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Native name | 西日本旅客鉄道株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nishi-nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha lit. "West Japan Passenger Railway Stock Company" |
Company type | Public KK |
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Industry | Rail transport |
Predecessor | Japanese National Railways (JNR) |
Founded | Osaka, Japan (1 April 1987 | , privatization of JNR)
Headquarters | 4-24 Shibata 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-8341 , Japan |
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Key people | Takayuki Sasaki (Executive Chairman of the Board)[1] Seiji Manabe (Representative Director and President)[1] |
Products | ICOCA (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
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Owners | Investment trusts (TMTBJ 5.52%, JTSB 4.74%) SMBC (3.33%) MUFG Bank (3.27%) Nippon Life (2.08%) As of 31 March 2018 |
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Website | westjr.co.jp |
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Operation | |||||
National railway | Japan Railways Group | ||||
Infrastructure company | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency | ||||
Statistics | |||||
Ridership | 1.778 billion per year[2] | ||||
Passenger km | 52.614 billion per year[2] | ||||
System length | |||||
Total | 5,012.7 km (3,114.7 mi)[2] | ||||
Double track | 2,253.2 km (1,400.1 mi) (44.9%)[2] | ||||
Electrified | 3,385.7 km (2,103.8 mi) (67.5%)[2] | ||||
High-speed | 644.0 km (400.2 mi) (12.8%)[2] | ||||
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 2,447 km (1,520 mi)[5] | ||||
20 kV AC 60 Hz overhead | 278.0 km (172.7 mi) Hokuriku Main Line (Tsuruga - Itoigawa)[5] | ||||
25 kV AC 60 Hz overhead | 644.0 km (400.2 mi) Sanyo Shinkansen[5] | ||||
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No. tunnels | 1,016[5] | ||||
Tunnel length | 667 km (414 mi)[5] | ||||
Longest tunnel | The Shin-Kanmon Tunnel 18,713 metres (61,394 ft) Sanyo Shinkansen (Shin-Shimonoseki - Kokura)[5] | ||||
No. bridges | 28,568[5] | ||||
Longest bridge | The Yoshii River Bridge 669 m (2,195 ft) Sanyo Shinkansen (Okayama - Aioi)[5] | ||||
No. stations | 1,222[2] | ||||
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The West Japan Railway Company[6], also referred to as JR West (JR西日本, Jeiāru Nishi-Nihon), is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.[2] It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of only three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index: the others are JR East and JR Central. It was also listed in the Nagoya and Fukuoka stock exchanges until late 2020.
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