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.
Quick Facts Native name, Romanized name ...
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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