Central Japan Railway Company

Central Japan Railway Company
Native name
東海旅客鉄道株式会社
Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha
TypePublic
IndustryPrivate railway
PredecessorJapanese National Railways (JNR)
Founded1 April 1987; 39 years ago (1987-04-01), privatization of JNR
Headquarters
JR Central Towers
1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-6101
,
Japan
Area served
Tōkai region
Key peopleShin Kaneko, Chairman
Shunsuke Niwa, President
ProductsTOICA, EX-IC (a rechargeable contactless smart card)
Servicespassenger railways
travel agency services
wholesale and retail
parking lot operations
real estate
food and beverage sales
casualty insurance
other related services
RevenueIncrease ¥1,672,295 million (2014)
Increase ¥506,598 million (2014)
Increase ¥264,134 million (2014)
Total assetsIncrease ¥5,217,982 million (2014)
Total equityIncrease ¥2,020,196 million (2014)
OwnerPublic float, largest single shareholder: Mizuho Bank (4.39%)
Number of employees
16,193 (as of March 31, 2008)
DivisionsConventional lines operations
Shinkansen operations
Subsidiaries39 group companies,
including Nippon Sharyo (since October 2008)
Websitehttps://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
  Central Japan Railway Company
JR Central N700 Series Shinkansen Nozomi train
Operation
National railway
Japan Railways Group
Infrastructure company
Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
Statistics
Ridership0.528 billion per year
55.811 billion per year
System length
Total1,970.8 km (1,224.6 mi)
Double track1,086.8 km (675.3 mi) (55.1%)
Electrified1,491.7 km (926.9 mi) (75.7%)
High-speed552.6 km (343.4 mi) (28.0%)
Track gauge
Main1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
High-speed1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification
MainOverhead line, 1,500 V DC, 1,418.2 km (881.2 mi)
High-speed
Overhead line, 25 kV 60 Hz AC, 552.6 km (343.4 mi)
Features
No. of stations403
Map
Service area
Shinkansen station layouts
TOICA Service Area (in Japanese)
JR Central service region

The Central Japan Railway Company 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). The term Tōkai refers to the Tōkai region (the southern portion of Central Japan), in which the company chiefly operates.

JR Central's operational hub is Nagoya Station, and the company's administrative headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers above the building. The busiest and longest railway line operated by JR Central is the Tōkaidō Main Line between Atami and Maibara; this largely parallels the company's high-speed rail service, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, which runs between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka. JR Central is additionally responsible for the Chūō Shinkansen – an under-construction maglev service between Tokyo and Osaka, which is due to start operation between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2034.

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. Japan recorded a total of 289 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009.

JR Central is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange with American depositary receipts traded over-the-counter through OTCMG Pink, is a constituent of the TOPIX Core30 index, and is also one of only three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the others being JR East and JR West. It is one of Nagoya's gosanke companies along with Toyota and the Chubu Electric Power Company.[citation needed]

Lines

Shinkansen

Conventional lines

Named train services

Affiliates

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

Transportation

Merchandise

Construction

Information systems

Hotels and 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. ↑ Central Japan Railway Company. "Board of Directors, Audit and Supervisory Board Members and Corporate officers (as of June, 2023)". Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Central Japan Railway Company. "Data book 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Central Japan Railway Company. Annual Report 2015 (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 Central Japan Railway Company. "Organization Chart (As of July, 2008)". Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  5. ↑ Central Japan Railway Company. "Notice concerning Change of Specified Subsidiary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  6. ↑ 東海旅客鉄道株式会社, Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha; lit. "Tōkai Passenger Railway Stock Company"
  7. ↑ "Consolidated Subsidiaries". Central Japan Railway Company (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  8. ↑ Central Japan Railway Company. "Corporate Data". Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  9. ↑ "Japan railway firm pushes back maglev plan, possibly to 2034 or later". Kyodo News. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  10. 1 2 Cooper, Chris (8 February 2011). "Rail's Cash-Flow King Stakes $62 Billion on Tokyo Maglev Train". Bloomberg. Retrieved 12 June 2012.