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1 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Masaki OGATA Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 1

2 Company Profile of JR East Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 2

3 Company Profile of JR East JR-Hokkaido Japan's national railway company was divided into 6 passenger's and freight company by region and privatized in JR-East Tokyo JR-West JR-Central JR-Shikoku JR-Kyushu Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 3

4 Shinkansen network for JR East 2010~ Shin-Aomori Hachinohe Akita Morioka Shinjo Yamagata Niigata Fukushima Kanazawa Nagano Takasaki Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 4

5 Outline of JR East Per day Traffic Volume 17 million Number of Trains 12,688 Train miles 444 thousand Frequency of confirming signals 1.2 million Frequency of operating a door 6 million Frequency that railroad crossing operates 700 thousand 2006 year Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 5

6 Comparison with other railways Passenger Line Network miles USA 22,135 Italy France 10,184 18,414 Germaney 21,326 UK 12,224 JRE 4, ,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25, year (UK,USA 2005) Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 6

7 Comparison with other railways Revenue Millions of US dollars USA Italy France Germaney UK JRE 1,181 5,373 14,288 15,320 12,893 14, ,000 10,000 15,000 20, year (UK,USA 2005) Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 7

8 Comparison with other railways Number of passengers millions USA 25 Italy 540 France 1,001 Germaney 1,854 UK JRE 1,147 5, ,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6, year (UK,USA 2005) Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 8

9 Punctuality of Operation Average time of delay per train The best record ever min. Shinkansen Conventional train Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 9

10 Characteristics of JR East Shinkansen 1 High Speed 2 High Frequency 3 Large Capacity 4 Through Service Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 10

11 Characteristics of JR East Shinkansen 1 High Speed Speed (mph) JNR 199mph (1979) 131mph (1982) 150mph (1985) JR 216mph (1991) 266mph (STAR21,1993) Trial Run 172mph (1990) Commercial Operation 188mph (2011) Series E5 200mph (2013) 100 High-speed test train (Fastech 360:Various test runs) (Year) Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 11

12 Characteristics of JR East Shinkansen 1 High Speed By 2013, maximum commercial speed of 200mph planned Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 12

13 Characteristics of JR East Shinkansen 1 High Speed Series E5 E5 走行時の映像を流す Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 13

14 Characteristics of JR East Shinkansen 2 High Frequency 2 platforms Handle 400 trains a day Shortest train interval: 4 minutes Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 14

15 Characteristics of JR East Shinkansen 2 High Frequency 12 min. Turn Back 1 Train coming 2 Passenger Getting off 3 Clean up 4 End of Cleaning 5 Passenger Getting on 6 Train leaving Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 15

16 Characteristics of JR East Shinkansen 3 Large Capacity No. of seats : 1,634 seats (the world s largest high-speed train) 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5, No. of Shinkansen commuter pass holders 11 Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 16

17 Characteristics of JR East Shinkansen 4 Through Service E3 series E2 series E2 series E3 series Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 17

18 Characteristics of JR East Shinkansen 4 Through Service Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 18

19 Impact on railway business in the world Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 19

20 Impact on railway business in the world The Japanese railway had impacted on the railway businesses in the world twice. Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 20

21 Impact on railway business in the world The first was by Shinkansen October 1st, 1964 Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 21

22 Impact on railway business in the world The second was by privatization April 1st, 1987 Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 22

23 Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 23

24 Conclusion Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 24

25 Safety of Railway Accidental death rate per passenger miles Automob ile 450 Airp lane 67 The accidental death rate per passenger miles of railway is 1/450 of the automobile. Railway 1 The safety of the railway is high overwhelmingly. By Reliability Engneering Association of Japan Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 25

26 Safety of Railway in Japan Austria Norway Berugium Germany Spain France Italy Japan The traffic volume of Japan is 11 times biggest than that of each countries in Europe. However the number of serious accidents is 1/8 or less in Japan. Extremely high safety is achieved. 10 億人キロ当たりの重大事故件数 Serious accidents rate per billion passenger miles Ministry of Land and infrastructure Copyright 2010 East Japan Railway Company. All rights reserved 26

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