Central Japan Railway Company

{{Short description|Japanese railway company}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Central Japan Railway Company

| native_name = 東海旅客鉄道株式会社

| native_name_lang = ja

| romanized_name = Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō (lit. "Tōkai Passenger Railway") kabushiki gaisha

| image = JR Central Towers01.JPG

| image_size = 300

| image_alt =

| image_caption = The JR Central Towers company headquarters located above Nagoya Station

| logo = JR Central logo.svg

| logo_size = 150px

| type = Public (KK)

| traded_as = {{plainlist|

• {{tyo|9022}}
• {{NAG|9022}}
• Nikkei 225 component (TYO)
• TOPIX Core30 component (TYO)}}

| predecessor = Japanese National Railways (JNR)

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1987|04|01|df=y}}, privatization of JNR

| location_city = JR Central Towers
1-1-4 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 450-6101

| location_country = Japan

| area_served = Tōkai region

| key_people = Shin Kaneko, Chairman

Shunsuke Niwa, President {{cite web |url= https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/company/about/executives.html |title= Board of Directors, Audit and Supervisory Board Members and Corporate officers (as of June, 2023) |author= Central Japan Railway Company |access-date= February 27, 2024}}

| industry = Private railway

| products = TOICA, EX-IC (a rechargeable contactless smart card)

| services = passenger railways{{cite web |url= http://english.jr-central.co.jp/company/company/others/data-book/_pdf/2008.pdf |title= Data book 2008 |author= Central Japan Railway Company |access-date= June 30, 2009}}
travel agency services
wholesale and retail
parking lot operations
real estate
food and beverage sales
casualty insurance
other related services

| revenue = {{increase}} {{yen|1,672,295 million|link=yes}} (2014){{cite report |url=http://english.jr-central.co.jp/company/ir/annualreport/_pdf/annualreport2015.pdf |title=Annual Report 2015 |author=Central Japan Railway Company |access-date=10 January 2016}}

| operating_income = {{increase}} {{yen|506,598 million}} (2014)

| net_income = {{increase}} {{yen|264,134 million}} (2014)

| assets = {{increase}} {{yen|5,217,982 million}} (2014)

| equity = {{increase}} {{yen|2,020,196 million}} (2014)

| owner = Public float, largest single shareholder: Mizuho Bank (4.39%)

| num_employees = 16,193 (as of March 31, 2008)

| divisions = Conventional lines operations{{cite web |url= http://english.jr-central.co.jp/company/company/about/organization.html |title= Organization Chart (As of July, 2008) |author= Central Japan Railway Company |access-date= June 30, 2009}}
Shinkansen operations

| subsid = 39 group companies,
including Nippon Sharyo (since October 2008){{cite web|url=http://english.jr-central.co.jp/news/n20081015/_pdf/release.pdf |title=Notice concerning Change of Specified Subsidiary |author=Central Japan Railway Company |access-date=July 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205112050/http://english.jr-central.co.jp/news/n20081015/_pdf/release.pdf |archive-date=February 5, 2009 }}

| homepage = [http://english.jr-central.co.jp/index.html english.jr-central.co.jp/index.html]

}}

{{Infobox rail network

|name = Central Japan Railway Company

|color = {{rcr|JR Central}}

|logo = JR logo (central).svg

|image = Series-N700A-F20.jpg

|caption = JR Central N700 Series Shinkansen Nozomi train

|nationalrailway = Japan Railways Group

|infrastructure = Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency

|ridership = 0.528 billion per year

|passkm = 55.811 billion per year

|length = {{convert|1970.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|doublelength = {{convert|1086.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} (55.1%)

|ellength = {{convert|1491.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} (75.7%)

|hslength = {{convert|552.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} (28.0%)

|gauge = {{RailGauge|1067mm|lk=on}}

|hsgauge = {{RailGauge|1435mm|lk=on}}

|el = 1,500 V DC overhead catenary {{convert|1418.2|km|mi|abbr=on}}

|el1 = 25 kV AC 60 Hz overhead　

|el1length = {{convert|552.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}
Tokaido Shinkansen

|notunnels =

|tunnellength =

|longesttunnel =

|nobridges =

|longestbridge =

|nostations = 403

|map = [http://english.jr-central.co.jp/company/company/about/area.html Service area]
[http://english.jr-central.co.jp/info/station/index.html Shinkansen station layouts]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090225073915/http://toica.jr-central.co.jp/outline/area/index.html TOICA Service Area] {{in lang|ja}}

}}

File:JR Rail en.svg

{{Nihongo foot|The Central Japan Railway Company|東海旅客鉄道株式会社|Tōkai Ryokaku Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha|lit. "Tōkai Passenger Railway Stock 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 ({{langx|ja|JR東海|links=no}}).{{Cite web |title=Consolidated Subsidiaries |url=https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/company/about/group.html |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Central Japan Railway Company |language=ja}} The term Tōkai refers to the southern portion of Central Japan, the geographical region 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 station.{{cite web |url= http://english.jr-central.co.jp/company/company/about/outline.html |title= Corporate Data |author= Central Japan Railway Company |access-date= June 28, 2009}} The busiest and longest railway line operated by JR Central is the Tōkaidō Main Line between {{STN|Atami|x}} and {{STN|Maibara|x}}. The company also operates the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between {{STN|Tokyo|x}} and {{STN|Shin-Ōsaka|x}}. Additionally it is responsible for the Chūō Shinkansen — a maglev service between Tokyo and Osaka, which is due to start operation between Tokyo and Nagoya in 2034.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-29 |title=Japan railway firm pushes back maglev plan, possibly to 2034 or later |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/bd9e1d3aec6a-urgent-japan-rail-operator-gives-up-plan-to-launch-maglev-train-in-2027.html |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Kyodo News}}

JR Central is Japan's most profitable and highest throughput high-speed-rail operator, carrying 138 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009, considerably more than the world's largest airline.{{cite web|last=Cooper |first=Chris |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-08/rail-s-cash-flow-king-stakes-62-billion-on-tokyo-maglev-train.html |title=Rail's Cash-Flow King Stakes $62 Billion on Tokyo Maglev Train |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2011-02-08 |access-date=2012-06-12}} Japan recorded a total of 289 million high-speed-rail passengers in 2009.

JR Central is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange with American depositary receipts traded over-the-counter through OTCMG Pink, is a constituent of the TOPIX Core30 index, and is also one of the three only Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the others being JR East and JR West. It is one of Nagoya's gosanke companies along with Toyota and the Chubu Electric Power Company.{{fact|date=June 2023}}