East Japan Railway Company - AEast Japan Railway Company - A The East Japan Railway Company is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon (JR東日本, Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon) in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, and next to Shinjuku Station. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in the Nagoya and Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of the three only Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the other being JR Central and JR West. East Japan Railway Company History JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). 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. East Japan Railway Company Lines Railway lines of JR East primarily serve the Kanto and Tohoku regions, along with adjacent areas in Kōshin'etsu region (Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi) and Shizuoka prefectures. East Japan Railway Company Shinkansen JR East operates all of the Shinkansen, high-speed rail lines, north of Tokyo, except the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which is operated by JR Hokkaido.
The Tokyo–Osaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen is owned and operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), although it stops at several JR East stations East Japan Railway Company Kanto Region These lines have sections inside the Tokyo suburban area (Japanese: 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. ■ Agatsuma Line (Shibukawa - Omae) CO Chūō Main Line (Tokyo - Shiojiri) JC Chūō Rapid Line (Tokyo - Otsuki) JB Chūō-Sōbu Line (Mitaka - Chiba) ■ Hachiko Line (Hachioji - Kuragano) JT Ito Line (Atami - Ajiro - Ito) JC Itsukaichi Line (Haijima - Musashi-Itsukaichi) JJ JL Jōban Line (Ueno - Iwaki) ■ Jōetsu Line (Takasaki - Minakami) ■ Karasuyama Line (Hoshakuji - Ogane - Karasuyama) ■ Kashima Line (Katori - Kashima Soccer Stadium) ■ Kawagoe Line (Omiya - Komagawa) JK Keihin–Tōhoku Line (Omiya - Yokohama) JE Keiyo Line (Tokyo - Soga, Ichikawa-Shiohama - Nishi-Funabashi, Minami-Funabashi - Nishi-Funabashi) ■ Kururi Line (Kisarazu - Kazusa-Kameyama) ■ Mito Line (Oyama - Tomobe) JM Musashino Line (Fuchu-Hommachi - Nishi-Funabashi) (Tokyo outer loop) JN Nambu Line (Kawasaki - Tachikawa, Shitte - Hamakawasaki) ■ Narita Line (Sakura - Choshi, Abiko - Narita, Narita - Narita Airport) JK Negishi Line (Yokohama - Ofuna) ■ Nikko Line (Utsunomiya - Nikko) JC Ome Line (Tachikawa - Okutama) ■ Ryomo Line (Oyama - Shin-Maebashi) JG Sagami Line (Hashimoto - Chigasaki) JA Saikyo Line (Osaki - Omiya) JS Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (Shin-Maebashi - Odawara, Utsunomiya - Zushi) ■ Sobu Main Line (Chiba - Choshi) ■ Sotobo Line (Chiba - Awa-Kamogawa) JU Takasaki Line (Omiya - Takasaki) ■ Togane Line (Naruto - Oami) JU Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) (Ueno - Kuroiso) JT Tokaido Main Line (Tokyo - Atami) JI Tsurumi Line (Tsurumi - Ogimachi, Anzen - Okawa, Asano - Umi-Shibaura) ■ Uchibo Line (Soga - Awa-Kamogawa) ■ Ueno–Tokyo Line (Maebashi - Numazu, Utsunomiya-Numazu, Atami-Ito, Takahagi - Shinagawa, Narita - Abiko) JY Yamanote Line (Loop line) JH Yokohama Line (Higashi-Kanagawa - Hachioji) JO Yokosuka Line (Tokyo - Kurihama) East Japan Railway Company Koshinetsu Region ■ Chūō Main Line (Nirasaki - Shiojiri, Okaya - Midoriko Siojiri) ■ Echigo Line (Niigata - Kashiwazaki) ■ Hakushin Line (Niigata - Shibata) ■ Iiyama Line (Toyono - Echigo-Kawaguchi) ■ Joetsu Line (Minakami - Miyauchi, Echigo-Yuzawa - Gala-Yuzawa) ■ Koumi Line (Kobuchizawa - Komoro) ■ Oito Line (Matsumoto - Minami-Otari) ■ Shinetsu Main Line (Takasaki - Yokokawa, Shinonoi - Niigata) ■ Shinonoi Line (Shinonoi - Shiojiri) ■ Yahiko Line (Higashi-Sanjo - Yahiko) East Japan Railway Company Tohoku Region ■ Aterazawa Line (Kita-Yamagata - Aterazawa) ■ Ban'etsu East Line (Iwaki - Koriyama) ■ Ban'etsu West Line (Koriyama - Niitsu) ■ Gonō Line (Higashi-Noshiro - Kawabe) ■ Hachinohe Line (Hachinohe - Kuji) ■ Hanawa Line (Odate - Koma) ■ Ishinomaki Line (Kogota - Onagawa) ■ Jōban Line (Iwaki - Iwanuma) ■ Kamaishi Line (Hanamaki - Kamaishi) ■ Kesennuma Line (Maeyachi - Kesennuma) ■ Kitakami Line (Kitakami - Yokote) ■ Ofunato Line (Ichinoseki - Sakari) ■ Oga Line (Oiwake - Oga) ■ Ominato Line (Noheji - Ominato) ■ Ōu Main Line (Fukushima - Aomori) (Yamagata Line, Fukushima - Shinjō) ■ Rikuu East Line (Kogota - Shinjo) ■ Rikuu West Line (Shinjo - Amarume) ■ Senseki Line (Aobadori - Ishinomaki) ■ Senseki-Tōhoku Line ■ Senzan Line (Sendai - Uzen-Chitose) ■ Suigun Line (Mito - Asaka-Nagamori, Kamisugaya - Hitachi-Ota) ■ Tadami Line (Aizu-Wakamatsu - Koide) ■ Tazawako Line (Morioka - Ōmagari) ■ Tohoku Main Line (Kuroiso - Morioka, Iwakiri - Rifu) ■ Tsugaru Line (Aomori - Mimmaya) ■ Uetsu Main Line (Niitsu - Akita) ■ Yamada Line (Morioka - Miyako) ■ Yonesaka Line (Yonezawa - Sakamachi) East Japan Railway Company Operation East Japan Railway Company National Railway: Japan Railways Group East Japan Railway Company Infrastructure Company: Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency Statistics East Japan Railway Company Ridership: 6.169 billion per year East Japan Railway Company Passenger km: 130.5 billion per year East Japan Railway Company System Length: East Japan Railway Company Total: 7,512.6 km (4,668.1 mi) East Japan Railway Company Double Track: 3,668 km (2,279 mi) (49%) East Japan Railway Company Electrified: 5,512.7 km (3,425.4 mi) (73.2%) East Japan Railway Company High-Speed: 1,052.9 km (654.2 mi) (14.0%) East Japan Railway Company Track Gauge: Main: 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) East Japan Railway Company High-Speed: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) East Japan Railway Company Electrification: East Japan Railway Company Main: 1,500 V DC overhead catenary 2,680.3 km (1,665.5 mi) 20 kV AC, 50 Hz 1,779.5 km (1,105.7 mi) Conventional lines in Tohoku Joban Line (Fujishiro-Iwanuma) Mito Line 25 kV AC, 50/60 Hz overhead 1,052.9 km (654.2 mi) Tohoku Shinkansen (50 Hz) Joetsu Shinkansen (50 Hz) Hokuriku Shinkansen (50/60 Hz) East Japan Railway Company No. Tunnels: 1,263 East Japan Railway Company Tunnel Length: 882 km (548 mi) East Japan Railway Company Longest Tunnel: The Seikan Tunnel 53,850 m (176,670 ft) Hokkaido Shinkansen East Japan Railway Company No. Bridges: 14,865 East Japan Railway Company Longest Bridge: No.1 Kitakami River Bridge 3,868 m (12,690 ft) Tohoku Shinkansen East Japan Railway Company No. Stations: 1,681 East Japan Railway Company Native Name: 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 East Japan Railway Company Romanized Name: Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha lit. 'East Japan Passenger Railway Share Company' East Japan Railway Company Type: Public (Kabushiki gaisha) East Japan Railway Company Traded As: TYO: 9020 Nikkei 225 component TOPIX Large70 component East Japan Railway Company Industry: Rail transport East Japan Railway Company Predecessor: Japanese National Railways (JNR) Founded 1 April 1987, 36 years ago, privatization of JNR East Japan Railway Company Headquarters: 2-2-2 Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan East Japan Railway Company Area Served: Kanto and Tōhoku regions Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures East Japan Railway Company Key People: Tetsuro Tomita (Chairman of the Board) Masaki Ogata (Vice Chairman of the Board) Yuji Fukasawa (President, Representative Director) East Japan Railway Company Products: Suica (a rechargeable contactless smart card) East Japan Railway Company Services: Passenger railways freight services bus transportation other related services East Japan Railway Company Revenue: Increase ¥2,405,538 million(FY 2023) Increase ¥1,978,967 million(FY 2022) Increase ¥2,756,165 million(FY 2015) East Japan Railway Company Operating Income: Decrease ¥140,629 million(FY 2023) Decrease ¥153,938 million(FY 2022) Increase ¥487,821 million(FY 2016) Increase ¥427,522 million(FY 2015) East Japan Railway Company Net Income: Increase ¥245,310 million(FY 2016) Decrease ¥180,398 million(FY 2015) East Japan Railway Company Total Assets: Increase ¥7,789,762 million(FY 2016) Increase ¥7,605,690 million(FY 2015) East Japan Railway Company Total Equity: Increase ¥2,442,129 million(FY 2016) Increase ¥2,285,658 million(FY 2015) 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) East Japan Railway Company Divisions: Railway operations Life-style business IT & Suica business East Japan Railway Company Subsidiaries: 83 companies, including Tokyo Monorail and J-TREC | |||||
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