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The East Japan Railway Company [10] 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 [11] or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon (JR東日本, Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon) in Japanese.
The term "Tōkaidō Main Line" is largely a holdover from pre-Shinkansen days; now various portions of the line have different names which are officially used by JR East, JR Central, and JR West. Today, the only daily passenger train that travels the entire length of the line is the combinedSunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto service which runs ...
The Kesennuma Line (気仙沼線, Kesennuma-sen) is a local railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connected Maeyachi Station in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi to Kesennuma Station in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi.
The Chūō Main Line (Japanese: 中央本線, Hepburn: Chūō-honsen), 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 faster, and the Tōkaidō Shinkansen is currently the fastest rail link between the cities.
A Yokohama Line 103 series at Higashi-Kanagawa Station marking the first anniversary of JR East, April 1988. The line was opened by the private Yokohama Railway (横浜鉄道, Yokohama Tetsudō) on 23 September 1908 and leased to the government in 1910. [4] The line was nationalized on 1 October 1917. [4]
Route map The Joetsu Line ( 上越線 , Jōetsu-sen ) is a major railway line in Japan, owned by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Takasaki Station in Gunma Prefecture with Miyauchi Station in Niigata Prefecture , linking the northwestern Kanto region and the Sea of Japan coast of the Chūbu region .
Route map The Yokosuka Line ( Japanese : 横須賀線 , Hepburn : Yokosuka-sen ) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The Yokosuka Line connects Tokyo Station with Kurihama in Yokosuka, Kanagawa .
Route map The Narita Line ( Japanese : 成田線 , romanized : Narita-sen ) is the name for a combination of three railway lines located in Chiba Prefecture , Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).