://www.minyu-net.com/news/news/FM20210804-644218.php . 2021-08-04 . 2022-10-01 . 福島民友 . ja.