East Japan Railway Company
東日本旅客鉄道株式会社  |
| Type | Public KK (TYO: 9020) |
| Predecessor | Japan National Railways (JNR) |
| Founded | April 1, 1987 (privatization of JNR) |
| Headquarters | 2-2-2 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo[1],  Japan |
| Area served | Kantō and Tōhoku regions
Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures |
| Key people | Mutsutake Ōtsuka, Chairman
Satoshi Seino (ja:清野智), President |
| Industry | Private railroad |
| Products | Suica (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
| Services | passenger railways [1]
freight services [1]
bus transportation [1]
other related services [1] |
| Revenue | ▼ ¥2.70 trillion (2009) [2] |
| Operating income | ▼ ¥433 billion (2009)[2] |
| Net income | ▼ ¥178 billion (2009)[2] |
| Total assets | ▲ ¥6.97 trillion (2009)[2] |
| Total equity | ▲ ¥1.74 trillion (2009)[2] |
| Owner(s) | Japan Trustee Services Bank (6.61%)[3]
The Master Trust Bank of Japan (4.93%)[3]
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (3.13%)[3]
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (2.63%)[3]
Mizuho Corporate Bank (2.50%)[3]
Mizuho Bank (2.50%)[3]
The JR East Employees Shareholding Association (2.46%)[3]
Nippon Life (2.00%)[3]
Dai-ichi Life (1.78%)[3]
(as of March 31, 2009) |
| Employees | 61,900 (as of April 1, 2008)[1] |
| Divisions | Railway operations [4]
Life-style business [4]
IT & Suica business[4] |
| Subsidiaries | 83 companies, [5] [6]
including Tokyo Monorail
|
| Website | www.jreast.co.jp |
| East Japan Railway Company |
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| JR East E2 Series Shinkansen Hayate train |
| Operation |
| National railway | Japan Railways Group |
| Infrastructure company | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency |
| Statistics |
| Ridership | 6.169 billion per year[6] |
| Passenger km | 130.5 billion per year[6] |
| System length |
| Total | 7,526.8 km (4,676.9 mi)[6] |
| Double track | 3,668 km (2,279 mi) (49%)[6] |
| Electrified | 5,512.7 km (3,425.4 mi) (73.2%)[6] |
| High-speed | 1,052.9 km (654.2 mi) (14.0%)[6] |
| Gauge |
| Main | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| High-speed | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification |
| Main | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary 2,680.3 km (1,665.5 mi)[6] |
| 20 kV AC 50 Hz | 1,779.5 km (1,105.7 mi)[6]
Conventional lines in Tohoku
Joban Line (Fujishiro-Iwanuma)
Mito Line |
| 25 kV AC 50 Hz/60 Hz overhead | 1,052.9 km (654.2 mi)[6]
Tohoku Shinkansen (50 Hz)
Joetsu Shinkansen (50 Hz)
Nagano Shinkansen (50 Hz/60 Hz) |
| Features |
| No. tunnels | 1,263[6] |
| Tunnel length | 882 km (548 mi)[6] |
| Longest tunnel | The Iwate-Ichinohe Tunnel 25,808 m (84,670 ft)
Tohoku Shinkansen[6] |
| No. bridges | 14,865[6] |
| Longest bridge | No.1 Kitakami River Bridge 3,868 m (12,690 ft)
Tohoku Shinkansen[6] |
| No. stations | 1,703[1] |
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Automated Train Ticket Machine.
East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道株式会社, Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?) is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon (JR東日本?) in Japanese.
[edit] History
JR East was incorporated on April 1, 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways. The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned JNR Settlement Corporation for several years, and was not completely sold to the public until 2002.
Following the breakup, JR East ran the operations on former JNR lines in the Greater Tokyo Area, the Tōhoku region, and surrounding areas.
Its railway lines primarily serve Kantō and Tōhoku regions, along with adjacent areas in Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.
[edit] Shinkansen
JR East operates all of the Shinkansen, high speed rail lines, north of Tokyo.
The Tokyo–Osaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen is owned and operated by the Central Japan Railway Company, although it stops at several JR East stations.
[edit] Kantō regional lines
[edit] Greater Tokyo Area
These lines have sections inside the Tokyo Suburban Area (東京近郊区間) designated by JR East. This does not necessarily mean that the lines are fully inside the Greater Tokyo Area.
[edit] Other lines in Kantō
[edit] Tōkai and Kōshinetsu regional lines
[edit] Tōhoku regional lines
[edit] Train services
Below is the full list of limited express (including Shinkansen) and express train services operated on JR East lines as of 2008.
[edit] Shinkansen
[edit] Limited express (daytime)
[edit] Limited express (overnight)
[edit] Express (overnight)
[edit] Subsidiaries
- Higashi-Nihon Kiosk - provides newspapers, drinks and other items in station kiosks and operates the Newdays convenience store chain
- JR Bus Kantō / JR Bus Tōhoku - intercity bus operators
- Nippon Restaurant Enterprise - provides bentō box lunches on trains and in train stations
- Tokyo Monorail - (70% owned)
JR East co-sponsors the JEF United Ichihara Chiba J-League soccer club, which was formed by a merger between JR East and Furukawa Electric company teams.
[edit] East Japan Railway Culture Foundation
The East Japan Railway Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization established by JR East for the purpose of developing a "richer railway culture".[7] The Railway Museum in Saitama is operated by the foundation.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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