Japan Freight Railway Company

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Japan Freight Railway Company
日本貨物鉄道株式会社
Type Public KK
Predecessor Japan National Railways (JNR)
Founded April 1, 1987 (privatization of JNR)
Headquarters 3-13-1, Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,  Japan
Services freight services
other related services
Owner(s) Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (100%)
Employees 7,182 (as of April 1, 2007)
Website www.jrfreight.co.jp
Headquarters of JR Freight, in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Modern JR Freight Class EH200 articulated electric locomotive, January 2008

Japan Freight Railway Company (日本貨物鉄道株式会社 Nihon Kamotsu Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?), or JR Freight (JR貨物 Jeiāru Kamotsu?), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide.

The Japan Railways Group was born on April 1, 1987, when Japanese National Railways (JNR) was privatized, and then divided into six regional companies and Japan Freight Railway Company. Although the passenger operation of JNR was split into 6 companies, fares and regulations are standard for all companies and every region of Japan except Okinawa is covered by the railway network spanning approximately 19,800 kilometres (12,400 miles).

Formerly part of JNR, the freight operation was not divided and became a single separate company when JNR was privatized and split. Although it has only about fifty kilometers of track of its own, it also operates on track owned by the JR passenger railways and other companies. The company uses the initials JRF as an abbreviated name for identification.

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[edit] Lines

While major part of the operation of JR Freight is on the tracks owned and maintained by other JR companies, JR Freight owns the railway lines (as Category-1 railway business) as follows:

Line Endpoints Locale
(Prefecture)		 Distance
(km)
Hokuriku Main Line Tsuruga Station - Tsuruga-Minato Station Fukui 2.7
Kagoshima Main Line Mojikō Station - Sotohama Station Fukuoka 0.9
Chihaya Yard - Fukuoka Kamotsu Terminal Station Fukuoka 2.2
Kansai Main Line Yokkaichi Station - Shiohama Station Mie 3.3
Hirano Station - Kudara Station Osaka 1.4
Nippō Main Line Obase Nishikōdaimae Station - Kandakō Station Fukuoka 4.6
Ōu Main Line Tsuchizaki Station - Akitakō Station Akita 1.8
Senseki Line Rikuzen-Yamashita Station - Ishinomakikō Station Miyagi 1.8
Shin'etsu Main Line Kami-Nuttari Junction - Nuttari Station Niigata 1.8
Kami-Nuttari Junction - Higashi-Niigatakō Station Niigata 3.8
Shinminato Line Nōmachi Station - Takaoka Kamotsu Station Toyama 1.9
Tōhoku Main Line Tabatasō Station - Kita-Ōji Station Tokyo 4.0
Tōkaidō Main Line Sannō Junction - Nagoya-Minato Station Aichi 6.2
Suita Junction - Osaka Kamotsu Terminal Station Osaka 8.7
Uetsu Main Line Sakata Station - Sakatakō Station Yamagata 2.7

[edit] Rolling stock

JR Freight owns a variety of rolling stock, including

[edit] Future developments

The company announced on 10 September 2008 plans to develop a hybrid diesel-battery locomotive to replace the aging DE10 locomotives on shunting work. The prototype 60-tonne Bo-Bo locomotive will be delivered in late fiscal 2009 and will offer a maximum power output of 500 kW.[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 新型入換専用機関車の開発（試作）について. (10 September 2008). Retrieved on 28 January 2009. (Japanese)

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