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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 (March 2008) [1]
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. However this was a nominal "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 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.

[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 Yamanote Line train in Tokyo, Japan.
JR Keihin-Tōhoku line train in Yūrakuchō, Tokyo.
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

[edit] Tōkai and Kōshinetsu regional lines

[edit] Tōhoku regional lines

[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
  • 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

The East Japan Railway Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization established by JR East for the purpose of developing a "richer railway culture".[2] The Railway Museum in Saitama is operated by the foundation.

[edit] References

  1. ^ JR East Corporate Data. Retrieved on 8 July 2008. (English)
  2. ^ East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. "FOR A RICHER RAILWAY CULTURE". http://www.ejrcf.or.jp/en_zh/about/index_en.html. Retrieved on October 28. 

[edit] External links

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