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East Japan Railway Company

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TheEast Japan Railway Company[10]is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the sevenJapan Railways Groupcompanies. The company name is officially abbreviated asJR-EAST[11]orJR Eastin English, and asJR Higashi-Nihon(JR đông Nhật Bản,Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon)in Japanese. The company's headquarters are inYoyogi,Shibuya,Tokyo,next toShinjuku Station.[2]It is listed in theTokyo Stock Exchange(it formerly had secondary listings in theNagoyaandOsakastock exchanges), is a constituent of theTOPIXLarge70 index, and is one of three Japan Railways Group constituents of theNikkei 225index, the others beingJR CentralandJR West.

East Japan Railway Company
Native name
Đông Nhật Bản lữ khách thiết nói kabushiki gaisha
Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha
lit. 'East Japan Passenger Railway Share Company'
Company typePublic
IndustryRail transport
PredecessorJapanese National Railways(JNR)
Founded1 April 1987;37 years ago(1987-04-01),privatization of JNR
Headquarters
2-2-2Yoyogi,Shibuya, Tokyo
,
Japan
Area served
KantoandTōhoku regions
Niigata,Nagano,YamanashiandShizuokaprefectures
Key people
Tetsuro Tomita (chairman of the board)
Masaki Ogata (vice chairman of the board)
Yuji Fukasawa (president, Representative Director)[1]
ProductsSuica(a rechargeable contactlesssmart card)
ServicesPassenger railways
freightservices
bustransportatio
other related services[2]
Revenue
  • Increase¥2,405,538 million(FY 2023)[3]
  • Increase¥1,978,967 million(FY 2022)[4]
  • Increase¥2,756,165 million(FY 2015)
  • Decrease¥140,629 million(FY 2023)[3]
  • Decrease¥153,938 million(FY 2022)[4]
  • Increase¥487,821 million(FY 2016)[4]
  • Increase¥427,522 million(FY 2015)
  • Increase¥245,310 million(FY 2016)[4]
  • Decrease¥180,398 million(FY 2015)
Total assets
  • Increase¥7,789,762 million(FY 2016)[4]
  • Increase¥7,605,690 million(FY 2015)
Total equity
  • Increase¥2,442,129 million(FY 2016)[4]
  • Increase¥2,285,658 million(FY 2015)
OwnerJTSBinvestment trusts(8.21%)
Mizuho Bank(4.07%)
TMTBJinvestment 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)[1]
DivisionsRailway operations[5]
Life-style business[5]
IT & Suica business[5]
Subsidiaries83 companies,[6][7]
includingTokyo MonorailandJ-TREC
Websitewww.jreast.co.jp
Footnotes / references
[8][9]

History

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JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-runJapanese National Railways(JNR). The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the government-ownedJNR Settlement Corporationfor 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 theGreater Tokyo Area,theTōhoku region,and surrounding areas.

JR Group service regions

Lines

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Railway lines of JR East primarily serve theKantoandTohoku regions,along with adjacent areas inKōshin'etsu region(Niigata,Nagano,Yamanashi) andShizuokaprefectures.

Shinkansen

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JR East operates all of theShinkansenhigh-speed rail lines north of Tokyo, with the exception of theHokkaido Shinkansenwhich is operated byJR Hokkaido.

The Tokyo–OsakaTōkaidō Shinkansenis owned and operated by theCentral Japan Railway Company(JR Central), although it stops at several JR East stations.

Kanto region

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These lines have sections inside the Tokyo suburban area (Japanese:Đông Kinh vùng ngoại thành khu gian) designated by JR East. This does not necessarily mean that the lines are fully inside theGreater Tokyo Area.

Koshinetsu region

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Tohoku region

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Services

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Below is the full list oflimited expressandexpress trainservices operated on JR East lines as of 2022.

Shinkansen

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Limited express (daytime)

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Limited express (overnight)

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Stations

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Main article:List of East Japan Railway Company stations

During fiscal 2017, the busiest stations in the JR East network by average daily passenger count were:[13]

  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 đông Nhật Bản bổn xã ビル), located nearShinjuku Stationin Tokyo
  • Higashi-Nihon Kiosk - provides newspapers, drinks and other items in station kiosks and operates the Newdaysconvenience storechain
  • JR Bus Kanto / JR Bus Tohoku - intercity bus operators
  • Nippon Restaurant Enterprise - providesbentōbox lunches on trains and in train stations
  • Tokyo Monorail- (70% ownership stake)[14]
  • East Japan Marketing & Communications

Sponsorship

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JR East co-sponsors theJEF United ChibaJ-Leaguefootball club[citation needed],which was formed by a merger between the JR East andFurukawa Electriccompany teams.

Carbon emission plan

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JR East aims to reduce itscarbon emissionsby half, as measured over the period 1990–2030. This would be achieved by increasing the efficiency of trains and company-ownedthermal power stationsand by developinghybrid trains.[15]

Alleged revolutionary front

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TheTokyo Metropolitan Police Departmenthas stated that JR East's official union is a front for a revolutionary political organization called theJapan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction).An investigation of this is ongoing.[when?][16]

Culture foundation

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The East Japan Railway Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization established by JR East for the purpose of developing a "richer railway culture".[17]TheRailway MuseuminSaitamais operated by the foundation.

Bids outside Japan

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JR East held a 15% shareholding inWest Midlands TrainswithAbellioandMitsuithat commenced operating the West Midlands franchise in England in December 2017.[18][19]JR East sold their stake to Abellio in September 2021.[20]The same consortium were also listed to be bidding for theSouth Eastern franchise.[21][22]

References

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  2. ^ab"JR East Corporate Data".East Japan Railway Company.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2016.Retrieved27 August2023.
  3. ^abEast Japan Railway Company."Financial Report 2023"(PDF).p. 3.Archived(PDF)from the original on 28 August 2023.Retrieved27 August2023.
  4. ^abcdefEast Japan Railway Company."Financial Highlights - East Japan Railway Company and Subsidiaries"(PDF).Archived(PDF)from the original on 31 January 2023.Retrieved31 January2023.
  5. ^abc"Organization".East Japan Railway Company.Archivedfrom the original on 27 October 2022.Retrieved20 June2009.
  6. ^East Japan Railway Company.グループ hội xã một lãm(in Japanese).Archivedfrom the original on 27 October 2022.Retrieved20 June2009.
  7. ^Hội xã muốn lãm 2008(PDF)(in Japanese). East Japan Railway Company.Archived(PDF)from the original on 22 April 2023.Retrieved20 June2009.
  8. ^"Consolidated Results of Fiscal 2011 (Year Ended 31 March 2011)"(PDF).East Japan Railway Company.Archived(PDF)from the original on 20 March 2023.Retrieved27 April2011.
  9. ^"JR East 2012 Annual Report"(PDF).East Japan Railway Company.Archived(PDF)from the original on 31 December 2022.Retrieved16 February2013.
  10. ^Đông Nhật Bản lữ khách thiết nói kabushiki gaisha,Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha
  11. ^"JR-EAST – East Japan Railway Company".East Japan Railway Company.Archivedfrom the original on 3 October 2016.Retrieved1 October2016.
  12. ^Lambe, Michael."The Sunrise Seto & Sunrise Izumo – Overnight Sleeper Trains from Osaka to Tokyo".Archivedfrom the original on 31 May 2023.Retrieved31 March2020.
  13. ^"Các dịch の thừa xe nhân viên 2020 niên độ ベスト100: Jr đông Nhật Bản".Archivedfrom the original on 29 July 2020.Retrieved23 July2015.
  14. ^HighBeam[dead link‍]
  15. ^"JR East Efforts to Prevent Global Warming".Japan Railway & Transport Review(51): 22–27. Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved15 December2010.
  16. ^"Đệ 174 về nước sẽ 430 cách マル phái によるＪＲ tổng liền cập びＪＲ đông 労 tổ へ の sũng nước に quan する chất vấn chủ ý thư".Government of Japan.Archivedfrom the original on 17 December 2014.Retrieved19 February2015.
  17. ^"For a Richer Railway Culture".East Japan Railway Culture Foundation. Archived fromthe originalon 12 October 2007.Retrieved28 October2007.
  18. ^"More seats for rail passengers as nearly £1 billion is invested in Midlands services"(Press release). Department for Transport. 10 August 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 2 December 2020.Retrieved10 August2017.
  19. ^"West Midlands Trains announced as winning bidder for West Midlands franchise"(PDF)(Press release). Abellio. 10 August 2017. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 10 August 2017.
  20. ^"West Midlands Holdings Limited Financial Accounts 2020/21".Companies House.4 August 2021.Retrieved25 June2024.
  21. ^"West Coast Partnership and South Eastern rail franchise bidders".Department for Transport. 22 June 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 21 September 2018.Retrieved10 August2017.
  22. ^"South Eastern franchise bidders announced".Railway Gazette International.22 June 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 27 December 2017.
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