East Japan Railway Company

East Japan Railway Company (English for Japanese东日本旅客鉄道株式会社, Higashi - Nihon ryokaku tetsudō Kabushiki gaisha, literally " eastern Japanese passenger railroad corporation" ) often referred to as JR Higashi- Nihon (JR东日本), Eng. JR East abbreviated, listed on the Nikkei 225, is one of the world's largest railway companies for passenger and one of the seven successor in 1987 privatized Japanese National Railways (English Japanese National Railways ).

In fiscal 2007 (April 1, 2006 - 31 March 2007), the JR East achieved operating income of 428 billion yen (about 2.55 billion euros ) on a turnover of about 2.6 trillion yen (about 15.6 billion. euros ), a good 1.8 trillion yen from the transport business. Largest Shareholders (as at 31 March 2007), the JR East are the Master Trust Bank of Japan ( Mitsubishi Group) and the Japan Trustee Services Bank ( Sumitomo Group ), each with about 5.5% of the shares.

History

JR East was founded on 1 April 1987, after the state railway company of Japan was privatized and split. Although this was actually a "privatization", the Company was in spite of everything for subsequent years continue to fully state owned, and until 2002, the last shares were then sold.

After the dissolution of the JNR, JR East took over the operation of the passenger traffic on the former JNR lines in the Greater Tokyo and the Tohoku region.

1991 bought the JR East Tohoku and Joetsu the line for a total of (converted ) 37 billion D- Mark of the JNR to do so.

Lines

Mainly, the Kanto region and provides the Tohoku region, as well as a few peripheral areas of the prefectures of Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka.

Shinkansen

JR East operates all of the Shinkansen ( high speed train) north of Tokyo.

Akita Shinkansen (秋田新干线) ( Morioka - Akita )
Hokuriku Shinkansen (北陆新干线) ( Tokyo - Nagano )
Joetsu Shinkansen (上越新干线) ( Tokyo - Niigata )
Tohoku Shinkansen (东北新干线) ( Tokyo - Sendai - Shin- Aomori )
Yamagata Shinkansen (山形新干线) ( Fukushima - Shinjo )

The Tōkaidō Shinkansen ( Tokyo - Osaka ) is operated by JR Central, although it stops at several JR East stations.

Greater Tokyo

Akabane - line (赤羽线) ( Ikebukuro - Akabane )
Chūō Main Line (中央本线) ( Tokyo - Hachioji - Kofu )
Chūō - sobu Line (中央·総武缓行线) ( Mitaka - Tokyo - Chiba )
Hachiko Line (八高线) ( Hachioji - Takasaki )
Itsukaichi line (五日市线) ( Haijima - Musashi Itsukaichi )
Joban Line (常磐线) ( Tokyo - Hitachi)
Karasuyama line (乌山线) ( Karasuyama - Hoshakuji )
Kashima Line (鹿岛线) ( Katori - Kashima )
Kawagoe Line (川越线) ( Omiya - Kawagoe - Komagawa )
Keihin - Tohoku Line (京浜东北线) ( Omiya - Tokyo - Yokohama )
Keiyo Line (京叶线) ( Tokyo - Soga )
Kururi line (久留里线) ( Kisarazu - Kazusa Kameyama )
Mito - line (水戸线) ( Oyama - Katsuta )
Musashino Line (武蔵野线) ( Tokyo - Fuchu Hommachi ) ( Tokyo outer circle )
Nambu Line (南武线) ( Kawasaki - Tachikawa )
Narita Line (成田线) ( Sakura - Choshi; Abiko - Narita, Narita - Narita Airport )
Negishi Line (根岸线) ( Yokohama - Ofuna )
Nikko Line (日光线) ( Utsunomiya - Nikko )
Ōme line (青梅线) ( Tachikawa - Ōme - Okutama )
Ryomo line (両毛线) ( Oyama - Shin Maebashi )
Sagami Line (相模线) ( Hachioji - Chigasaki )
Saikyo Line (埼京线) ( Osaki - Omiya )
Shonan -Shinjuku Line (湘南新宿线) ( Omiya - Shinjuku - Ofuna )
Sobu Line (総武本线) ( Tokyo - Choshi )
Sotobo line (外房线) ( Chiba - Mobara - Awa Kamogawa )
Takasaki Line (高崎线) ( Omiya - Takasaki )
Togane line (东金线) ( Naruto - Oami )
Tōhoku Main Line ( Utsunomiya Line) (东北本线(宇都宫线)) ( Ueno - Kuroiso )
Tōkaidō Main Line (东海道本线) ( Tokyo - Yokohama - Atami )
Tsurumi Line (鹤见线) ( Tsurumi - Ougimachi; Anzen - Okawa; Asano - Umishibaura )
Uchibō -Line (内房线) ( Soga - Kisarazu - Awa Kamogawa )
Yamanote Line (山手线) ( Tokyo inner circle)
Yokohama Line (横浜线) ( Higashi Kanagawa - Hachioji )
Yokosuka Line (横须贺线) ( Tokyo - Kurihama )

Tōkai and Kōshin'etsu regional trains

Agatsuma Line (吾妻线) ( Shibukawa ↔ Omae )
Chūō Main Line (中央本线) ( Kofu ↔ Shiojiri )
Echigo- line (越后线) ( Niigata Kashiwazaki ↔ )
Hakushin line (白新线) ( Niigata ↔ Shibata )
Iiyama Line (饭山线) ( Toyono ↔ Echigo Kawaguchi )
Ito Line (伊东线) ( Atami ↔ Ito )
Joetsu Line (上越线) ( Takasaki ↔ Miyauchi )
Koumi Line (小海线) ( Kobuchisawa ↔ Komoro )
Oito line (大糸线) ( Matsumoto ↔ Minamiotari )
Shin'etsu Main Line (信越本线) ( Takasaki ↔ Yokokawa; Shinonoi ↔ ↔ Nagano Niigata )
Shinonoi line (篠ノ井線) ( Shinonoi ↔ Shiojiri )
Yahiko Line (弥彦线) ( Higashi- Sanjo ↔ Yahiko )

Tohoku regional trains

Aterazawa line (左沢线) ( Kita Yamagata ↔ Aterazawa )
Ban'etsu - East Line (磐越东线) ( Iwaki ↔ Koriyama )
Ban'etsu - West line (磐越西线) ( Koriyama ↔ Niigata ); Banetsu Monogatari Go as special train
Gono Line (五能线) ( Higashi Noshiro ↔ Kawabe )
Hachinohe Line (八戸线) ( Hachinohe ↔ Kuji )
Hanawa Line (花轮线) ( Odate ↔ coma)
Ishinomaki Line (石巻线) ( Misato ↔ Onagawa )
Iwaizumi- line (岩泉线) ( Moichi ↔ Iwaizumi )
Joban Line (常磐线) (Hitachi ↔ Sendai )
Kamaishi Line (釜石线) ( Hanamaki ↔ Kamaishi )
Kesennuma Line (気仙沼线) ( Maeyachi ↔ Kesennuma )
Kitakami Line (北上线) ( Kitakami ↔ Yokote )
Ofunato Line (大船渡线) ( Ichinoseki ↔ Sakari )
Oga Line (男鹿线) ( Oiwake ↔ Oga )
Ominato line (大凑线) ( Noheji ↔ Ominato )
Ou Main Line (奥羽本线) ( Yamagata Fukushima ↔ ↔ ↔ Akita Aomori )
Riku - East Line (陆羽东线) ( Misato ↔ Shinjō )
Riku - West line (陆羽西线) ( Shinjō ↔ Shōnai )
Senseki line (仙石线) ( Aobadori ↔ Ishinomaki )
Senzan line (仙山线) ( Sendai ↔ Uzenchitose )
Suigun line (水郡线) ( Mito ↔ Koriyama )
Tadami- line (只见线) ( Aizuwakamatsu ↔ Koide )
Tazawako Line (田沢湖线) ( Morioka ↔ Omagari )
Tohoku Line (东北本线) ( Kuroiso ↔ Morioka )
Tsugaru Line (津軽线) ( Aomori ↔ Mimmaya )
Tsugaru Kaikyo Line (津軽海峡线) ( Aomori ↔ Nakaoguni ) (part of the Tsugaru Line)
Uetsu Main Line (羽越本线) ( Niitsu ↔ Akita )
Yamada Line (山田线) ( Morioka ↔ Kamaishi )
Yonesaka line (米坂线) ( Yonezawa ↔ Sakamachi )

Other areas

Higashi- Nihon Kiosk - operates newdays chain of stores and kiosks at railway stations
JR Bus Kanto / JR Bus Tohoku - bus routes between cities
Nippon Restaurant Enterprise - provides pre-packaged food in the trains and stations to
Tōkyō Monorail - Waterfront monorail line in Tokyo ( 70 - percent share, since March 18, 2007 100 percent)

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