East Japan Railway Company

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{{Infobox_Company | company_name = East Japan Railway Company
東日本旅客鉄道株式会社 | company_logo = Image:Jreast logo.jpg | company_type = Public KK (Template:Tyo) | foundation = April 1, 1987 | location = Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan | key_people = Masashi Matsuda, Chairman
Mutsutake Otsuka, President | industry = Private railroad | products = | revenue = ¥2.54 trillion (21.9 billion USD) (2005) | operating_income = ¥368 billion (3.18 billion USD) (2005) | net_income = ¥112 billion (966 million USD) (2005) | num_employees = 67,710 (2005) | homepage = www.jreast.co.jp }}

Template:Nihongo is the largest passenger railway company in the world and one of the seven JR companies. It is often known as Template:Nihongo.

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History

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JR East was incorporated on April 1, 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways. Although this was a nominal "privatization," the company was actually a wholly-owned subsidiary of the government-owned JNR Settlement Corporation for several years, and was not completely sold to the public until 2002.

Following the JNR breakup, JR East assumed responsibility for passenger operations on former JNR lines in the Greater Tokyo Area, the Tohoku region and surrounding areas.

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Lines

Its railway lines serve Kanto and Tohoku regions primarily, along with adjacent parts of Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures.

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Shinkansen

JR East operates all of the Shinkansen (high speed rail lines) north of Tokyo.

Note that the Tokyo-Osaka Tokaido Shinkansen is owned and operated by the Central Japan Railway Company, although it stops at several JR East stations.

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Greater Tokyo Area lines

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Tokai and Koshinetsu regional lines

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Tohoku regional lines

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Subsidiaries

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  • Higashi-Nihon Kiosk - provides newspapers, drinks and other items in station kiosks and operates the NEWDAYS convenience store chain
  • JR Bus Kanto/JR Bus Tohoku - intercity bus operators
  • Nippon Restaurant Enterprise - provides bento (box lunches) on trains and in train stations
  • Tokyo Monorail - waterfront monorail line in Tokyo (70% owned)
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Miscellaneous

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External links

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