West Japan Railway Company

The Nishi- Nihon ryokaku tetsudō K. K. (Japanese西 日本 旅客 鉄 道 株式会社, dt about " Western Japanese passenger railroad corporation"; engl West Japan Railway Company; short: .. JR西 日本JR Nishi- Nihon, English JR West) listed on the Nikkei 225, is one of the seven successor the privatized in 1987 Japanese National Railway (English Japanese National Railways ), collectively referred to as JR [ Group ] ( jeiāru [ gurūpu ], Engl. Japan Railways ).

In fiscal 2007 (April 1, 2006 - 31 March 2007) achieved the JR West in the operating business a profit of 135 billion yen (about 810 million euros ) and sales of 1.26 trillion yen ( about 7.5 billion euros ), of which about two-thirds of the railroad business. The largest shareholder of the company, with just seven per cent of the shares, the Japan Trustee Services Bank, each about one-third of Resona Bank, Mitsui Trust Holdings and Sumitomo Trust and Banking ( himself involved with three percent of the JR West ) is.

History

JR West was founded on 1 April 1987, after the state railway company of Japan was privatized and split.

Lines

Mainly the Kansai and the Chugoku region is supplied, also a few more peripheral areas of the prefectures of Niigata, Nagano, Shiga, Mie, Wakayama, Okayama, Yamaguchi and Fukuoka.

  • Sanyo Shinkansen (山阳 新 干线): Shin- Osaka - Hakata
  • Hokuriku Main Line (北 陆 本 线)
  • Kansai Main Line (关 西 本 线): Kameyama - Namba
  • Kisei main line (纪 势 本 线)
  • Sanin Main Line (山阴 本 线)
  • Sanyo Main Line (山阳 本 线): Kobe - Shimonoseki
  • Takayama Main Line (高山 本 线)
  • Tōkaidō Main Line (东海 道 本 线): Maibara - Kobe
  • Ako Line (赤 穂 线)
  • Bantan line (播 但 线)
  • Etsumihoku line (越 美 北 线)
  • Fukuchiyama Line (福 知 山 线)
  • Fukuen -Line (福 塩 线)
  • Geibi line (芸 备 线)
  • Hakata- Minami Line (博多南 线)
  • Hakubi line (伯 备 线)
  • Hanwa Line (阪 和 线)
  • Himi Line (冰 见 线)
  • Honshibisan Line (本 四 备 讃 线)
  • INBI line (因 美 线)
  • Iwatoku line (岩 徳 线)
  • Johana Line (城 端 线)
  • Kabe Line (可 部 线)
  • Kakogawa line (加古川 线)
  • Kansai Kuko Line (关 西 空港 线)
  • Katamachi line (片 町 线)
  • Kibi Line (吉 备 线)
  • Kishin Line (姫 新 线)
  • Kisuki line (木 次 线)
  • Koseki - line (湖西 线)
  • Kure Line (呉 线)
  • Kusatsu- line (草津 线)
  • Maizuru Line (舞 鹤 线)
  • Manyo Mahoroba line ( previously Sakurai Line ) (桜 井 线)
  • Mine Line (美 祢 线)
  • Nanao Line (七 尾 线)
  • Nara line (奈良 线)
  • Obama line (小 浜 线)
  • Oito line (大 糸 线)
  • Onoda Line (小野 田 线)
  • Osaka KANJO Line (大阪 环状 线)
  • Sakai - line (境 线)
  • Manyo Mahoroba line ( Sakurai Line ) (桜 井 线)
  • Sakurajima Line (桜 岛 线)
  • Sanko Line (三江 线)
  • Tozai Line (东西 线)
  • Tsuyama Line (津 山 线)
  • Ube Line (宇 部 线)
  • Uno - line (宇 野 线)
  • Wakayama Line (和 歌 山 线)
  • Yamaguchi Line (山口 线)

Film

  • Susanne Mayer- Hagmann: By train in ... Japan's west. Germany, SWR / Hagen von Ortloff, 2009, 43 min
Types of business entity International Securities Identification Number Resona Holdings Hakata Station Maibara Station Hakata-Minami Line Japanese Government Railways Central Japan Railway Company
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