East Japan Railway Company

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East Japan Railway Company
東日本旅客鉄道株式会社
Type Public KK (TYO: 9020)
Founded April 1, 1987
Headquarters Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Key people Mutsutake Ōtsuka, Chairman
Satoshi Seino, President
Industry Private railroad
Revenue ¥2.66 trillion (24.9 billion USD) (2007)
Operating income ¥428 billion (4.01 billion USD) (2007)
Net income ¥112 billion (1.65 billion USD) (2007)
Employees 71,316 (2007)
Website www.jreast.co.jp

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 JR companies. It is often known as JR East (JR東日本 Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon?).

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[edit] History

JR East was incorporated on April 1, 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways. Although this was a nominal "privatization," 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 JNR breakup, JR East assumed responsibility for passenger operations on former JNR lines in the Greater Tokyo Area, the Tōhoku region and surrounding areas.

[edit] Lines

Its railway lines serve Kantō and Tōhoku regions primarily, along with adjacent parts of Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.

JR East's operating area is shown in dark green; it includes the Greater Tokyo Area and the Tōhoku region.
JR East's operating area is shown in dark green; it includes the Greater Tokyo Area and the Tōhoku region.

[edit] Shinkansen

JR East operates all of the Shinkansen (high speed rail lines) north of Tokyo.

Note that 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

JR Chūō Rapid Line train in Toyoda, Tokyo.
JR Chūō Rapid Line train in Toyoda, Tokyo.
JR Yamanote Line train in Tokyo, Japan.
JR Yamanote Line train in Tokyo, Japan.
JR Keihin-Tōhoku line train in Yūrakuchō, Tokyo.
JR Keihin-Tōhoku line train in Yūrakuchō, Tokyo.
Automated Train Ticket Machine.
Automated Train Ticket Machine.

[edit] Greater Tokyo Area

These lines have sections inside Tokyo Suburban Area (東京近郊区間), officially set by JR East. It does not necessarily mean the lines are fully inside Greater Tokyo Area.

[edit] Other lines in Kantō

  • Karasuyama Line (烏山線) (Karasuyama - Hōshakuji)
  • ■ Kashima Line (鹿島線) (Katori - Kashima Soccer Stadium)
  • ■ Kururi Line (久留里線) (Kisarazu - Kazusa Kameyama)
  • Nikkō Line (日光線) (Utsunomiya - Nikkō)

[edit] Tōkai and Kōshinetsu regional lines

[edit] Tōhoku regional lines

  • Aterazawa Line (左沢線) (Kita Yamagata - Aterazawa)
  • ■ East Ban'etsu Line (磐越東線) (Iwaki - Kōriyama)
  • ■ East Rikuu Line (陸羽東線) (Kogota - Shinjō)
  • Gonō Line (五能線) (Higashi Noshiro - Kawabe)
  • Hachinohe Line (八戸線) (Hachinohe - Kuji)
  • ■ Hanawa Line (花輪線) (Ōdate - Kōma)
  • ■ Ishinomaki Line (石巻線) (Kogota - Onagawa)
  • ■ Iwaizumi Line (岩泉線) (Moichi - Iwaizumi)
  • ■ Jōban Line (常磐線) (Hitachi - Iwanuma)
  • ■ Kamaishi Line (釜石線) (Hanamaki - Kamaishi)
  • ■ Kesennuma Line (気仙沼線) (Maeyachi - Kesennuma)
  • ■ Kitakami Line (北上線) (Kitakami - Yokote)
  • ■ Ōfunato Line (大船渡線) (Ichinoseki - Sakari)
  • Oga Line (男鹿線) (Oiwake - Oga)
  • Ōminato Line (大湊線) (Noheji - Ōminato)
  • Ōu Main Line (奥羽本線) (Fukushima - Yamagata - Akita - Aomori)
  • ■ Senseki Line (仙石線) (Aobadōri - Ishinomaki)
  • ■ Senzan Line (仙山線) (Sendai - Uzen Chitose)
  • ■ Suigun Line (水郡線) (Mito - Asaka Nagamori; Kamisugaya - Hitachi Ōta)
  • ■ Tadami Line (只見線) (Aizu Wakamatsu - Koide)
  • ■ Tazawako Line (田沢湖線) (Morioka - Ōmagari)
  • ■ Tōhoku Main Line (東北本線) (Kuroiso - Morioka; Hachinohe - Aomori; Iwakiri - Rifu)
  • Tsugaru Line (津軽線) (Aomori - Mimmaya) (a part of Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line)
  • Tsugaru-Kaikyō Line (津軽海峡線) (Aomori - Nakaoguni)
  • ■ Uetsu Main Line (羽越本線) (Niitsu - Akita)
  • ■ West Ban'etsu Line (磐越西線) (Kōriyama - Niitsu)
  • ■ West Rikuu Line (陸羽西線) (Shinjō- Amarume)
  • ■ Yamada Line (山田線) (Morioka - Kamaishi)
  • ■ Yonesaka Line (米坂線) (Yonezawa - Sakamachi)

[edit] Trains

Following is the full list of limited express (including Shinkansen) and express trains operated on the JR East lines as of 2008.

[edit] Shinkansen limited express

[edit] Limited express (daytime)

[edit] Limited express (overnight)

[edit] Express (overnight)

[edit] Subsidiaries

JR East headquarters, located near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo
JR East headquarters, located near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo
  • 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 - waterfront monorail line in Tokyo (70% owned)

[edit] Sponsorship

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

East Japan Railway Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization established by JR East for the puspose of developing a "richer railway culture".[1] The Railway Museum in Saitama is operated by the foundation.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. FOR A RICHER RAILWAY CULTURE. Retrieved on October 28, 2007.
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