Back شركة سكك حديد غرب اليابان ARZ باتی ژاپون دمیریوللاری AZB Companyia de Ferrocarrils del Japó Occidental Catalan JR West Czech West Japan Railway Company Danish West Japan Railway Company German JR Okcidenta Esperanto West Japan Railway Company Spanish شرکت راهآهن غرب ژاپن Persian JR Nishi-Nihon Finnish
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 The company headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka | |
Native name | 西日本旅客鉄道株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Nishi-nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha lit. "West Japan Passenger Railway Stock Company" |
| Company type | Public KK |
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| Industry | Rail transport |
| Predecessor | Japanese National Railways (JNR) |
| Founded | Osaka, Japan (1 April 1987, privatization of JNR) |
| Headquarters | 4-24 Shibata 2-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka, 530-8341 , Japan |
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Key people | Takayuki Sasaki (Executive Chairman of the Board)[1] Seiji Manabe (Representative Director and President)[1] |
| Products | ICOCA (a rechargeable contactless smart card) |
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| Revenue |  ¥1,298,913 million (FY 2013)[3] |
| ¥129,497 million (FY 2013)[3] | |
| ¥60,198 million (FY 2013)[3] | |
| Total assets | ¥2,613,743 million (FY 2013)[3] |
| Total equity | ¥768,174 million (FY 2013)[3] |
| Owners | Investment trusts (TMTBJ 5.52%, JTSB 4.74%) SMBC (3.33%) MUFG Bank (3.27%) Nippon Life (2.08%) As of 31 March 2018 |
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| Website | westjr.co.jp |
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| Operation | |||||
| National railway | Japan Railways Group | ||||
| Infrastructure company | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency | ||||
| Statistics | |||||
| Ridership | 1.778 billion per year[2] | ||||
| Passenger km | 52.614 billion per year[2] | ||||
| System length | |||||
| Total | 5,012.7 km (3,114.7 mi)[2] | ||||
| Double track | 2,253.2 km (1,400.1 mi) (44.9%)[2] | ||||
| Electrified | 3,385.7 km (2,103.8 mi) (67.5%)[2] | ||||
| High-speed | 644.0 km (400.2 mi) (12.8%)[2] | ||||
| Track gauge | |||||
| Main | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) | ||||
| High-speed | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||||
| Electrification | |||||
| Main | 1,500 V DC overhead catenary 2,447 km (1,520 mi)[5] | ||||
| 20 kV AC 60 Hz overhead | 278.0 km (172.7 mi) Hokuriku Main Line (Tsuruga - Itoigawa)[5] | ||||
| 25 kV AC 60 Hz overhead | 644.0 km (400.2 mi) Sanyo Shinkansen[5] | ||||
| Features | |||||
| No. tunnels | 1,016[5] | ||||
| Tunnel length | 667 km (414 mi)[5] | ||||
| Longest tunnel | The Shin-Kanmon Tunnel 18,713 metres (61,394 ft) Sanyo Shinkansen (Shin-Shimonoseki - Kokura)[5] | ||||
| No. bridges | 28,568[5] | ||||
| Longest bridge | The Yoshii River Bridge 669 m (2,195 ft) Sanyo Shinkansen (Okayama - Aioi)[5] | ||||
| No. stations | 1,222[2] | ||||
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The West Japan Railway Company[6], also referred to as JR West (JR西日本, Jeiāru Nishi-Nihon), is one of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group) companies and operates in western Honshu. It has its headquarters in Kita-ku, Osaka.[2] 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.
- ^ a b West Japan Railway Company. "JR West 2013 Annual Business Report (Japanese)" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k West Japan Railway Company. "2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ^ a b c d e West Japan Railway Company. "JR West 2013 Earnings Summary (Japanese)" (PDF). Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ West Japan Railway Company (27 April 2012). "Supplemental Data Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 3 May 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f g h West Japan Railway Company. "Company Profile 2007-2008 ebook". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- ^ 西日本旅客鉄道株式会社, Nishi-Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha, lit. "West Japan Passenger Railway Share Company"