Japanese railway operator logo collection
Looking at the "Metro Meme" thread (seems dead now) on SkyscraperPage forum, I thought it may be cool to collect logo symbols of Japanese railway operators. (So we have another imitate-Europeans page here!)
Notes:
This collection is far from, and not meant to be, complete.
Some operators have more than one logo/symbol. I listed just one for each.
I do not guarantee any accuracy of the data. Some are my tentative drawings.
| Conventional public transit railway | Subway / Underground | Monorail, people mover | Streetcar / Tram | Funicular, trolleybus | Freight railway |
JRs
Regions: Hokkaidō Tōhoku
Kantō Chūbu Kinki
Chūgoku Shikoku Kyūshū
Smart cards
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| Japan Railways Group (JR Group) | Hokkaidō Railway Company (JR Hokkaidō) | East Japan Railway Company (JR East) | Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) | West Japan Railway Company (JR West) | Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) |
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| Kyūshū Railway Company (JR Kyūshū) | Japan Freight Railway Company (JR Freight) | Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) | Railway Information Systems (JR Systems) |
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| Hakodate City Tram Department | Sapporo City Transportation Bureau (Sapporo Municipal Subway) | Taiheiyō Coal Services and Transportation |
| Sapporo Streetcar |
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| Aoimori Railway | Hachinohe Rinkai Railway | Kōnan Railway | Towada Kankō Electric Railway (Tōtetsu) | Tsugaru Railway (Tsutetsu) |
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| IGR Iwate Galaxy Railway | Iwate Development Railway | Sanriku Railway (Santetsu) |
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| Sendai Airport Transit | Sendai City Transportation Bureau (Sendai Subway) | Sendai Rinkai Railway |
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| Akita Nairiku Jūkan Railway | Akita Rinkai Railway | Yuri Kōgen Railway |
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| Yamagata Railway |
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| Abukuma Express (Abukyū) | Aizu Railway | Fukushima Transportation (Iiden) | Fukushima Rinkai Railway |
Major and semi-major private railways
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| Keihin Electric Express Railway (Keikyū) | Keiō Corporation | Keisei Electric Railway | Odakyū Electric Railway | Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu) | Seibu Railway |
| (Leo Liner) |
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| Shin-Keisei Electric Railway | Tōbu Railway | Tōkyō Metro | Tōkyū Corporation (Tōkyō Kyūkō Electric Railway) |
| (Setagaya Line) |
Others
Ibaraki
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| Hitachinaka Kaihin Railway | Kantō Railway (Kantetsu) | Kashima Rinkai Railway | Tsukuba Kankō Railway (Mt. Tsukuba Cable Car) |
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| Mōka Railway | Yagan Railway |
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| Jōmō Electric Railway | Jōshin Dentetsu | Watarase Keikoku Railway (Watetsu) |
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| Chichibu Railway | Saitama New Urban Transit (New Shuttlle) | Saitama Railway |
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| Chiba Urban Monorail | Chōshi Electric Railway (Chōden) | Hokusō Railway | Isumi Railway | Keiyō Rinkai Railway (Rintetsu) | Kominato Railway |
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| Maihama Resort Line (Disney Resort Line) | Ryūtetsu (Nagareyama Line) | Shibayama Railway | Tōyō Rapid Railway | Yamaman (Yūkarigaoka Line) |
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| Metropolitan Intercity Railway (Tsukuba Express, TX) | Mitake Tozan Railway (Mitake Tozan Cable) | Takaotozan Railway (Takao Tozan Cable) | Tama Intercity Monorail | Tōkyō Metropolitan Government Bureau of Transportation (Toei Subway) | Tōkyō Monorail |
| Nippori-Toneri Liner, Ueno Zoo Monorail | |||||
| Toei Streetcar |
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| Tōkyō Waterfront Area Rapid Transit (Rinkai Line) | Yurikamome |
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| Enoshima Electric Railway (Enoden) | Hakone Tozan Railway | Kanagawa Rinkai Railway (Kanarin) | Ōyama Kankō Dentetsu (Ōyama Cable Car) | Shōnan Monorail | Yokohama City Transportation Bureau (Yokohama Municipal Subway) |
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| Yokohama Minatomirai Railway | Yokohama New Transit (Seaside Line) |
Major private railway
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| Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu) |
Others
Niigata
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| Hokuetsu Express |
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| Kurobe Gorge Railway (Kurotetsu) | Manyōsen | Tateyama Kurobe Kankō (TKK) | Toyama Chihō Railway (Chitetsu) | |
| (Toyama City Tram Line) |
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| Hokuriku Railroad (Hokutetsu) | Noto Railway |
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| Echizen Railway | Fukui Railway (Fukutetsu) |
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| Fuji Kyūkō (Fujikyū) |
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| Alpico Kōtsū | Kansai Electric Power Company (Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus) | Nagano Electric Railway (Nagaden) | Shinano Railway | Ueda Electric Railway (Ueden) |
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| Akechi Railway (Aketetsu) | Nagaragawa Railway (Nagatetsu) | Seinō Railway | Tarumi Railway | Yōrō Railway |
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| Enshū Railway (Entetsu) | Gakunan Railway | Izuhakone Railway (Izuppako) | Izukyū Corporation (Izu Kyūkō) | Ōigawa Railway (Daitetsu) | Shizuoka Railway (Shizutetsu) |
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| Tenryū Hamanako Railroad (Tenhama) |
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| Aichi Loop Line (Aikan) | Aichi Rapid Transit (Linimo) | Kinuura Rinkai Railway | Nagoya City Transportation Bureau (Nagoya Municipal Subway) | Nagoya Guideway Bus (Yutorīto Line) | Nagoya Rinkai Railway |
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| Nagoya Seaside Rapid Railway (Aonami Line) | Tōkai Transport Service (TKJ, Jōhoku Line) | Toyohashi Railroad (Toyotetsu) |
| (Atsumi Line) |
Major and semi-major private railways
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| Hankyū Railway | Hanshin Electric Railway | Keihan Electric Railway | Kintetsu Corporation (Kinki Nippon Railway) | Kita-Ōsaka Kyūkō Railway (Kitakyū) | Kōbe Electric Railway (Shintetsu) |
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| Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway | Nankai Electric Railway | Ōsaka Prefectural Urban Development (Semboku Rapid Railway) | Sanyō Electric Railway |
Others
Mie
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| Iga Railway | Ise Railway | Sangi Railway |
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| Hieizan Railway (Sakamoto Cable) | Ōmi Railway | Shigaraki Kōgen Railway |
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| Eizan Electric Railway (Eiden) | Keifuku Electric Railroad (Randen) | Kitakinki Tango Railway (KTR) | Kurama-dera (Kurama-dera Cable) | Kyōto City Transportation Bureau (Kyōto Municiapal Subway) | Sagano Scenic Railway |
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| Tango Kairiku Kōtsū (Amanohashidate Cable Car, Tankai) |
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| Hankai Tramway | Mizuma Railway (Suitetsu) | Ōsaka Monorail | Ōsaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (Ōsaka Municiapal Subway) |
| (New Tram) |
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| Hōjō Railway | Hokushin Kyūkō Electric Railway | Kōbe City Transportation Bureau (Kōbe Municipal Subway) | Kōbe City Urban Development (Maya Cablecar) | Kōbe New Transit | Nose Electric Railway (Noseden) |
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| Rokkō Maya Railway (Rokkō Cable) |
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| Kishū Railway (Kitetsu) | Wakayama Electric Railway |
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| Chizu Express | Wakasa Railway |
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| Ichibata Electric Railway |
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| Ibara Railway | Mizushima Rinkai Railway | Okayama Electric Tramway (Okaden) |
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| Hiroshima Electric Railway (Hiroden) | Hiroshima Rapid Transit (Astram Line) | Skyrail Service |
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| Nishikigawa Railway |
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| Asa Kaigan Railway (Asatetsu) |
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| Shikoku Cable (Yakuri Cable) | Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad (Kotoden) |
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| Iyo Railway (Iyotetsu) |
| (Matsuyama City Tram Line) |
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| Tosa Electric Railway (Toden) | Tosa Kuroshio Railway |
Major private railway
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| Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu) |
Others
Fukuoka
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| Amagi Railway (Amatetsu) | Chikuhō Electric Railroad (Chikutetsu) | Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau (Fukuoka City Subway) | Heisei Chikuhō Railway (Heichiku) | Hobashira Cable Car | Kitakyūshū Urban Monorail |
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| Matsuura Railway (MR) | Nagasaki Electric Tramway | Shimabara Railway (Shimatetsu) |
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| Hisatsu Orange Railway | Kumagawa Rail Road (Kumatetsu) | Kumamoto City Transportation Bureau (Kumamoto City Tram) | Kumamoto Electric Railway (Kumaden) | Minamiaso Railway |
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| Okamoto MFG (Beppu Rakutenchi Cable) |
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| Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau (Kagoshima City Tram) |
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| Okinawa Urban Monorail (Yui-rail) |
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| Kitaca (JR Hokkaidō) | SAPICA (Sapporo Municipal Subway) | Suica (JR East et al.) | PASMO (Private railways in Kantō) | Setamaru (Tōkyū Setagaya Line) | ecomyca (Toyama Chihō Railway) |
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| passca (Toyama Light Rail) | ICa (Hokuriku Railroad) | LuLuCa (Shizuoka Railway) | nice-pass (Enshū Railway) | TOICA (JR Central) | EX-IC (JR Central Tōkaidō-San'yō Shinkansen) |
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| manaca (Private railways in Chūkyō) | ICOCA (JR West) | PiTaPa (Private railways in Kinki) | Hareca (Okayama Electric Tramway et al.) | PASPY (Hiroshima Electric Railway et al.) | IruCa (Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad) |
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| IC E-Card (Iyo Railway) | DESUCA (Tosa Electric Railway et al.) | SUGOCA (JR Kyūshū) | nimoca (Nishi-Nippon Railroad) | Hayakaken (Fukuoka City Subway) | Nagasaki Smart Card (Nagasaki Electric Tramway et al.) |
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| RapiCa (Kagoshima City Tram et al.) | Iwasaki IC CARD (Iwasaki Group) |