West Japan Railway Company

Also known as JR West, JR-W

passenger railway service provider in west Japan

Key facts

Native name: 西日本旅客鉄道株式会社
Romanized name: Nishi-nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha, lit. "West Japan Passenger Railway Stock Company"
Company type: Public
Traded as: TYO : 9021 Nikkei 225 component TOPIX Large70 component
Industry: Rail transport
Predecessor: Japanese National Railways (JNR)
Founded: Osaka, Japan (1 April 1987 ; 39 years ago ( 1987-04-01 ) , privatization of JNR)
Headquarters: 4-24 Shibata 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka , 530-8341 , Japan
Area served: Kansai region Chūgoku region Hokuriku region
Key people: Takayuki Sasaki ( Executive Chairman of the Board ) , Seiji Manabe ( Representative Director and President )
Products: ICOCA (a rechargeable contactless smart card )

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The West Japan Railway Company, also referred to as JR West (JR西日本, Jeiāru Nishi-Nihon; lit. 'JR West Japan'), is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka. It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is also one of only three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index: the others are JR East and JR Central. It was also listed in the Nagoya and Fukuoka stock exchanges until late 2020.

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