East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company | The company headquarters in Shinjuku, Tokyo | Native name | 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 |
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| Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha lit. "East Japan Passenger Railway Share Company" |
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Company type | Public KK |
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Industry | Rail transport |
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Predecessor | Japanese National Railways (JNR) |
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Founded | 1 April 1987 (privatization of JNR) |
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Headquarters | , Japan |
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Area served | Kanto and Tōhoku regions Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures |
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Key people | Tetsuro Tomita (Chairman of the Board)[1] Masaki Ogata (Vice Chairman of the Board)[1] Yuji Fukasawa (President, Representative Director)[1] |
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Products | Suica (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
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Services | Passenger railways freight services bus transportation other related services |
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Revenue | - ¥2,867,200 million(FY 2016)[2]
- ¥2,756,165 million(FY 2015)
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| - ¥487,821 million(FY 2016)[2]
- ¥427,522 million(FY 2015)
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| - ¥245,310 million(FY 2016)[2]
- ¥180,398 million(FY 2015)
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Total assets | - ¥7,789,762 million(FY 2016)[2]
- ¥7,605,690 million(FY 2015)
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Total equity | - ¥2,442,129 million(FY 2016)[2]
- ¥2,285,658 million(FY 2015)
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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) |
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Number of employees | 73,017 (as of 31 March 2013)[1] |
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Divisions | Railway operations[3] Life-style business[3] IT & Suica business[3] |
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Subsidiaries | 83 companies,[4][5] including Tokyo Monorail and J-TREC |
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Website | www.jreast.co.jp |
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Footnotes / references [6][7] |
East Japan Railway Company |
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Line up of JR East Shinkansen trains, October 2009 | |
National railway | Japan Railways Group |
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Infrastructure company | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency |
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Ridership | 6.169 billion per year[5] |
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Passenger km | 130.5 billion per year[5] |
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Total | 7,526.8 km (4,676.9 mi)[5] |
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Double track | 3,668 km (2,279 mi) (49%)[5] |
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Electrified | 5,512.7 km (3,425.4 mi) (73.2%)[5] |
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High-speed | 1,052.9 km (654.2 mi) (14.0%)[5] |
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Main | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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High-speed | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
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Main | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary 2,680.3 km (1,665.5 mi)[5] |
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20 kV AC, 50 Hz | 1,779.5 km (1,105.7 mi)[5] Conventional lines in Tohoku Joban Line (Fujishiro-Iwanuma) Mito Line |
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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) |
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No. tunnels | 1,263[5] |
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Tunnel length | 882 km (548 mi)[5] |
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Longest tunnel | The Seikan Tunnel 53,850 m (176,670 ft) Hokkaido Shinkansen[5] |
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No. bridges | 14,865[5] |
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Longest bridge | No.1 Kitakami River Bridge 3,868 m (12,690 ft) Tohoku Shinkansen[5] |
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No. stations | 1,703 |
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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]
References
- Notes
- ↑ Yoyogi Station is the next station of Shinjuku Station.
- ↑ It is also listed on the TOPIX Core30 index and the Nikkei 225 index.
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