Abstract: Urban rail helps to improve the urban transport situation and promoting urban development, but the reality of rail operations, there are many obstacles, apart from the huge building costs, need for multi-stakeholder coordination. To resolve the many problems facing urban rail, Japan adopted a "Separation of upper and lower" mode of construction and operation. The so-called separation of upper and lower, refers to the local governments are responsible for construction and maintenance of the track, the liberalization of the private sector responsible for operations. From the effects view, separation mode and raise up and down Japan urban rail services. Based on Japan, for example, adherence to the separation mode operators, freight is determined and analyzed and outlined the framework structure of the model and experience.