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West Japan Railway Company

Not to be confused withNishi-Nippon Railroad,which has a similar Japanese name.
"JR West" redirects here. For the American politician, seeJ. R. West.

TheWest Japan Railway Company[6],also referred to asJR West(JR tây Nhật Bản,Jeiāru Nishi-Nihon),is one of theJapan Railways Group(JR Group) companies and operates in westernHonshu.It has its headquarters inKita-ku, Osaka.[2]It is listed in theTokyo Stock Exchange,is a constituent of theTOPIXLarge70 index, and is also one of only threeJapan Railways Groupconstituents of theNikkei 225index: the others areJR EastandJR Central.It was also listed in theNagoyaandFukuokastock exchanges until late 2020.

West Japan Railway Company
Native name
Tây Nhật Bản lữ khách thiết nói kabushiki gaisha
Nishi-nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha
lit. "West Japan Passenger Railway Stock Company"
Company typePublicKK
IndustryRail transport
PredecessorJapanese National Railways(JNR)
FoundedOsaka, Japan (1 April 1987;37 years ago(1987-04-01),privatization of JNR)
Headquarters
4-24 Shibata 2-chome,Kita-ku, Osaka,530-8341
,
Japan
Area served
Key people
Takayuki Sasaki(Executive Chairman of the Board)[1]
Seiji Manabe(Representative Director and President)[1]
ProductsICOCA(a rechargeable contactlesssmart card)
Services
[2]
RevenueIncrease¥1,298,913 million(FY 2013)[3]
Increase¥129,497 million(FY 2013)[3]
Increase¥60,198 million(FY 2013)[3]
Total assetsIncrease¥2,613,743 million(FY 2013)[3]
Total equityIncrease¥768,174 million(FY 2013)[3]
OwnersInvestment trusts(TMTBJ5.52%,JTSB4.74%)
SMBC(3.33%)
MUFG Bank(3.27%)
Nippon Life(2.08%)
As of 31 March 2018
Number of employees
  • consolidated: 45,402
  • non-consolidated: 26,778
  • (as of March 31, 2012)
[4]
Divisions
  • Railway operations
  • Shinkansen management
[2]
Subsidiaries
[2]
Websitewestjr.co.jp
West Japan Railway Company
Operation
National railwayJapan Railways Group
Infrastructure companyJapan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
Statistics
Ridership1.778 billion per year[2]
Passenger km52.614 billion per year[2]
System length
Total5,012.7 km (3,114.7 mi)[2]
Double track2,253.2 km (1,400.1 mi) (44.9%)[2]
Electrified3,385.7 km (2,103.8 mi) (67.5%)[2]
High-speed644.0 km (400.2 mi) (12.8%)[2]
Track gauge
Main1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
High-speed1,435 mm(4 ft8+1⁄2in)
Electrification
Main1,500 V DCoverhead catenary2,447 km (1,520 mi)[5]
20 kV AC 60 Hz overhead278.0 km (172.7 mi)
Hokuriku Main Line
(Tsuruga-Itoigawa)[5]
25 kV AC 60 Hz overhead644.0 km (400.2 mi)
Sanyo Shinkansen[5]
Features
No. tunnels1,016[5]
Tunnel length667 km (414 mi)[5]
Longest tunnelThe Shin-Kanmon Tunnel
18,713 metres (61,394 ft)
Sanyo Shinkansen
(Shin-Shimonoseki-Kokura)[5]
No. bridges28,568[5]
Longest bridgeThe Yoshii River Bridge
669 m (2,195 ft)
Sanyo Shinkansen
(Okayama-Aioi)[5]
No. stations1,222[2]
Map

Lines

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JR West service region

Shinkansen

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Officially not aShinkansen

JR-West's highest-grossing line is the Sanyo Shinkansenhigh-speed railline betweenOsakaandFukuoka.The Sanyo Shinkansen alone accounts for about 40% of JR-West's passenger revenues. The company also operatesHakata Minami Line,a short commuter line with Shinkansen trains inFukuoka.

Urban Network

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The "Urban Network" is JR-West's name for itscommuter raillines in theOsaka-Kobe-Kyotometropolitan area. These lines together comprise 610 km of track, have 245 stations and account for about 43% of JR-West's passenger revenues. Urban Network stations are equipped to handleICOCAfare cards. Train control on these lines is highly automated, and during peak hours trains run as often as every two minutes.

JR-West's Urban Network competes with a number of private commuter rail operators around Osaka, the "Big 4" beingHankyu Railway/Hanshin Railway(Hankyu bought Hanshin in April 2005),Keihan Railway,Kintetsu,andNankai Railway.JR-West's market share in the region is roughly equal to that of the Big 4 put together, largely due to its comprehensive network and high-speed commuter trains (Special Rapid Service trains on the Kobe and Kyoto lines operate at up to 130 km/h).

Those initalicsare announcement names.[clarification needed]

OfficiallyTōkaidō Main Line,Hokuriku Main Line
OfficiallyKatamachi Line
Officially Tōkaidō Main Line,San'yō Main Line
Officially Tōkaidō Main Line
OfficiallySan'in Main Line
  • Man-yo Mahoroba Line
OfficiallySakurai Line
OfficiallyFukuchiyama Line
OfficiallyKansai Main Line
OfficiallySakurajima Line

Intercity and regional lines

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A number of other lines account for more than half of JR-West's track mileage. These lines mainly handle business and leisure travel between smaller cities and rural areas in western Japan. They account for about 20% of the company's passenger revenues.

Intercity lines

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IncludesJR Takarazuka Line.
IncludesBiwako Line.
OfficiallySeto-Ōhashi Line
IncludesYamatoji Line.
IncludesKinokuni Line.
IncludesSagano Line.
IncludesJR Kobe Line.
IncludesBiwako Line,JR Kyoto Line,andJR Kobe Line.

Regional lines

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NicknamedKuzuryū Line
OfficiallyKibi Line
IncludesSetouchi Sazanami Line
OfficiallyUno Line
  • A diesel train on a Tsuyama Line express service

Other businesses

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JR-West subsidiaries include the following.

History

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JR-West was incorporated as a business corporation (kabushiki kaisha) on April 1, 1987, as part of the breakup of the state-ownedJapanese National Railways(JNR). Initially, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of theJNR Settlement Corporation(JNRSC), a special company created to hold the assets of the former JNR while they were shuffled among the new JR companies.

For the first four years of its existence, JR-West leased its highest-revenue line, theSanyō Shinkansen,from the separate Shinkansen Holding Corporation. JR-West purchased the line in October 1991 at a cost of 974.1 billionJPY(about US$7.2 billion) in long-term debt.[citation needed]

JNRSC sold 68.3% of JR-West in aninitial public offeringon theTokyo Stock Exchangein October 1996. After JNRSC was dissolved in October 1998, its shares of JR-West were transferred to the government-owned Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation (JRCC), which merged into theJapan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency(JRTT) as part of a bureaucratic reform package in October 2003. JRTT offered all of its shares in JR-West to the public in an international IPO in 2004, ending the era of government ownership of JR-West. JR-West is now listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange,Nagoya Stock Exchange,Osaka Securities ExchangeandFukuoka Stock Exchange.

Accidents and incidents

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References

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  1. ^abWest Japan Railway Company."JR West 2013 Annual Business Report (Japanese)"(PDF).Retrieved25 June2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^abcdefghijkWest Japan Railway Company."2011 Annual Report"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 17 April 2012.Retrieved3 May2012.
  3. ^abcdeWest Japan Railway Company."JR West 2013 Earnings Summary (Japanese)"(PDF).Retrieved25 June2013.
  4. ^West Japan Railway Company (27 April 2012)."Supplemental Data Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2011"(PDF).Retrieved3 May2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^abcdefghWest Japan Railway Company."Company Profile 2007-2008 ebook".Archived fromthe originalon 16 June 2009.Retrieved6 July2009.
  6. ^Tây Nhật Bản lữ khách thiết nói kabushiki gaisha,Nishi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha,lit. "West Japan Passenger Railway Share Company"
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