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In Japan, a private railway (私鉄 or
民鉄, Shitetsu or Mintetsu) refers to a
railway line owned and operated by private sector. Although Japan Railways
Group companies are private entities, they are not considered private
railways because of their unique status as the successors of the Japanese
National Railways (JNR).
In a traditional sense, even voluntary sector railways are not included by
their origins as the rural, non-profitable JNR line transferred to local
possession as a form of joint stock corporation/company (Kabushiki kaisha).
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