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The Association of Japanese Private Railways. 大手民鉄の現況(単体)(PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original(PDF) on March 4, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
区間別平均通過人員および旅客運輸収入(平成26年度) [Average passenger figures and revenue by line (Fiscal 2014)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: West Japan Railway Company. 2015. p. 58. Archived from the original(PDF) on January 9, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2015.