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Central Japan Railway Company
The Central Japan Railway Company (東海旅客鉄道 JR Tōkai; JR 東海) is the main railway company operating in the Chubu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station. Among the railway lines operated by JR Tokai, the busiest is the Tokaido Main Line between Atami Station and Maibara Station. JR Tokai also operates the Tokaido Shinkansen between Tokyo Station and Shin-Osaka Station. Also under JR Tokai's purview is the Chuo Shinkansen—a proposed Maglev service between Shinagawa Station and Shin-Osaka Station, of which a short demonstration section has been built.
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Lines
Shinkansen
- Tokaido Shinkansen Tokyo Station -- Shin-Osaka Station, 552.6 km
Standard Lines
- Tokaido Main Line 341.3 km
- Gotemba Line 60.2 km
- Minobu Line 88.4 km
- Iida Line 195.7 km
- Taketoyo Line 19.3 km
- Takayama Main Line 189.2 km
- Chuo Main Line Shiojiri Station -- Nagoya Station 174.8 km
- Taita Line 17.8 km
- Johoku Line 11.2 km
- Kansai Main Line Nagoya Station -- Kameyama Station 59.9 km
- Kisei Main Line 180.2 km
- Meisho Line 43.5 km
- Sangu Line 29.1 km
External links
http://jr-central.co.jp/english.nsf/index Official website
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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