These JR companies and private railway companies are developing various businesses related to lives of the railway customers and residents living along the lines such as real estate business, retail business, hotel business, and other business, while attending hard to railway business.
これらのJR、私鉄は、鉄道業を中心として、不動産、小売業、宿泊業など、鉄道利用者や沿線住民の生活に関する様々な関連事業を展開している。