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The Tōkaidō Main Line shown in orange in this map of the southern approaches to Tokyo Tōkaidō Main Line (JR East) service pattern diagram. The section between Tokyo and Atami is operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and it is located in the Greater Tokyo Area.
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.
For its services in the Greater Tokyo Area, JR East defines the Tokyo Suburban Area(Japanese: 東京近郊区間) for fare calculation purposes, roughly correlating with the Suica coverage area (as of 2012.03.17).
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]
JR East plans to introduce Green (first class) cars on Chūō Line (Rapid) and Ome Line services from spring 2025. [8] This will involve adding two bilevel Green cars to 10-car and 6-car E233 series EMU sets, forming 12-car and 8-car sets. Work will be involved in lengthening station platforms and depot facilities to handle the longer trains. [8]
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).
A new underground line from Tokyo to Kinshichō, and a four-tracked section to Tsudanuma were opened in 1972, and the operator began frequent rapid services from Tokyo to Chiba. The line was managed by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) from 1987. The parallel Keiyō Line was opened closer to the coast in 1990. It was first constructed ...
E531 series EMU between Matsudo and Kanamachi stations (video) Riding in a Jōban Line train as another Jōban Line train passes in the other direction. The Jōban Line (Japanese: 常磐線, Hepburn: Jōban-sen) is a railway line in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East).