East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company (東日本旅客鉄道 Higashi-Nihon Ryokyaku Tetsudo or JR東日本; JR Higashi-Nihon) is a Japanese private railroad company, one of the seven JR companies. JR East (JR東 JR Higashi) is a contraction often used in literature and conversation.
Lines
Its railway lines serve Kanto and Tohoku regions primarily, along with adjascent parts of Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.
- Shinkansen: Tohoku Shinkansen, Akita Shinkansen, Joetsu Shinkansen, Nagano Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen
- Tokyo: Yamanote Line, Chuo Main Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Yokohama Line, Negishi Line, Nambu Line, Musashino Line, Akabane Line (Saikyo Line), Hachiko Line, Ome Line, Itsukaichi Line, Sobu Main Line, Keiyo Line
- Kanto: Tokaido Main Line, Yokosuka Line, (Shonan Shinjuku Line), Tsurumi Line, Sagami Line, Takasaki Line, Joetsu Line, Agatsuma Line, Ryomo Line, Nikko Line, Karasuyama Line, Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line), Kawagoe Line, Mito Line, Joban Line, Uchibo Line, Sotobo Line, Narita Line, Kashima Line, Kururi Line, Togane Line
- Chubu-Hokuriku: Shinetsu Main Line, Koumi Line, Iiyama Line, Echigo Line, Yahiko Line, Hakushin Line, Shinonoi Line, Ooito Line
- Tohoku: Tohoku Main Line, Banetsu-sai Line, Tadami Line, Banetsu-to Line, Joban Line, Suigun Line, Senzan Line, Senseki Line, Ishinomaki Line, Kesennuma Line, Oofunato Line, Rikuu-to Line, Rikuu-sai Line, Kitakami Line, Kamaishi Line, Yamada Line, Iwaizumi Line, Hanawa Line, Hachinohe Line, Oominato Line, Tsugaru Line (Tsugaru Kaikyo Line), Oou Main Line, Yonesaka Line, Aterazawa Line, Tazawako Line, Uetsu Main Line, Oga Line, Gono Line