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Shibayama Railway
Railway company in Chiba Prefecture, Japan
The Shibayama Railway Company, Ltd. (芝山鉄道株式会社, Shibayama Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha) is a third-sector railway company in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It operates Japan's shortest independent railway line,[2] the 2.2 km (1.4 mi) Shibayama Railway Line between Higashi-Narita Station and Shibayama-Chiyoda Station, largely underneath Narita International Airport.
Narita International Airport Corporation owns a 68.39% majority stake in Shibayama Railway as of July 2009.[3] The remainder is owned by Keisei Electric Railway, Japan Airlines, the prefectural government, and others.[citation needed]