East Japan Railway Company

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The Template:Nihongo foot 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[1] or JR East in English, and as Script error: No such module "Nihongo". 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.

History

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR).[3] 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.

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JR Group service regions

Lines

Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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Kanto region

These lines have sections inside the Tokyo suburban area (Template:Langx) 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)

Limited express (overnight)

Stations

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  1. Shinjuku Station (778,618)
  2. Ikebukuro Station (566,516)
  3. Tokyo Station (452,549)
  4. Yokohama Station (420,192)
  5. Shinagawa Station (378,566)
  6. Shibuya Station (370,669)
  7. Shimbashi Station (277,404)
  8. Omiya Station (255,147)
  9. Akihabara Station (250,251)
  10. Kita-Senju Station (217,838)

Subsidiaries

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JR East headquarters (JR東日本本社ビル), 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 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)[9]
  • East Japan Marketing & Communications

Sponsorship

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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.[10]

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.Template:When[11]

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".[12] 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.[13][14] JR East sold their stake to Abellio in September 2021.[15] The same consortium were also listed to be bidding for the South Eastern franchise.[16][17]

References

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External links

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Passenger Railway Companies Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric Template:Ric
JR Bus Companies JR Hokkaido Bus JR Bus Tohoku
JR Kanto Bus
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West Japan JR Bus Service Company
Hikari Guru Rin Bus 		Template:Interlanguage link JR Kyushu Bus
Smart cards Kitaca Suica
Mobile Suica 		TOICA
EX-IC 		ICOCA ICOCA (SHIKOKU ICOCA) SUGOCA
Shinkansen lines Hokkaido Shinkansen Tōhoku Shinkansen
Jōetsu Shinkansen
Hokuriku Shinkansen 		Tokaido Shinkansen
Chūō Shinkansen 		San'yō Shinkansen
Hokuriku Shinkansen 		Shikoku Shinkansen(proposed) Kyushu Shinkansen
Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen
Railway museums Template:Interlanguage link Railway Museum
Ome Railway Park 		SCMaglev and Railway Park Kyoto Railway Museum
Tsuyama Railroad Educational Museum 		Template:Interlanguage link Kyushu Railway History Museum
Rolling stock manufacturers - Japan Transport Engineering Company
(J-TREC) 		Nippon Sharyo (50.1%) Kinki Sharyo (partner) - -
International operations - West Midlands Trains (14.95%) - - - -
Other organizations File:JR logo (freight).svg JR Freight File:JR logo RTRI.svg Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) File:JR logo systems.svg Template:Interlanguage link File:JR logo (tsushin).svg Railway Telecommunication
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File:Softbank mobile logo.svg SoftBank 		File:JRTT logo.png Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (JRTT)

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