15-519: The Holiday Rapid Okutama ( ホリデー快速おくたま ) is a weekend/holiday rapid service train operated by East Japan Railway Company . It operates on the Chūō Line (Rapid) and the Ōme Line from Shinjuku to Oku-Tama in the morning, and from Oku-Tama to Tokyo in the evening. This article also discusses the Holiday Rapid Akigawa ( ホリデー快速あきがわ ) services which, until 17 March 2023, was
30-783: A 15% shareholding in West Midlands Trains with Abellio and Mitsui that commenced operating the West Midlands franchise in England in December 2017. JR East sold their stake to Abellio in September 2021. The same consortium were also listed to be bidding for the South Eastern franchise . Central Japan Railway Company The Central Japan Railway Company is the main railway company operating in
45-747: A wholly owned subsidiary of the government-owned JNR Settlement Corporation for several years, and was not completely sold to the public until 2002. Following the breakup, JR East ran the operations on former JNR lines in the Greater Tokyo Area , the Tōhoku region , and surrounding areas. Railway lines of JR East primarily serve the Kanto and Tohoku regions , along with adjacent areas in Kōshin'etsu region ( Niigata , Nagano , Yamanashi ) and Shizuoka prefectures . The Tokyo–Osaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen
60-494: 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. 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 ,
75-556: Is a front for a revolutionary political organization called the Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction) . An investigation of this is ongoing. The East Japan Railway Culture Foundation is a non-profit organization established by JR East for the purpose of developing a "richer railway culture". The Railway Museum in Saitama is operated by the foundation. JR East held
90-658: Is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as JR Higashi-Nihon ( JR東日本 , Jeiāru Higashi-Nihon ) in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in Yoyogi , Shibuya , Tokyo , next to Shinjuku Station . It is listed in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (it formerly had secondary listings in
105-583: Is owned and operated by the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central), although it stops at several JR East stations. These lines have sections inside the Tokyo suburban area (Japanese: 東京近郊区間 ) designated by JR East. This does not necessarily mean that the lines are fully inside the Greater Tokyo Area . Below is the full list of limited express and express train services operated on JR East lines as of 2022. During fiscal 2017,
120-542: The Chūbu ( Nagoya ) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and occasionally as JR Tokai (Japanese: JR東海 ). 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
135-577: The Nagoya and Osaka stock exchanges), is a constituent of the TOPIX Large70 index, and is one of three Japan Railways Group constituents of the Nikkei 225 index, the others being JR Central and JR West . JR East was incorporated on 1 April 1987 after being spun off from the government-run Japanese National Railways (JNR). The spin-off was nominally "privatization", as the company was actually
150-600: The Okutama and the Akigawa would be coupled and run together. Holiday Rapid Okutama ( Tokyo ← Kanda ← Ochanomizu ← Yotsuya ← ) Shinjuku - Nakano - Mitaka - Kokubunji - Tachikawa - Nishi-Tachikawa - Haijima - Fussa - Ōme - Mitake - Oku-Tama The timetable will only list departure time (unless noted) at major stations, namely Tokyo, Shinjuku, Mitaka, Tachikawa, Haijima, and Ōme. Current Past The Holiday Rapid Akigawa ( ホリデー快速あきがわ )
165-605: The Okutama ) ← ) Shinjuku - (Coupled with the Okutama ) - Haijima - Kumagawa - Higashi-Akiru - Akigawa - Musashi-Hikida - Musashi-Masuko - Musashi-Itsukaichi With green cars undergoing testing on the Chūō Line and Ōme Line in 2020, preparations are underway for their eventual entry into service. This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Misplaced Pages. East Japan Railway Company The East Japan Railway Company
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#1732780495834180-700: The busiest stations in the JR East network by average daily passenger count were: JR East co-sponsors the JEF United Chiba J-League football club , which was formed by a merger between the JR East and Furukawa Electric company teams. JR East aims to reduce its carbon emissions by half, as measured over the period 1990–2030. This would be achieved by increasing the efficiency of trains and company-owned thermal power stations and by developing hybrid trains . The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has stated that JR East's official union
195-608: The counterpart to the Holiday Rapid Okutama services. In October 1990, service was included in a variety of Holiday Rapids, and started operation during the holidays as a temporary service, denoted the Holiday Rapid Okutama・Akigawa ( ホリデー快速おくたま・あきがわ ) . From 1 December 2001 onwards, the service was upgraded to a regular service, operating on the weekends and holidays. On weekends and holidays, three trains operate each day. From Shinjuku to Haijima,
210-585: The station. The busiest and longest railway line operated by JR Central is the Tōkaidō Main Line between Atami and Maibara . The company also operates the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Tokyo and Shin-Ōsaka . 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. JR Central
225-696: Was the counterpart to the Rapid Holiday Okutama that was abolished effective the 18 March 2023 timetable revision. It operated from Shinjuku to Musashi-Itsukaichi in the morning and back towards Tokyo in the evening, on the Chūō Line (Rapid), the Ōme Line, and the Itsukaichi Line . On the same timetable revision, JR East announced that effective on the same day, the direct service on Rapid Holiday Okutama services towards Shinjuku would be truncated at Okutama. The operations were as follows: Holiday Rapid Akigawa ( Tokyo ← (Coupled with
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