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It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (Japanese: JR東海). [7] The term Tōkai refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, the geographical region in which the company chiefly operates.
The Tōkai service was first introduced by Japanese National Railways (JNR) on 20 July 1955 as a locomotive-hauled semi express train operating between Tokyo and Nagoya.The train was upgraded to "express" status from 5 March 1966. [2]
The M3 is an expressway in Cape Town, South Africa, connecting the upper part of the City Bowl to the Southern Suburbs and ending in Tokai. For most of its route it parallels - though further to the south and west - the M4 (Main Road), which was the original road connecting central Cape Town with the settlements to the south.
Pref. Route 84 (Toki Kani Route) 41.5 Smart Interchange Opened on February 28, 2013 8 Kani-Mitake IC: National Route 21 (Kani-Mitake Bypass) 50.3 Kani: Mitake: 9 SA Minokamo IC/SA: National Route 41 (Minokamo Bypass) Pref. Route 342 (Heisei Kinen Kōen Route) 59.7 Highway Oasis Minokamo: 10 Tomika-Seki IC: Pref. Route 58 (Seki Kanayama Route)
The predecessor for the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines was originally conceived at the end of the 1930s as a 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge dangan ressha (bullet train) between Tokyo and Shimonoseki, which would have taken nine hours to cover the nearly 1,000-kilometer (620 mi) distance between the two cities.
Central Japan Railway Company, an arm of the former national railway Japan Railways Group, operates in an area roughly coextensive with the Tōkai region.In fact, JR Central's official Japanese name is Tōkai Railway Company, abbreviated to JR-Tōkai ("JR Central" is the English name).
The new route through the tunnel is 11.2 kilometres long, compared to the old Gotemba route, which took a 60.2-kilometre detour around the Tanna Basin. [4] With the opening of the tunnel, the section between Tokyo and Numazu was fully electrified, as steam locomotives were unable to operate through the long tunnel safely.
The company was founded on 18 February 1988. [4]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. [5]