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East Japan Railway (JR East)
JR East was created in 1987 when Japanese National Railways was restructured, and its full shareholding listed in 2002. The largest member of the JR Group*, it serves the east of Honshu comprising the heavily-populated Kanto region around Tokyo, the northeast Tohoku region and the eastern part of Chubu region. ...
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Jomo Electric Railway
This rural line serves central Gunma prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, and was opened in 1928. It runs from Chuo-Maebashi east to Nishi-Kiryu, running to the north of JR East’s Ryomo Line; both terminus stations are close to this line, but without direct interchange. The line does interchange with the Tōbu ...
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Joshin Electric Railway
Opened 1897, the Joshin Line is a branch connecting the major interchange at Takasaki south and then west up the Kabura River to Shimonita in Gunma prefecture. At Takasaki the Joshin Line connects with several lines including JR East’s Joetsu and Hokuriku shinkansen lines and the Joetsu main line. Address51 ...
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Keio Electric Railway
Opened as a tramway in 1913, Keio’s two main lines of different gauges are the result of earlier mergers. Both serve the west side of Tokyo. See Tokyo network map. The 1 372 mm gauge network comprises a main line west from Shinjuku and its branches: Keio Line (37·9 ...
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Hakone Tozan Railway
Opened in 1919, this Odakyu Group railway runs west from Odawara (interchange with JR East’s Tokaido Line) to Gora in the Hakone mountains to the southwest of Tokyo, but since 2006 it has been operated in two separate sections with a change of gauge at Hakone-Yumoto: Odawara – Hakone-Yumoto: ...
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Isumi Railway
Opened in the 1930s, this third sector company operates the former-JNR line from Ohara to Kazusa-Nakano on the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba prefecture, southeast of Tokyo. At Ohara on the Pacific coast the line interchanges with JR East’s Sotobo line, then runs inland west to Kazusa-Nakano, terminus of the Kominato ...
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Kanto Railway
Operates two separate lines connecting with JR East’s Joban line on the northeast edge of Tokyo: Joso Line (51·1 km): from Toride north to Shimodate on JR East’s Mito Line; Ryugasaki Line (4·5 km): from Sanuki east to Ryugasaki. The Joso Line crosses the Tsukuba Express line with ...
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