JR Group

E269677

JR Group is a collective of regional passenger railway companies in Japan that emerged from the privatization of the former Japanese National Railways.

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Label Occurrences
JR Group canonical 15
JR West Group 2
JR Group company 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese company group
railway company group
abbreviation JR
commonNameLanguage Japanese
country Japan
formedBy privatization of Japanese National Railways
fullNameJapanese JR Group self-linksurface differs
surface form: JRグループ
governedBy Japanese railway regulations
hasBusinessModel nationwide rail freight operations
regional passenger rail operations
hasMember Central Japan Railway Company
East Japan Railway Company
JR Hokkaido
surface form: Hokkaido Railway Company

JR Freight
surface form: Japan Freight Railway Company

Kyushu Railway Company
Shikoku Railway Company
West Japan Railway Company
hasNotableService commuter rail services in major Japanese metropolitan areas
intercity rail services in Japan
hasPart Central Japan Railway Company
surface form: JR Central

East Japan Railway Company
surface form: JR East

JR Freight
JR Hokkaido
Kyushu Railway Company
surface form: JR Kyushu

JR Shikoku
JR West
hasSignificantEvent division of JNR into regional companies in 1987
headquartersLocation Tokyo
inception 1987
industry rail transport
legalStatus group of private companies
operates Shinkansen services
operatesIn Chūbu region
surface form: Chubu region

Chūgoku region
surface form: Chugoku region

Hokkaido
Kansai region
Kantō region
surface form: Kanto region

Kyushu
Shikoku
Tohoku
surface form: Tohoku region
originatedFrom Japanese National Railways
owns Shinkansen lines
predecessor Japanese National Railways
privatizationDate 1987-04-01
regulates regional JR passenger companies
replaced state-owned nationwide railway monopoly in Japan
serviceType freight rail transport
passenger rail transport

Referenced by (20)

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Hanwa Line railwaySystem JR Group
Gotanda Station servedBy JR Group
JR Group fullNameJapanese JR Group self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: JRグループ
JR-West Hotels partOf JR Group
this entity surface form: JR West Group
JR-West Japan Communications partOf JR Group
this entity surface form: JR West Group
JR-West Japan Communications targetCustomer JR Group
this entity surface form: JR West Group companies
Kodama (on Sanyo Shinkansen) railwayCompanyGroup JR Group
subject surface form: Kodama (Sanyo Shinkansen)
JNR successor JR Group
Kuroshio limited express railwayCompanyType JR Group
this entity surface form: JR Group company
JR Bus Kansai associatedWith JR Group
Kameyama – Nagoya section railwaySystem JR Group
subject surface form: Kameyama–Nagoya section