Japan Freight Railway Company's second class railway business (40.6km of the Kizu-Hirano section, 10.5km of the former Ryuge Signal Station-Sugimotocho section) was abolished.
日本貨物鉄道の第二種鉄道事業（木津-平野間40.6km、旧・竜華信号場-杉本町間10.5km）廃止。