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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 |
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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) Masaki Ogata (vice chairman of the board) Yuji Fukasawa (president, Representative Director) |
| Products | Suica (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
| Services | Passenger railways freight services bus transportatio other related services |
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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) |
| Divisions | Railway operations Life-style business IT & Suica business |
| Subsidiaries | 83 companies, including Tokyo Monorail and J-TREC |
| Website | www |
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The East Japan Railway Company is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST 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. 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.
History
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JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spin-off was nominally "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 breakup, JR East ran the operations on former JNR lines in the Greater Tokyo Area, the Tōhoku region, and surrounding areas.
Lines
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Railway lines of JR East primarily serve the Kanto and Tohoku regions, along with adjacent areas in Kōshin'etsu region (Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi) and Shizuoka prefectures.
Shinkansen
JR East operates all of the Shinkansen high-speed rail lines north of Tokyo, with the exception of the Hokkaido Shinkansen which is operated by JR Hokkaido.
The Tokyo–Osaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen is owned and operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), although it stops at several JR East stations. |
Kanto region
These lines have sections inside the Tokyo suburban area (Japanese: 東京近郊区間) designated by JR East. This does not necessarily mean that the lines are fully inside the Greater Tokyo Area.
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Koshinetsu region
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Tohoku region
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Services
Below is the full list of limited express and express train services operated on JR East lines as of 2022.
Shinkansen
Limited express (daytime)
- Kusatsu
- Akagi
- Azusa
- Fuji Excursion
- Hitachi and Tokiwa
- Inaho
- Kaiji/View Kaiji
- Kusatsu
- Narita Express
- Nikkō and Kinugawa
- Saphir Odoriko/Odoriko
- Sazanami
- Shirayuki
- Shiosai
- Shōnan
- Tsugaru
- Wakashio
Limited express (overnight)
- Sunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto (not operated by JR East, operated by JR Central and JR-West over the Tokaido Main Line, part of which JR East owns between Tokyo and Atami)
Stations
Main article: List of East Japan Railway Company stationsDuring fiscal 2017, the busiest stations in the JR East network by average daily passenger count were:
- Shinjuku Station (778,618)
- Ikebukuro Station (566,516)
- Tokyo Station (452,549)
- Yokohama Station (420,192)
- Shinagawa Station (378,566)
- Shibuya Station (370,669)
- Shimbashi Station (277,404)
- Omiya Station (255,147)
- Akihabara Station (250,251)
- Kita-Senju Station (217,838)
Subsidiaries
- Higashi-Nihon Kiosk - provides newspapers, drinks and other items in station kiosks and operates the Newdays convenience store chain
- JR Bus Kanto / JR Bus Tohoku - intercity bus operators
- Nippon Restaurant Enterprise - provides bentō box lunches on trains and in train stations
- Tokyo Monorail - (70% ownership stake)
- East Japan Marketing & Communications
Sponsorship
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JR East co-sponsors the JEF United Chiba J-League football club , which was formed by a merger between the JR East and Furukawa Electric company teams.
Carbon emission plan
JR East aims to reduce its carbon emissions by half, as measured over the period 1990–2030. This would be achieved by increasing the efficiency of trains and company-owned thermal power stations and by developing hybrid trains.
Alleged revolutionary front
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has stated that JR East's official union is a front for a revolutionary political organization called the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction). An investigation of this is ongoing.
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". The Railway Museum in Saitama is operated by the foundation.
Bids outside Japan
JR East held a 15% shareholding in West Midlands Trains with Abellio and Mitsui that commenced operating the West Midlands franchise in England in December 2017. JR East sold their stake to Abellio in September 2021. The same consortium were also listed to be bidding for the South Eastern franchise.
References
- ^ "JR East 2013 Annual Business Report (Japanese)" (PDF). East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "JR East Corporate Data". East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ East Japan Railway Company. "Financial Report 2023" (PDF). p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ East Japan Railway Company. "Financial Highlights - East Japan Railway Company and Subsidiaries" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Organization". East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- East Japan Railway Company. グループ会社一覧 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- 会社要覧2008 (PDF) (in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- "Consolidated Results of Fiscal 2011 (Year Ended 31 March 2011)" (PDF). East Japan Railway Company. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- "JR East 2012 Annual Report" (PDF). East Japan Railway Company. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- 東日本旅客鉄道株式会社, Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha
- "JR-EAST – East Japan Railway Company". East Japan Railway Company. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/investor/ar/2006/pdf/ar2006_20.pdf
- https://savourblackbookasia.com/jr-east-japan-railway-company-x-savour-blackbookasia/
- https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2018_hokkaido.html
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/company/about_shinkansen/
- Lambe, Michael. "The Sunrise Seto & Sunrise Izumo – Overnight Sleeper Trains from Osaka to Tokyo". Archived from the original on 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "各駅の乗車人員 2020年度 ベスト100：Jr東日本". Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- HighBeam
- "JR East Efforts to Prevent Global Warming". Japan Railway & Transport Review (51): 22–27. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- "第174回国会 430 革マル派によるＪＲ総連及びＪＲ東労組への浸透に関する質問主意書". Government of Japan. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- "For a Richer Railway Culture". East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
- "More seats for rail passengers as nearly £1 billion is invested in Midlands services" (Press release). Department for Transport. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- "West Midlands Trains announced as winning bidder for West Midlands franchise" (PDF) (Press release). Abellio. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2017.
- "West Midlands Holdings Limited Financial Accounts 2020/21". Companies House. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- "West Coast Partnership and South Eastern rail franchise bidders". Department for Transport. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- "South Eastern franchise bidders announced". Railway Gazette International. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017.
External links
- Official website
- JR East official apology for "Inaho No.14" accident on 25 December 2005
- "Company history books (Shashi)". Shashi Interest Group. April 2016. Wiki collection of bibliographic works on East Japan Railway Company
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