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The Japan Rail Pass (ジャパンレールパス, japan rēru pasu), also called the JR Pass, is a rail pass sold by the Japan Railways Group exclusively for overseas visitors. It is valid for travel on all major forms of transportation provided by the JR Group in Japan , with a few exceptions.
The price was raised to 10,000 yen for a booklet of four 1-day tickets and one 2-day ticket (equivalent to 1,666 yen per day, compared with 1,600 yen per day for the original ticket). [ 11 ] In summer 1984, the format was changed to a booklet of five 1-day tickets, with the price remaining at 10,000 yen, equivalent to 2,000 yen per day.
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 .
Private and commercial automobiles account are owned by fewer individuals than in other parts of the country. Tokyo, with a population of over 13 million, in 2014 registered a bit less than 4 million vehicles. Tokyo's average car size is larger than the rest of the country, with only 20.1% being kei cars.
Color on map Azure (#006db1) Service; Type: Conventional main line: Operator(s) JR East JR Freight: Rolling stock: E217 series EMU E231 series EMU E233 series EMU E235 series EMU: Daily ridership: 758,258 (daily 2015) [1] History; Opened: 16 June 1889; 135 years ago () Technical; Line length: 73.3 km (45.5 mi) Number of tracks: Double-track ...
The Chūō Line (Rapid) (中央線快速, Chūō-sen kaisoku) is the name given to rapid services on the eastern section of the Chūō Main Line operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) between Tokyo and Takao stations.
Mizuho service at Kumamoto, hauled by an ED76 electric locomotive, 1987. The Mizuho was first introduced on 1 October 1961 as a seasonal limited express sleeper train service, which ran from Tokyo to Kumamoto in Kyushu, supplementing the three existing limited express services, Asakaze, Sakura, and Hayabusa, operating between Tokyo and Kyushu. [6]
JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). [12] The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually a wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned JNR Settlement Corporation for several years, and was not completely sold to the public until 2002.