Draft:List of closed railway lines in Japan

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Background
Due to motorization from the 1960s, the completion of Meishin Expressway, Boeing 727 debuting in domestic flights in Japan, and the depopulation of rural areas, many railway lines in Japan have been forced to close down from the lack of users and increased costs to maintain the railway. With the JNR building more and more infeasible lines and additional Shinkansen lines such as San'yō Shinkansen, nearly all JNR lines except for those in Tokyo area and Shinkansen lines were in deficits, putting the existence of JNR at risk. This resulted in movements to close such infeasible railway lines owned by the JNR, such as Deficit 83 Lines and Specified local lines. The closures of deficit local lines around Japan continues to today after the JNR's disbandment and the formation of Japan Railways Group. In November 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it cannot maintain most of its railway lines, with the length of the sections and lines announced as unmaintainable exceeding over 1,200 km. Deficit railway lines in Japan have been replaced by bus services or transferred to third sector companies, although some of the replacement bus lines have been closed due to the lack of users.

Railway lines to be closed

 * Rumoi Main Line
 * Fukagawa - Ishikari-Numata 14.4 km (8.9 mi) closing on April 2026
 * Hakodate Main Line
 * Oshamanbe - Otaru 140.2 km (87.1 mi) closing upon the extension of Hokkaidō Shinkansen.