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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 ¥2.54 trillion (21.9 billion USD) (2005)
Operating income ¥368 billion (3.18 billion USD) (2005)
Net income ¥112 billion (966 million USD) (2005)
Employees 67,710 (2005)
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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JR East was incorporated on April 1, 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways. Although this was a nominal "privatization," 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.

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.
JR East's operating area is shown in dark green; it includes the Greater Tokyo Area and the Tōhoku region.

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.

Yamanote Line, Tokyo.
Yamanote Line, Tokyo.
JR Yamanote Line train in Tokyo, Japan.
JR Yamanote Line train in Tokyo, Japan.
JR Keihin-Tōhoku line train in Yūrakuchō, Tokyo.
JR Keihin-Tōhoku line train in Yūrakuchō, Tokyo.
Automated Train Ticket Machine.
Automated Train Ticket Machine.

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.

JR East headquarters, located near Shinjuku Station in Tokyo
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)

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.

East Japan Railway Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization established by JR East for the puspose of developing a "richer railway culture".[1] The Railway Museum in Saitama is operated by the foundation.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

  1. ^ East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. FOR A RICHER RAILWAY CULTURE. Retrieved on October 28, 2007.
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Past: Japanese Government Railways | Japanese National Railways | JNR Settlement Corporation
Passenger Railway Companies:   JR Hokkaido   JR East   JR Central   JR West   JR Shikoku   JR Kyushu
JR Bus Companies:   JR Bus Hokkaido   JR Bus Tohoku   JR Tokai Bus   West JR Bus   JR Shikoku Bus   JR Kyushu Bus
      JR Bus Kanto       Chugoku JR Bus
Others:   JR Freight   RTRI   JR Systems
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Mass transit in the Tokyo area (# of lines indicated in parentheses)
JR lines ■Yamanote • ■Chūō • ■Chūō-Sōbu • ■Jōban • ■Keihin-Tōhoku • ■Keiyō • ■Saikyō •■Shōnan-Shinjuku • ■Sōbu Rapid • ■Tōkaidō • ■Utsunomiya • ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro lines ○Chiyoda (C) • ○Fukutoshin (F) • ○Ginza (G) • ○Hibiya (H) • ○Marunouchi (M) • ○Namboku (N) • ○Tōzai (T) • ○Yūrakuchō (Y) • ○Hanzōmon (Z)
Toei lines Subway: ○Asakusa (A) • ○Ōedo (E) • ○Mita (I) • ○Shinjuku (S) • Guideway: Nippori-Toneri • Streetcar: Arakawa
Major / semi-major lines Keikyū (5) • Keiō (7) • Keisei (7) • Odakyū (5) • Seibu (13) • Shin-Keisei • Sōtetsu (2) • Tōbu (12) • Tōkyū (8)
Other lines Tama Monorail • Tokyo Monorail • TWR • TX • Yurikamome
Suburban, JR ■Hachikō • ■Kawagoe • ■Mito • ■Musashino • ■Nambu • ■Narita • ■Negishi • ■Ōme • ■Ryōmō • ■Sagami • ■Sōbu Main • ■Sotobō • ■Takasaki • ■Tōgane • ■Tsurumi • ■Uchibō • ■Yokohama
Suburban, Non-JR Chiba Monorail • Nagareyama • New Shuttle • Saitama • Seaside Line • Shōnan Monorail • Yokohama MM • Yokohama Subway (2, 3 in 2008)
Terminals Akihabara • Chiba • Ikebukuro • Kawasaki • Kita-Senju • Ōmiya • Ōtemachi • Shibuya • Shinagawa • Shinjuku • Tokyo • Ueno • Yokohama
Miscellaneous Shinkansen (commuter) • PASMO • Passnet • Suica • Transportation in Greater Tokyo
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