Kumamoto Electric Railway

A 6000 series train
Line length	13.1 km (8.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Kumamoto Electric Railway (熊本電気鉄道, Kumamoto Denki Tetsudō^?) is a public transport company in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. It is abbreviated as Kumamoto Dentetsu (熊本電鉄^?) or Kumaden (熊電^?). The company was founded in 1909. The company operates railway and bus lines.

A short section of the Fujisaki Line shares its track with public road, like a tram line.

01 series, May 2015

The forerunner of the company, Kikuchi Tramway (菊池軌道^?), was established in on 15 August 1909, and opened the 914 mm (3 ft) gauge steam-hauled line from Ikeda Station (池田駅^?) (close to the present-day Kami-Kumamoto Station) to Sendanbatamachi Station (千反畑町駅^?) (present-day Fujisakigū-mae Station) on 1 October 1911. On 27 August 1913, the line between Ikeda and Waifu Station (隈府駅^?) (later named Kikuchi) was opened.