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Central Japan Railway Company
Native name
東海旅客鉄道株式会社
Company typePublic KK (TYO: 9022)
IndustryPrivate railroad
PredecessorJapanese National Railways (JNR)
FoundedApril 1, 1987 (privatization of JNR)
Headquarters
JR Central Towers
1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-6101
,
Japan
Area served
Tokai region
Key people
Yoshiyuki Kasai, Chairman
Masayuki Matsumoto, President
ProductsTOICA, EX-IC (a rechargeable contactless smart card)
Servicespassenger railways [1]
travel agency services[1]
wholesale and retail[1]
parking lot operations [1]
real estate [1]
food and beverage sales [1]
casualty insurance [1]
other related services [1]
RevenueIncrease ¥1,672,295 million (2014)[2]
Increase ¥506,598 million (2014)[2]
Increase ¥264,134 million (2014)[2]
Total assetsIncrease ¥5,217,982 million (2014)[2]
Total equityIncrease ¥2,020,196 million (2014)[2]
OwnerMizuho Corporate Bank (4.37%)[3]
Japan Trustee Services Bank (4.29%)[3]
The Master Trust Bank of Japan (3.48%)[3]
The Nomura Trust & Banking Co. (3.18%)[3]
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (2.98%)[3]
Nippon Life (2.23%)[3]
Toyota Motors (1.79%)[3]
The JR Central Employees Shareholding Association (1.73%)[3]
Mizuho Bank (1.53%)[3]
(as of March 31, 2009)
Number of employees
16,193 (as of March 31, 2008)[1]
DivisionsConventional lines operations[4]
Shinkansen operations[4]
Subsidiaries39 group companies,[1]
including Nippon Sharyo (since October 2008)[5]
Websiteenglish.jr-central.co.jp/index.html
  Central Japan Railway Company
JR Central N700 Series Shinkansen Nozomi train
Operation
National railwayJapan Railways Group
Infrastructure companyJapan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
Statistics
Ridership0.528 billion per year[1]
Passenger km55.811 billion per year[1]
System length
Total1,970.8 km (1,224.6 mi) [1]
Double track1,086.8 km (675.3 mi) (55.1%) [1]
Electrified1,491.7 km (926.9 mi) (75.7%)[1]
High-speed552.6 km (343.4 mi) (28.0%)[1]
Track gauge
Main1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
High-speed1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification
Main1,500 V DC overhead catenary 1,418.2 km (881.2 mi)[1]
25 kV AC 60 Hz overhead　552.6 km (343.4 mi)[1]
Tokaido Shinkansen
Features
No. stations403[1]
Map
Service area
Shinkansen station layouts
TOICA Service Area Template:Ja icon

The Central Japan Railway Company (東海旅客鉄道株式会社, Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha) is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai (JR東海). Its headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.[6]

The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station. The busiest railway line it operates is the Tōkaidō Main Line between Atami Station and Maibara Station. JR Central also operates the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Tokyo Station and Shin-Ōsaka Station. Additionally it is responsible for the Chūō Shinkansen—a proposed Maglev service between Tokyo Station (or Shinagawa Station) and Ōsaka Station (or Shin-Ōsaka Station), of which a short demonstration section has been built. Currently, the company is conducting demonstrations of its shinkansen to railway officials from different countries in the effort to market bullet train technology overseas.[7]

JR Central is Japan's most profitable and highest throughput high-speed-rail operator, carrying 138 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009, considerably more than the world's largest airline.[8] Japan recorded a total of 289 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009.[8]

Lines

Shinkansen

Conventional lines

Affiliates

The JR Central Group consists of JR Central and the following affiliates:

Transportation

Merchandise

Construction

Information Systems

Hotels & Resorts

Travel

Publishing

Rolling Stock

Maintenance

Real Estate

Other services

JR Central Towers in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, the world's largest train station complex by floor area

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Central Japan Railway Company. "Data book 2008" (PDF). Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e Central Japan Railway Company. Annual Report 2015 (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Central Japan Railway Company. 第22期有価証券報告書(自平成20年4月1日 至平成21年3月31日) (PDF) (in Japanese). Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  4. ^ a b Central Japan Railway Company. "Organization Chart (As of July, 2008)". Retrieved June 30, 2009.
  5. ^ Central Japan Railway Company. "Notice concerning Change of Specified Subsidiary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 5, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Central Japan Railway Company. "Corporate Data". Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  7. ^ "Midnight demo run of shinkansen conducted for potential foreign clients", Japan Today, 17 November 2009, retrieved 17 November 2009
  8. ^ a b Cooper, Chris (2011-02-08). "Rail's Cash-Flow King Stakes $62 Billion on Tokyo Maglev Train". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
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