Lines
At present, the company operates only one LRT, the Interurban Shizuoka-Shimizu Line, which runs for 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Shin-Shizuoka Station to Shin-Shimizu Station with 13 intermediate stops, and one ropeway, the Nihondaira Ropeway. Its extensive highway bus system was spun off to a subsidiary company, Shizutetsu Justline in 2002.
Defunct LRT lines include:
- Shizuoka City Line (静岡市内線, Shizuoka shinai-sen?), 1922-1962.
- Shimizu City Line (清水市内線, Shimizu shinai-sen?), 1928-1975.
- Sun-en Line (駿遠線, Sun-en-sen?), 1911-1970.
- Akiba Line (秋葉線, Akiba-sen?), 1902-1962.
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