Japan Freight Railway Company became a first class railway operator of the Yokkaichi-Shiohama section (3.3km) and the Hirano-Kudara section (1.4km), and it also became a second class railway operator of the Nagoya-Kameyama section (59.9km), the Kizu-Shinimamiya section (45.5km) and the Ryuge Signal Station-Sugimotocho section (10.5km).
日本貨物鉄道が四日市-塩浜間(3.3km)、平野-百済間(1.4km)の第一種鉄道事業者、名古屋-亀山(59.9km)、木津-新今宮間(45.5km)、竜華信号場-杉本町間(10.5km)の第二種鉄道事業者となる。