East Japan Railway Company
The East Japan Railway Company (Japanese: JR東日本) or the JR East is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the biggest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi,[note 1] Shibuya, Tokyo. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.[note 2]
Native name | 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha lit. "East Japan Passenger Railway Share Company" |
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Industry | Rail transport |
Predecessor | Japanese National Railways (JNR) |
Founded | 1 April 1987 (privatization of JNR) |
Headquarters | 2-2-2 Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo , Japan |
Area served | Kanto and Tōhoku regions Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures |
Key people | Tetsuro Tomita (Chairman of the Board)[1] Masaki Ogata (Vice Chairman of the Board)[1] Yuji Fukasawa (President, Representative Director)[1] |
Products | Suica (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
Services | Passenger railways freight services bus transportation other related services |
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Owner | JTSB investment trusts (8.21%) Mizuho Bank (4.07%) TMTBJ investment trusts (3.97%) MUFG Bank (2.75%) Repurchased shares (2.67%) (as of 30 September 2018) |
Number of employees | 73,017 (as of 31 March 2013)[1] |
Divisions | Railway operations[3] Life-style business[3] IT & Suica business[3] |
Subsidiaries | 83 companies,[4][5] including Tokyo Monorail and J-TREC |
Website | www |
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Operation | |||||
National railway | Japan Railways Group | ||||
Infrastructure company | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency | ||||
Statistics | |||||
Ridership | 6.169 billion per year[5] | ||||
Passenger km | 130.5 billion per year[5] | ||||
System length | |||||
Total | 7,526.8 km (4,676.9 mi)[5] | ||||
Double track | 3,668 km (2,279 mi) (49%)[5] | ||||
Electrified | 5,512.7 km (3,425.4 mi) (73.2%)[5] | ||||
High-speed | 1,052.9 km (654.2 mi) (14.0%)[5] | ||||
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Electrification | |||||
Main | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary 2,680.3 km (1,665.5 mi)[5] | ||||
20 kV AC, 50 Hz | 1,779.5 km (1,105.7 mi)[5] Conventional lines in Tohoku Joban Line (Fujishiro-Iwanuma) Mito Line | ||||
25 kV AC, 50/60 Hz overhead | 1,052.9 km (654.2 mi)[5] Tohoku Shinkansen (50 Hz) Joetsu Shinkansen (50 Hz) Hokuriku Shinkansen (50/60 Hz) | ||||
Features | |||||
No. tunnels | 1,263[5] | ||||
Tunnel length | 882 km (548 mi)[5] | ||||
Longest tunnel | The Seikan Tunnel 53,850 m (176,670 ft) Hokkaido Shinkansen[5] | ||||
No. bridges | 14,865[5] | ||||
Longest bridge | No.1 Kitakami River Bridge 3,868 m (12,690 ft) Tohoku Shinkansen[5] | ||||
No. stations | 1,703 | ||||
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East Japan Railway Company Media
Commuter trains on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo
HB-E210 series hybrid DMU on Senseki Line
Special steam train on the Jōetsu Line in Gunma Prefecture
Smart card turnstile in Tokyo Station
JR East headquarters (JR東日本本社ビル), located near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 East Japan Railway Company. "JR East 2013 Annual Business Report (Japanese)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 East Japan Railway Company. "Financial Highlights - East Japan Railway Company and Subsidiaries" (PDF). Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 East Japan Railway Company. "Organization". Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ East Japan Railway Company. グループ会社一覧 (in 日本語). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 East Japan Railway Company. 会社要覧2008 (PDF) (in 日本語). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ East Japan Railway Company. "Consolidated Results of Fiscal 2011 (Year Ended 31 March 2011)" (PDF). Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ↑ East Japan Railway Company. "JR East 2012 Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- Notes
- ↑ Yoyogi Station is the next station of Shinjuku Station.
- ↑ It is also listed on the TOPIX Core30 index and the Nikkei 225 index.