Central Japan Railway Company

Also known as JR Central, JR Tokai, JR Tōkai

rail transportation company in central Japan (Tokai)

Key facts

Native name: 東海旅客鉄道株式会社
Romanized name: Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō (lit. " Tōkai Passenger Railway") kabushiki gaisha
Company type: Public ( KK )
Traded as: TYO : 9022 NAG : 9022 Nikkei 225 component (TYO) TOPIX Core30 component (TYO)
Industry: Private railway
Predecessor: Japanese National Railways (JNR)
Founded: 1 April 1987 ; 39 years ago ( 1987-04-01 ) , privatization of JNR
Headquarters: JR Central Towers , 1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya , Aichi 450-6101 , Japan
Area served: Tōkai region
Key people: Shin Kaneko, Chairman , Shunsuke Niwa, President
Products: TOICA , EX-IC (a rechargeable contactless smart card )

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JR Central service region The Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (Japanese: JR東海). The term Tōkai refers to the Tōkai region (the southern portion of Central Japan), in which the company chiefly operates.

JR Central's operational hub is Nagoya Station, and the company's administrative headquarters are located in the JR Central Towers above the building. The busiest and longest railway line operated by JR Central is the Tōkaidō Main Line between Atami and Maibara; this largely parallels the company's high-speed rail service, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen, which runs between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka. JR Central is additionally responsible for the Chūō Shinkansen – an under-construction maglev service between Tokyo and Osaka, which is due to start operation between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2034.