is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (). The term ''Tōkai'' refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, the

geographical region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

in which the company chiefly operates. JR Central's operational hub is

Nagoya Station is a major railway station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's, and one of the world's largest train stations by floor area (410,000 m2), and houses the headquarters of the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Much of this space ...

and the company's administrative headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers above the station. The busiest and longest railway line operated by JR Central is the

Tōkaidō Main Line The Tōkaidō Main Line () is one of the most important railway corridors in Japan, connecting the major cities of Tokyo and Kobe via Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka. The line, with termini at Tokyo Station, Tokyo and Kōbe St ...

between and . The company also operates the

Tōkaidō Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed rail line that is part of the nationwide Shinkansen network. Along with the San'yō Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opening in 19 ...

between and . Additionally it is responsible for the

Chūō Shinkansen The is a Japanese maglev line under construction between Tokyo and Nagoya, with plans for extension to Osaka. Its initial section is between Shinagawa Station in Tokyo and Nagoya Station in Nagoya, with stations in Sagamihara, Kōfu, Iida an ...

— a

maglev Maglev (derived from '' magnetic levitation'') is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by electromagnets rather than rolled on wheels, eliminating rolling resistance. Compared to conventional railways, maglev trains h ...

service between

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and

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, which is due to start operation between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2034. JR Central is Japan's most profitable and highest throughput high-speed-rail operator, carrying 138 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009, considerably more than the world's largest airline. Japan recorded a total of 289 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009. JR Central is listed in the

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and

Nagoya Stock Exchange Nagoya Stock Exchange (名古屋証券取引所 ''Nagoya Shōken Torihikijo'', NSE) is a stock trading market in Nagoya, Japan. It is Japan's second largest exchange, behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is operated by Nagoya Stock Exchange, Inc. ...

with American depositary receipts traded over-the-counter through OTCMG Pink, is a constituent of the

TOPIX The , commonly known as the TOPIX, is an important stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Japan, along with the Nikkei 225. The TOPIX tracks the entire market of domestic companies and covers most stocks in the Tokyo Stock Exc ...

Core30 index, and is also one of the three only

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constituents of the

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index, the others being

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and 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 in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

and

JR West , also referred to as , is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, ...

. It is one of Nagoya's ''gosanke'' companies along with

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and the

Chubu Electric Power Company , abbreviated as Chuden in Japanese, is a Japanese electric utilities provider for the middle Chūbu region of the Honshu island of Japan. It provides electricity at 60 Hz, though an area of Nagano Prefecture uses 50 Hz. Chubu Electric ...

Lines

Shinkansen

Tokyo Station Tōkyō Station (, ) is a major railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The original station is located in Chiyoda's Marunouchi business district near the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace grounds. The newer Eastern extension is not far ...

—

Shin-Ōsaka Station is a major interchange railway station in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is the western terminus of the high-speed Tōkaidō Shinkansen line from Tokyo, the eastern terminus of the San'yō Shinkansen and one of the main railway terminals in the ...

552.6 km *

Maglev Maglev (derived from '' magnetic levitation'') is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by electromagnets rather than rolled on wheels, eliminating rolling resistance. Compared to conventional railways, maglev trains h ...

: From Tokyo to Nagoya (under construction)

Conventional lines

Atami Station is a railway station in the city of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Lines Atami Station is served by the JR Central Tōkaidō Shin ...

—

Maibara Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Maibara, Shiga, Japan. On the border between West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), it is jointly operated by both companies, al ...

341.3 km **Branch line:

Ōgaki Station is a railway station in the city of Ōgaki, Gifu, Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, shared by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the private railway operators Tarumi Railway and Yōrō Railway. The station is located 410.0 kilometers f ...

—

Mino-Akasaka Station from the end of the line is a train station in the city of Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Company. Lines Mino-Akasaka Stati ...

5.0 km *

Gotemba Line The is a railway line in Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Kōzu Station (Kanagawa), Kōzu Station in Odawara, Kanagawa, Odawara to Numazu Station, Numazu via Gotemba Station, Gotemba. The ''Mt. Fuj ...

: Kōzu Station—

Numazu Station is an interchange station, interchange railway station on the Tōkaidō Main Line in the city of Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The station is also a freight terminal and rail yard for the Japan ...

60.2 km *

Minobu Line The is a railway line in the Tōkai region of Japan operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Fuji Station in Fuji, Shizuoka to Kōfu Station in Kōfu, Yamanashi, and the Tōkaidō Main Line with the Chūō Main Li ...

Fuji Station is an interchange railway station in the city of Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Fuji Station is served by the JR Tōkai Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 146.2 kilometers from t ...

—

Kōfu Station is the main railway station in the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. It is managed by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Kōfu Station is served by the JR East Chūō Main Line and is 134.1 kilometers from the starting poi ...

88.4 km *

Iida Line The is a Japanese railway line connecting Toyohashi Station in Toyohashi, Aichi with Tatsuno Station in Tatsuno, Nagano, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line links eastern Aichi Prefecture and southern Nagano Pr ...

Toyohashi Station is an interchange railway station in Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the private railway operator Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu). Lines Toyohashi Station is served by the high-speed Tokaido Shin ...

— Tatsuno Station 195.7 km *

Taketoyo Line The is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōbu Station in Ōbu, Aichi, Ōbu with Taketoyo Station in Taketoyo, Aichi, Taketoyo, both located in Aichi Prefecture. It is owned and run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Open ...

Ōbu Station is a railway station in the city of Ōbu, Aichi, Ōbu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Ōbu Station is served by the Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 346.5 kilometers from the starting po ...

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Taketoyo Station is a railway station in the town of Taketoyo, Aichi, Taketoyo, Chita District, Aichi, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Taketoyo Station is the terminal station of the Taketoyo ...

19.3 km *

Chūō Main Line The , commonly called the Chūō Line, is one of the major trunk railway lines in Japan. It connects Tokyo and Nagoya, although it is the slowest direct railway connection between the two cities; the coastal Tōkaidō Main Line is slightly faste ...

Shiojiri Station is a train station in the city of Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, operated jointly by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with a freight terminal operated by the Japan Freight Railway Company. It is the operational border between JR East a ...

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174.8 km *

Takayama Main Line The is a Japanese railway line between Gifu Station in Gifu and Toyama Station in Toyama, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West). The line directly links the Chūkyō Metropolitan Ar ...

Gifu Station is a railway station in the heart of the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Lines Gifu Station is served by the JR Central Tōkaidō Main Line, and is located 396.3 kilometers from the ...

— Inotani Station 189.2 km *

Taita Line The is a railway line in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). It connects Tajimi Station in the city of Tajimi via Kani to Mino-Ōta Station in Minokamo. The name of the line includes a ''kanji'' ...

Tajimi Station is a railway station in the city of Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Tajimi Station is served by the JR Tōkai Chūō Main Line, and is located 360.7 kilometers from the official start ...

—

Mino-Ōta Station is a railway station in the city of Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the third-sector railway operator Nagaragawa Railway. Lines Mino-Ōta Station is served by the JR Central Takaya ...

17.8 km *

Kansai Main Line The is a railway line in Japan, which connects Nagoya Station with JR Namba Station in Osaka. It is jointly run by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), with the boundary between both compan ...

: Nagoya Station— Kameyama Station 59.9 km *

Kisei Main Line The is a railway line that parallels the coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Japan between Mie Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. The name takes the ''kanji'' characters from the names of the old provinces of and . The line is operated by Cen ...

: Kameyama Station—

Shingū Station is an interchange passenger railway station located in the city of Shingū, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by JR West and JR Central. Overview Shingū Station is the main railway station in Shingū, and plays an important role ...

180.2 km *

Meishō Line The is a rural, regional railway line of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) in Mie Prefecture, Japan, connecting Matsusaka station in Matsusaka and Ise-Okitsu station in Tsu. The line takes its name from the kanji characters of the ...

Matsusaka Station is a union passenger railway station in the city of Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, operated jointly by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and Kintetsu. Lines Matsusaka Station is served by the JR Kisei Main Line and is 34.6 rail kilomet ...

— Ise-Okitsu Station 43.5 km * Sangū Line: Taki Station— Toba Station 29.1 km * Jōhoku Line: Kachigawa Station— Biwajima Station 11.2 km (trains are operated by Tokai Transport Service Company, not JR Central)

Named train services

* ''

Nanki The is a limited express train service in Japan operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), which runs from Nagoya to Shingū and Kii-Katsuura. The service passes through several notable and important locations, situated on the K ...

'' ( - & ) * '' Hida'' (Nagoya/ - , & ) * '' Shinano'' (Nagoya - & ) * '' Mie'' (Nagoya - & ) * '' Fujikawa'' ( - ) * ''Inaji'' ( - ) * ''

Odoriko is a limited express train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), Izukyu Corporation, and Izuhakone Railway, which runs between and or in Shizuoka Prefecture. Su ...

'' ( - & ) * ''

Sunrise Seto The is an overnight sleeping car train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), West Japan Railway Company (JR West), and Shikoku Railway Company (JR Shikoku) since July ...

'' (Tokyo - ) * ''

Sunrise Izumo The is an overnight sleeping car train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) since July 1998. Operations The ''Sunrise Izumo' ...

'' (Tokyo - ) * '' Nozomi'' (Tokyo - ) * ''

Hikari may refer to: Places * Hikari Station, a station on Sanyō Main Line in Hikari, Yamaguchi * Hikari, Chiba, a former town in Sousa District, Chiba, Japan * Hikari, Yamaguchi, a city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan People * Hikari (name), people a ...

'' (Tokyo - Hakata & ) * '' Kodama'' (Tokyo - , Shin-Ōsaka - Hakata & Hakataminami)

Affiliates

The JR Central Group consists of JR Central and the following affiliates:

Transportation

* JR Tokai Bus Company * JR Tokai Logistics Company ( :ja:ジェイアール東海物流株式会社) * Tokai Transport Service Company * First Air Transport Co., Ltd. ( :ja:ファーストエアートランスポート株式会社)

Merchandise

* JR Tokai Corporation ( :ja:ジェイアール東海商事株式会社) * JR Tokai Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (株式会社 :ja:ジェイアール東海高島屋) * JR-Central Passengers Co., Ltd. (株式会社 :ja:ジェイアール東海パッセンジャーズ) * JR Tokai Food Service Co., Ltd. ( :ja:ジェイアール東海フードサービス株式会社) * Tokai Kiosk Company ( :ja:東海キヨスク株式会社)

Construction

* JR Tokai Construction Co., Ltd. ( :ja:ジェイアール東海建設株式会社) * JR Central Consultants Company ( :ja:ジェイアール東海コンサルタンツ株式会社) * The Nihon Kikai Hosen Co., Ltd ( :ja:日本機械保線株式会社) * Futaba Tetsudo Kogyo Co., Ltd. ( :ja:双葉鉄道工業株式会社) * CN Construction Co., Ltd. ( :ja:シーエヌ建設株式会社)

Information systems

JR Tokai Information Systems Company JR, J. R. or Jr. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * '' J R'', a 1975 novel by William Gaddis * J. R. Ewing, a ''Dallas'' television character * JR Chandler, an ''All My Children'' television character * ''Jornal da Record'', a Brazilian news ...

( :ja:ジェイアール東海情報システム株式会社) * Shinsei Technos Co., Ltd.( :ja:新生テクノス株式会社)

Hotels and resorts

* JR Tokai Hotels Co., Ltd. (株式会社 :ja:ジェイアール東海ホテルズ) * Nagoya Terminal Hotel Co., Ltd. ( :ja:名古屋ターミナルホテル株式会社) * Shizuoka Terminal Hotel Co., Ltd. ( :ja:静岡ターミナルホテル株式会社)

Travel

* JR Tokai Agency Co., Ltd. (株式会社 :ja:ジェイアール東海エージェンシー) * JR Tokai Tours (株式会社 :ja:ジェイアール東海ツアーズ) * Hida Forest City Planning Co., Ltd. ( :ja:飛騨森林都市企画株式会社)

Publishing

* Wedge Inc. (株式会社ウェッジ)

Rolling stock

* Shinkansen Engineering Co., Ltd. ( :ja:新幹線エンジニアリング株式会社) * Tokai Rolling Stock & Machinery Co., Ltd. ( :ja:東海交通機械株式会社) *

Nippon Sharyo , formed in 1896, is a major rolling stock, Heavy equipment, heavy equipment, Diesel generator, generator, Special-purpose entity, special purpose vehicle and bridge manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its ...

, Ltd

Maintenance

* Chuoh Linen Supply Co., Ltd. ( :ja:中央リネンサプライ株式会社) * JR Tokai General Building Maintenance Co., Ltd. ( :ja:ジェイアール東海総合ビルメンテナンス株式会社) * Central Maintenance Co., Ltd. ( :ja:セントラルメンテナンス株式会社) * Shinkansen Service & Technology Co., Ltd. (株式会社 :ja:関西新幹線サービック) * Shinkansen Maintenance Tokai Co., Ltd. ( :ja:新幹線メンテナンス東海株式会社) * Tokai Seibi Co., Ltd. ( :ja:東海整備株式会社)

Real estate

* JR Central Building Co., Ltd. ( :ja:ジェイアールセントラルビル株式会社) * JR Development and Management Corporation of Kansai ( :ja:ジェイアール東海関西開発株式会社) * JR Development and Management Corporation of Shizuoka ( :ja:ジェイアール東海静岡開発株式会社) * JR Tokai Real Estate Co., Ltd. ( :ja:ジェイアール東海不動産株式会社) * Shizuoka Terminal Development Co., Ltd. ( :ja:静岡ターミナル開発株式会社) *

Shin-Yokohama Station Development Shin-Yokohama (新横浜, Shinyokohama) is a small district located in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. This area is known for its modern infrastructure and serves as a significant transportation hub, featuring the Shin-Yokohama ...

Co., Ltd. ( :ja:新横浜ステーション開発株株式会社) * Tokyo Station Development Co., Ltd. ( :ja:東京ステーション開発株式会社) * Toyohashi Station Building Co., Ltd. ( :ja:豊橋ステーションビル株式会社) *

Nagoya Station Area Development Corporation is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolit ...

( :ja:名古屋ステーション開発株式会社) *

Nagoya Terminal Station Building is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the third-most populous metropolit ...

Co., Ltd. ( :ja:名古屋ターミナルビル株式会社) *

Hamamatsu Terminal Development is a Cities of Japan, city located in western Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. In September 2023, the city had an estimated population of 780,128 in 340,591 households, making it the prefecture's largest city, with a population density of over the t ...

Co., Ltd. ( :ja:浜松ターミナル開発株式会社)

Other services

* JR Tokai Well Co., Ltd. (株式会社 :ja:ジェイアール東海ウェル) * JR Tokai Partners Co., Ltd. ( :ja:ジェイアール東海パートナーズ株式会社) JR Central Towers

References

External links

Central Japan Railway CompanyCentral Japan Railway Company, SCMAGLEV Official Website
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