Private railway - Min'ei Tetsudo

Japanese: 民営鉄道 - みんえいてつどう

Also called private railways or private railways. Generally speaking, it refers to railways that are not nationally or publicly run but are privately run, but in Japan it is usually a general term for railways other than JR (formerly the Japanese National Railways), and includes those run by local governments, the Teito Rapid Transit Authority (reorganized as Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd. in 2004, commonly known as Tokyo Metro), and third-sector organizations. The 15 companies commonly referred to as major private railways are Tokyu Corporation, Keikyu Corporation, Odakyu Electric Railway, Keio Corporation, Seibu Railway, Tobu Railway, Keisei Electric Railway, Sagami Railway, Nagoya Railroad, Kintetsu Railway, Nankai Electric Railway, Hanshin Electric Railway, Hankyu Corporation, Keihan Electric Railway, and Nishi-Nippon Railroad. → Japanese Railways → Related topics Local railways | Railways

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Japanese:

私鉄，民鉄ともいう。一般には国営，公営でない私人経営の鉄道をいうが，日本ではふつうJR（旧国鉄）以外の鉄道を総称し，地方公共団体や帝都高速度交通営団（2004年，東京地下鉄株式会社に改組。通称は東京メトロ），第三セクターの経営するものを含む。俗に大手私鉄と称されるのは東京急行電鉄，京浜急行電鉄，小田急電鉄，京王電鉄，西武鉄道，東武鉄道，京成電鉄，相模鉄道，名古屋鉄道，近畿日本鉄道，南海電気鉄道，阪神電気鉄道，阪急電鉄，京阪電気鉄道，西日本鉄道の15社となっている。→日本鉄道
→関連項目地方鉄道｜鉄道

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