Japan Railways Group

E283781
passenger rail operator railway company group

Japan Railways Group is a major network of regional railway companies in Japan that emerged from the privatization of the former Japanese National Railways and operates much of the country’s passenger rail services, including high-speed Shinkansen lines.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Japan Railways Group canonical 20
Japan Railway Group 1
Japan Railway companies 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf passenger rail operator ⓘ
railway company group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs JR Group ⓘ
Japan Railways Group ⓘ
surface form: Japan Railways
country Japan ⓘ
governingLaw Japanese National Railways Law ⓘ
surface form: Japanese National Railways Reform Law
hasBrand JR ⓘ
hasMember Central Japan Railway Company ⓘ
East Japan Railway Company ⓘ
Hokkaido Railway Company ⓘ
JR Freight ⓘ
surface form: Japan Freight Railway Company

Kyushu Railway Company ⓘ
Shikoku Railway Company ⓘ
West Japan Railway Company ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hasPredecessor Japanese National Railways ⓘ
headquartersLocation Tokyo ⓘ
inception 1987-04-01 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Japanese ⓘ
operates Shinkansen high-speed rail services ⓘ
commuter rail services ⓘ
conventional intercity rail services ⓘ
limited express train services ⓘ
night train 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 railway infrastructure in many regions of Japan ⓘ
parentOrganization none (loose group of companies) ⓘ
privatizationDate 1987-04-01 ⓘ
regulates regional JR passenger companies ⓘ
serviceType freight rail transport ⓘ
passenger rail transport ⓘ
usesScriptLogo stylized JR letters ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Japan Railway Company → parentOrganization → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JR West → parentOrganization → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
midori-no-madoguchi ticket office → operatedBy → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
subject surface form: Midori-no-madoguchi
Central Japan Railway Company → partOfGroup → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
Shinkansen high-speed rail network → operator → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
Kansai Main Line → owner → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
East Japan Railway Company → parentOrganization → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
East Japan Railway Company → memberOf → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JR Lines at Kanda → partOf → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JNR → operated → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japan national rail network
JR Hokkaido → parentGroup → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JNR Settlement Corporation → relatedTo → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JR Shikoku → memberOf → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JR Shikoku → parentOrganization → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
Kyushu Railway Company → parentOrganization → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
Japan Railways Group → alsoKnownAs → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japan Railways
201 series EMU → usedBy → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JR Bus Kanto → affiliation → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JR Tōkai → parentOrganization → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JR Freight → parentOrganization → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
JR Freight → partOf → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
Shinkansen → operator → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
Shinkansen → owner → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japan Railway companies
Kanmon Tunnel → operator → Japan Railways Group ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japan Railway Group