East Japan Railway Company
passenger railway service provider in east Japan
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]
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 The company headquarters in Shinjuku, Tokyo | |
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" |
| Company type | Public KK |
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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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| Total equity | |
| 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 |
| Footnotes / references [6][7] | |
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 Line up of JR East Shinkansen trains, October 2009 | |||||
| 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] | ||||
| Track 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)[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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References
change- ↑ 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 Japanese). 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 Japanese). 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.
