In addition to its railway business, the Shizuoka Railway Company owns large bus and taxi services, a department store, supermarkets, a construction company and real estate holdings.

It was initially built to connect downtown Shizuoka with Shimizu Port, to facilitate the export of green tea, the major agricultural product of Shizuoka prefecture at the time.

Its first chairman was Keita Gotō, founder of the Tokyu Corporation, which emerged as Shizuoka Railway’s primary shareholder after the end of World War II.

Most of the rolling stock used by the Shizuoka Railway is used equipment purchased from the Tokyu Corporation.

Its highway bus system was spun off to a subsidiary company, Shizutetsu Justline, in 2002.