Private company
Shinano Railway
Logo: ™/®Shinano Railway, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Japanese railway company
The Shinano Railway Co., Ltd. (しなの鉄道株式会社, Shinano Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 1996 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR East Shin'etsu Main Line within Nagano Prefecture when it was separated from the JR East network in October 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen (Hokuriku Shinkansen) from Takasaki to Nagano.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryrail transport1
- HeadquartersUeda1
- Websitewww.shinanorailway.co.jp
- Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
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The Shinano Railway Co., Ltd. (しなの鉄道株式会社, Shinano Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese third-sector railway operating company established in 1996 to operate passenger railway services on the section of the JR East Shin'etsu Main Line within Nagano Prefecture when it was separated from the JR East network in October 1997, coinciding with the opening of the Nagano Shinkansen (Hokuriku Shinkansen) from Takasaki to Nagano.2
Timeline
- May 1, 1996Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.shinanorailway.co.jp1
- X (Twitter)x.com/shinanorailway11
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/shinanorailway1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/shinanorailway.official1
- WikipediaShinano Railway
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ11254401
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataShinano Railway on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaShinano Railway on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsShinano Railway logo by ™/®Shinano Railway, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsShinano Railway photo by Toshinori baba, CC BY-SA 3.0