, formerly Tokai Transport Service Company, and abbreviated "TKJ", is a railway operating company in

Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

, Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) 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, ...

(JR Central).

Lines

TKJ operates only one line, the 11.2 km Jōhoku Line. The rail facilities are operated by JR Central, and the trains are run by TKJ.

History

The company was founded on 18 February 1988. On July 12, 2024, it was announced that the company name would be changing from Tokai Transport Service Co., Ltd. to JR-Central Transport Service Co., Ltd. (adding a "JR" to the beginning and translating the word "Tokai" in its English name), effective October 1, 2024, to clearly identify it as a subsidiary of JR Central. Its logo and abbreviation remained unchanged.

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* Companies based in Aichi Prefecture Lines of Central Japan Railway Company Rail transport in Aichi Prefecture Japanese companies established in 1988 {{Japan-rail-transport-stub