is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (

Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the

geographical region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...

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 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 is located in ...

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

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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 Sanyo Shinkansen, it forms a continuous high-speed railway through the Taiheiyō Belt, also known as the Tokaido corridor. Opened in 1964, ...

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 ...

—a

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service between

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and

Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...

, which is due to start operation between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2027. 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. History The Nagoya Stock Exchange (NSE) is t ...

with

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traded over-the-counter through OTCMG Pink, is a constituent of the

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Core30 index, and is also one of the three only

Japan Railways Group The Japan Railways Group, more commonly known as the or simply JR, consists of seven for-profit stock companies that took over most of the assets and operations of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. Mo ...

constituents of the

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index, the others being

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and is 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 ...

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, and ...

. It is also 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 Tokyo Station ( ja, 東京駅, ) is a 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 ...

—

Shin-Ōsaka Station is a 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 Osaka's main railway terminals to the north. The lines ...

552.6 km

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 Shink ...

—

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, alon ...

341.3 km **Branch line:

Ōgaki Station is a railway station in the city of 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 from the sta ...

— Mino-Akasaka Station 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 in Odawara to Numazu via Gotemba. The '' Mt. Fuji'' limited express service runs between Tokyo's Shinjuku Station and Gotemb ...

: Kōzu Station—

Numazu Station is an 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 Freight Railway Com ...

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 ...

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 ...

—

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 Prefe ...

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 Shi ...

— Tatsuno Station 195.7 km *

Taketoyo Line The is a Japanese railway line which connects Ōbu Station in Ōbu, Aichi Prefecture with Taketoyo Station in Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture. It is owned and run by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). The line has been electrified as ...

Ōbu Station is a railway station in the city of 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 point of the li ...

—

Taketoyo Station is a railway station in the town of Taketoyo, Chita District, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Taketoyo Station is the terminal station of the Taketoyo Line, and is located 19.3 kilometers f ...

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 ...

—

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 Area ( ...

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 th ...

— Inotani Station 189.2 km *

Taita Line The is a 17.8 km 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 ' ...

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 ...

— Mino-Ōta Station 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 comp ...

: 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 Ce ...

: 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 c ...

: Matsusaka Station—

Ise-Okitsu Station is a passenger railway station in located in the city of Tsu, Mie, Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai). Lines Ise-Okitsu Station is served by the Meishō Line, and is 43.5 rail kilometers from the ...

43.5 km *

Sangū Line The is a railway line run by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), connecting Taki Station ( Taki, Mie) with Toba Station (Toba, Mie) in Japan. The line connects with the Kisei Main Line at Taki Station. From Taki, the line runs parallel ...

: Taki Station—

Toba Station is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture. Japan. It is jointly operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the private railway operator Kintetsu Railway. Lines Toba Station is served by ...

29.1 km * Jōhoku Line:

Kachigawa Station is the name for two different railway stations in the city of Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. One is operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the other by the Tōkai Transport Service Company (TKJ). Lines Kachigawa St ...

—

Biwajima Station 250px, Platforms is a railway station in the city of Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Tōkai) and the Tōkai Transport Service Company (TKJ). Lines Biwajima Station is served by the Tōkaidō ...

11.2 km (trains are operated by

Tokai Transport Service Company , abbreviated as "TKJ", is a railway operating company in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central). Lines TKJ operates only one line, the 11.2 km Tōkai Transport Service Jōhoku Line, Johoku Line ...

, 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 Kii P ...

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

Odoriko Odoriko ( ja, 踊り子) 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 Sh ...

'' / ''Super Wide View Odoriko'' ( - & ) * ''

Sunrise Seto The is an overnight sleeping car train service in Japan operated jointly by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) since July 1998. Operations The ''Sunrise Seto'' runs daily between and in Kagaw ...

'' (Tokyo - ) * ''

Sunrise Izumo The is an overnight sleeping car train service in Japan operated jointly by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) since July 1998. Operations The ''Sunrise Izumo'' runs daily between and in Shim ...

'' (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 and ...

'' (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 JR, J. R. or Jr. may refer to: * Jr. or Junior (suffix), a name suffix Arts and entertainment * J.R. (album), ''J.R.'' (album), an album by Jim Bob * ''J R'', a 1975 novel written by William Gaddis * "Jr.", a song by Codeine on the album ''Barely ...

( :ja:ジェイアール東海物流株式会社) *

* 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 JR, J. R. or Jr. may refer to: * Jr. or Junior (suffix), a name suffix Arts and entertainment * ''J.R.'' (album), an album by Jim Bob * '' J R'', a 1975 novel written by William Gaddis * "Jr.", a song by Codeine on the album '' Barely Real'' * J ...

Co., Ltd. ( :ja:ジェイアール東海建設株式会社) *

JR Central Consultants Company JR, J. R. or Jr. may refer to: * Jr. or Junior (suffix), a name suffix Arts and entertainment * ''J.R.'' (album), an album by Jim Bob * '' J R'', a 1975 novel written by William Gaddis * "Jr.", a song by Codeine on the album '' Barely Real'' * J ...

( :ja:ジェイアール東海コンサルタンツ株式会社) * The

Nihon Kikai Hosen Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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 ( :ja:ジェイアール東海情報システム株式会社) *

Shinsei Technos Shinsei may refer to: * Shinsei, Gifu, a former town in Japan * Shinsei (restaurant), a restaurant in Dallas, Texas * Shinsei Bank is a leading diversified Japanese financial institution that provides a full range of financial products and service ...

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 manufacturer based in Nagoya, Japan. In 1996, it abbreviated its name to "日本車両" Nippon Sharyō. Its shortest abbreviation is Nissha "日車". It was a listed company on Nikkei 225 until 2 ...

, 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 Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

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 JR, J. R. or Jr. may refer to: * Jr. or Junior (suffix), a name suffix Arts and entertainment * ''J.R.'' (album), an album by Jim Bob * '' J R'', a 1975 novel written by William Gaddis * "Jr.", a song by Codeine on the album '' Barely Real'' * J ...

( :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. Shizuoka can refer to: * Shizuoka Prefecture, a Japanese prefecture * Shizuoka (city), the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture * Shizuoka Airport * Shizuoka Domain, the name from 1868 to 1871 for Sunpu Domain was a feudal domain under the T ...

( :ja:静岡ターミナル開発株式会社) *

Shin-Yokohama Station Development is a small district in Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Buildings and attractions

* Shin-Yokohama Station * Kita Shin-Yokohama Station * Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum * Yokohama Arena * Nissan Stadium (Yokohama), Nissan Stadium ...

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 is a Cities of Japan, city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 377,453 in 160,516 households and a population density of 1,400 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . By area, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefec ...

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, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

( :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, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most pop ...

Co., Ltd. ( :ja:名古屋ターミナルビル株式会社) * Hamamatsu Terminal Development 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
* Wiki collection of bibliographic works on Central Japan Railway Company {{Authority control Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Railway companies established in 1987 Companies based in Nagoya Japanese companies established in 1987