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East Japan Railway Company
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The East Japan Railway Company[10] is a major passenger railway company in Japan, the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST[11] 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, next to Shinjuku Station.[2] 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 one of three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the others being JR Central and JR West.
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Quick Facts Native name, Romanized name ...
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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 (Kabushiki gaisha) |
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Industry | Rail transport |
Predecessor | Japanese National Railways (JNR) |
Founded | 1 April 1987; 37 years ago (1987-04-01), 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[2] freight services[2] bus transportation[2] other related services[2] |
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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[5] Life-style business[5] IT & Suica business[5] |
Subsidiaries | 83 companies,[6][7] including Tokyo Monorail and J-TREC |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references [8][9] |
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Quick Facts Operation, National railway ...
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National railway | Japan Railways Group | ||||
Infrastructure company | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency | ||||
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Ridership | 6.169 billion per year[7] | ||||
Passenger km | 130.5 billion per year[7] | ||||
System length | |||||
Total | 7,512.6 km (4,668.1 mi) [7] | ||||
Double track | 3,668 km (2,279 mi) (49%)[7] | ||||
Electrified | 5,512.7 km (3,425.4 mi) (73.2%)[7] | ||||
High-speed | 1,052.9 km (654.2 mi) (14.0%)[7] | ||||
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)[7] | ||||
20 kV AC, 50 Hz | 1,779.5 km (1,105.7 mi)[7] Conventional lines in Tohoku Joban Line (Fujishiro-Iwanuma) Mito Line | ||||
25 kV AC, 50/60 Hz overhead | 1,052.9 km (654.2 mi)[7] Tohoku Shinkansen (50 Hz) Joetsu Shinkansen (50 Hz) Hokuriku Shinkansen (50/60 Hz) | ||||
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No. tunnels | 1,263[7] | ||||
Tunnel length | 882 km (548 mi)[7] | ||||
Longest tunnel | The Seikan Tunnel 53,850 m (176,670 ft) Hokkaido Shinkansen[7] | ||||
No. bridges | 14,865[7] | ||||
Longest bridge | No.1 Kitakami River Bridge 3,868 m (12,690 ft) Tohoku Shinkansen[7] | ||||
No. stations | 1,681[2] | ||||
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