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Central Japan Railway Company

Company nameCentral Japan Railway Company
東海旅客鉄道株式会社
Company typePublic KK (Tyo - 9022)
IndustryPrivate railroad
PredecessorJapan National Railways (JNR)
FoundedApril 1, 1987 (privatization of JNR)
HeadquartersJR Central Towers
1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-6101
Area servedTokaido Shinkansen
Tokai region
Key peopleYoshiyuki Kasai
(:ja:葛西敬之), Chairman
Masayuki Matsumoto
(:ja:松本正之), President
ProductsTOICA (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
Revenue(+) JPY ¥1.570 trillion (2009)
Operating income(-) JPY ¥382.3 billion (2009)
Net income(-) JPY ¥126.0 billion (2009)
Total assets(+) JPY ¥5.22 trillion (2009)
Total equity(+) JPY ¥1.05 trillion (2009)
Owner(s)Mizuho Corporate Bank (4.37%)
Japan Trustee Services Bank (4.29%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan (3.48%)
The Nomura Trust & Banking Co. (3.18%)
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (2.98%)
Nippon Life (2.23%)
Toyota Motors (1.79%)
The JR Central Employees Shareholding Association (1.73%)
Mizuho Bank (1.53%)
(as of March 31, 2009)
Employees16,193 (as of March 31, 2008)
DivisionsConventional lines operations
Shinkansen operations
Subsidiary39 group companies,
including Nippon Sharyo (since October 2008)

Central Japan Railway Company

NameCentral Japan Railway Company
ColorDF7400
CaptionJR Central N700 Series Shinkansen Nozomi train
NationalrailwayJapan Railways Group
InfrastructureJapan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
Ridership0.528 billion per year
Passkm55.811 billion per year
Length1970.8 km (1224.6 mi)
Doublelength1086.8 km (675.3 mi) (55.1%)
Ellength1491.7 km (926.9 mi) (75.7%)
Hslength552.6 km (343.4 mi) (28.0%)
Gauge1067
Hsgaugesg
El1,500 V DC overhead catenary 1418.2 km (881.2 mi)
El125 kV AC 60 Hz overhead 
El1length552.6 km (343.4 mi)
Tokaido Shinkansen
Nostations403

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The

|} (Tyo - 9022) 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

|}. Its headquarters is located in the JR Central Towers in Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.

The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station. The busiest railway line it operates is the Tōkaidō Main Line between Atami Station and Maibara Station. JR Central also operates the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Tokyo Station and Shin-Ōsaka Station. Additionally it is responsible for the Chūō Shinkansen—a proposed Maglev service between Tokyo Station (or Shinagawa Station) and Ōsaka Station (or Shin-Ōsaka Station), of which a short demonstration section has been built. Currently, the company is conducting demonstrations of its shinkansen to railway officials from different countries in the effort to market bullet train technology overseas.

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Shinagawa to be Tokyo terminus of planned maglev line to Nagoya - The Japan Times Tweet this news
The Japan Times--NAGOYA (Kyodo) -Central Japan Railway Co-. (JR Tokai) plans to designate Shinagawa Station as the Tokyo starting point for a new maglev line it aims to launch ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:51:37 GMT+00:00
Kan turns salesman to secure Japan business - Financial Times Tweet this news
Financial Times--Yoshiyuki Kasai, the conservative chairman of -Central Japan Railway-, is publicly scathing about the DPJ-led government's attempts to build closer relations ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:30:32 GMT+00:00
Smoking panel halts bullet trains - The Japan Times Tweet this news
The Japan Times--The incident caused delays of up to 32 minutes for 12 trains, affecting some 11000 passengers, according to -Central Japan Railway Co-. (JR Tokai). ... - Date : Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:51:46 GMT+00:00
JR Tokai president compares Shanghai Maglev Train to 'toy' - Kyodo News Tweet this news
Kyodo News--Yoshiomi Yamada, president of -Central Japan Railway Co-., on Monday compared the Shanghai Maglev Train to a toy for elementary schoolchildren. ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:34:02 GMT+00:00
High-speed airport train opens in Tokyo - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald--Part of the new service's route uses the new Narita Rapid -Railway- Access Line, reducing the distance to 51.4 km. Operated by Keisei Electric -Railway Co-., ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:12:22 GMT+00:00
Japan Inc shoots itself in foot on bullet train - Financial Times Tweet this news
Financial Times--Only about 15 per cent by value come from overseas, and “not much” of that from -Japan-, they say. Yoshiyuki Kasai, chairman of -Central Japan Railway-, ... - Date : Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:57:11 GMT+00:00
Japanese railway staff trained in martial arts after spike in attacks - Telegraph.co.uk Tweet this news
Telegraph.co.uk---Central Japan Railway Co-.'s N700 series Shinkansen bullet train travels past Mount Fuji Photo: BLOOMBERG Figures released this week ... - Date : Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:43:02 GMT+00:00
Plans for Hanford rail cars gain steam - TheNewsTribune.com Tweet this news
TheNewsTribune.com--Eleven cask cars now are parked on a -rail- spur near the 212-R Building, which is just north of -central- Hanford's 200 West and East Areas. ... - Date : Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:54:19 GMT+00:00
High-Speed Rail Rivalry Gains Steam - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--Mr. LaHood tried out Japan's high-speed trains, including -Central Japan Railway Co-.'s magnetic levitation train and East Japan Railway Co. ... - Date : Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:23:13 GMT+00:00
Daily Market View: A minor rally on the - Moneylife Personal Finance Magazine Tweet this news
Moneylife Personal Finance Magazine--The -company- expects to cultivate this land in the current kharif season. Kyushu -Railway Company- (JR Kyushu), a major railroad -company- in -Japan- and Patni ... - Date : Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:43:51 GMT+00:00

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Mass transit in Nagoya (Chūkyō Metropolitan Area)

Subway linesHigashiyama (H) * Kamiiida (K) * Meijō (M) * Meikō (E) * Sakura-dōri (S) * Tsurumai (T)
Meitetsu linesAirport * Hiromi * Inuyama * Kakamigahara * Komaki * Kōwa * Monorail * Nagoya * Seto * Tokoname * Toyota Bisai
Kintetsu lines (Chūkyō)Hachiōji * Nagoya * Shima * Suzuka * Toba * Yamada * Yunoyama * Utsube
JR linesChūō * Kansai * Takayama * Tōkaidō
Other linesAikan * Aonami * Linimo * TKJ * Toyotetsu * Yutorīto
MiscellaneousTerminals: Kanayama * Kintetsu Nagoya * Meitetsu-Nagoya * Nagoya * Ōzone * Sakae * Cards: TOICA * Tranpass * Transportation Bureau City of Nagoya * Transport in Greater Nagoya

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