Noto Railway

Line of Noto Railway as of 2009

Noto Railway (のと鉄道, Noto Tetsudō^?) is a railway company on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.

Noto Railway is a third sector company, which means (in Japanese sense) a corporation jointly funded by private entities and local governments. Noto Railway's major shareholders are Ishikawa Prefecture (33.6% ownership), Hokkoku Bank (5.0%), town of Noto (4.2%), Hokuriku Bank (4.2%), and others.^[1]

It presently operates a part of the Nanao Line and previously operated the Noto Line.

References

1. ^ Kokudo Kōtsū Shō Tetsudō Kyoku (2007) (in Japanese). Tetsudō Yōran (Heisei 19 Nendo). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. p. 245. ISBN 978-4-88548-110-9. 

External links

Media related to Noto Railway at Wikimedia Commons

• Company website