East Japan Railway Company

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	Shinkansen lines; Conventional lines; Greater Tokyo Area Network Map; Suica and PASMO Network Map

East Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company
	Line up of JR East Shinkansen trains, October 2009
Operation
National railway	Japan Railways Group
Infrastructure company	Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
Statistics
Ridership	6.169 billion per year
Passenger km	130.5 billion per year
System length
Total	7,512.6 km (4,668.1 mi)
Double track	3,668 km (2,279 mi) (49%)
Electrified	5,512.7 km (3,425.4 mi) (73.2%)
High-speed	1,052.9 km (654.2 mi) (14.0%)
Track gauge
Main	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
High-speed	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrification
Main	1,500 V DC overhead catenary 2,680.3 km (1,665.5 mi)
20 kV AC, 50 Hz	1,779.5 km (1,105.7 mi) ; Conventional lines in Tohoku; Joban Line (Fujishiro-Iwanuma); Mito Line
25 kV AC, 50/60 Hz overhead	1,052.9 km (654.2 mi) ; Tohoku Shinkansen (50 Hz); Joetsu Shinkansen (50 Hz); Hokuriku Shinkansen (50/60 Hz)
Features
No. tunnels	1,263
Tunnel length	882 km (548 mi)
Longest tunnel	The Seikan Tunnel 53,850 m (176,670 ft) ; Hokkaido Shinkansen
No. bridges	14,865
Longest bridge	No.1 Kitakami River Bridge 3,868 m (12,690 ft) ; Tohoku Shinkansen
No. stations	1,681
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	Shinkansen lines; Conventional lines; Greater Tokyo Area Network Map; Suica and PASMO Network Map

East Japan Railway Company
	The company headquarters in Shibuya ward, Tokyo
Native name	東日本旅客鉄道株式会社
Romanized name	Higashi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha; lit. 'East Japan Passenger Railway Share Company'
Company type	Public (Kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 9020; Nikkei 225 component; TOPIX Large70 component;
Industry	Rail transport
Predecessor	Japanese National Railways (JNR)
Founded	1 April 1987, privatization of JNR
Headquarters	2-2-2 Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Kanto and Tōhoku regions; Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures
Key people	Tetsuro Tomita (Chairman of the Board); Masaki Ogata (Vice Chairman of the Board); Yuji Fukasawa (President, Representative Director)
Products	Suica (a rechargeable contactless smart card)
Services	Passenger railways ; freight services ; bus transportation ; other related services
Revenue	¥2,405,538 million(FY 2023); ¥1,978,967 million(FY 2022); ¥2,756,165 million(FY 2015);
Operating income	¥140,629 million(FY 2023); ¥153,938 million(FY 2022); ¥487,821 million(FY 2016); ¥427,522 million(FY 2015);
Net income	¥245,310 million(FY 2016); ¥180,398 million(FY 2015);
Total assets	¥7,789,762 million(FY 2016); ¥7,605,690 million(FY 2015);
Total equity	¥2,442,129 million(FY 2016); ¥2,285,658 million(FY 2015);
Owner	JTSB investment trusts (8.21%); Mizuho Bank (4.07%); TMTBJ investment trusts (3.97%); MUFG Bank (2.75%); Repurchased shares (2.67%); (as of 30 September 2018)
Number of employees	73,017 (as of 31 March 2013)
Divisions	Railway operations ; Life-style business ; IT & Suica business
Subsidiaries	83 companies,; including Tokyo Monorail and J-TREC
Website	www.jreast.co.jp
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The East Japan Railway Company is a major passenger railway company in Japan, the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon (JR東日本, Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon) in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, next to Shinjuku Station. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in the Nagoya and Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is one of three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the others being JR Central and JR West.

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