There are also joint public-private venture railways, which were taken over mainly from unremunerative local lines of Japan National Railways and are managed through investments from local government bodies, in rural areas. |
このほか、地方部には、主に旧国鉄の赤字ローカル線を継承した、地元自治体等の出資による第三セクター鉄道が存在する。 |