East Japan Railway Company

The East Japan Railway Company (Japanese: JR東日本) or the JR East is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is the biggest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi,^{[note 1]} Shibuya, Tokyo. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.^{[note 2]}

East Japan Railway Company

The company headquarters in Shinjuku, 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 KK
Traded as	TYO: 9020 Nikkei 225 component TOPIX Core30 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)[1] Masaki Ogata (Vice Chairman of the Board)[1] Yuji Fukasawa (President, Representative Director)[1]
Products	Suica (a rechargeable contactless smart card)
Services	Passenger railways freight services bus transportation other related services
Revenue	¥2,867,200 million(FY 2016)[2] ¥2,756,165 million(FY 2015)
Operating income	¥487,821 million(FY 2016)[2] ¥427,522 million(FY 2015)
Net income	¥245,310 million(FY 2016)[2] ¥180,398 million(FY 2015)
Total assets	¥7,789,762 million(FY 2016)[2] ¥7,605,690 million(FY 2015)
Total equity	¥2,442,129 million(FY 2016)[2] ¥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)[1]
Divisions	Railway operations[3] Life-style business[3] IT & Suica business[3]
Subsidiaries	83 companies,[4][5] including Tokyo Monorail and J-TREC
Website	www.jreast.co.jp
Footnotes / references [6][7]

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[5]
Passenger km	130.5 billion per year[5]
System length
Total	7,526.8 km (4,676.9 mi)[5]
Double track	3,668 km (2,279 mi) (49%)[5]
Electrified	5,512.7 km (3,425.4 mi) (73.2%)[5]
High-speed	1,052.9 km (654.2 mi) (14.0%)[5]
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)[5]
20 kV AC, 50 Hz	1,779.5 km (1,105.7 mi)[5] Conventional lines in Tohoku Joban Line (Fujishiro-Iwanuma) Mito Line
25 kV AC, 50/60 Hz overhead	1,052.9 km (654.2 mi)[5] Tohoku Shinkansen (50 Hz) Joetsu Shinkansen (50 Hz) Hokuriku Shinkansen (50/60 Hz)
Features
No. tunnels	1,263[5]
Tunnel length	882 km (548 mi)[5]
Longest tunnel	The Seikan Tunnel 53,850 m (176,670 ft) Hokkaido Shinkansen[5]
No. bridges	14,865[5]
Longest bridge	No.1 Kitakami River Bridge 3,868 m (12,690 ft) Tohoku Shinkansen[5]
No. stations	1,703
Map Shinkansen lines Conventional lines Greater Tokyo Area Network Map Suica and PASMO Network Map