Japan Freight Railway Company
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Japan Freight Railway Company (日本貨物鉄道株式会社 Nippon Kamotsu Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha), or JR Freight (JR貨物 Jeiāru Kamotsu), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide.
The Japan Railways Group was born on April 1, 1987, when Japanese National Railways (JNR) was privatized, and then divided into six regional companies and Japan Freight Railway Company. Although the passenger operation of JNR was split into 6 companies, fares and regulations are standard for all companies and every region of Japan except Okinawa is covered by the railway network spanning approximately 19,800 kilometres (12,400 miles).
Formerly part of JNR, the freight operation was not divided and became a single separate company when JNR was privatized and split. Although it has only about fifty kilometers of track of its own, it also operates on track owned by the JR passenger railways and other companies. The company uses the initials JRF as an abbreviated name for identification.
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Lines
While major part of the operation of JR Freight is on the tracks owned and maintained by other JR companies, JR Freight owns the railway lines (as Category-1 railway business) as follows:
| Line | Endpoints | Locale (Prefecture) | Distance (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hokuriku Main Line | Tsuruga Station - Tsuruga-Minato Station | Fukui | 2.7 |
| Kagoshima Main Line | Mojikō Station - Sotohama Station | Fukuoka | 0.9 |
| Chihaya Yard - Fukuoka Kamotsu Terminal Station | Fukuoka | 2.2 | |
| Kansai Main Line | Yokkaichi Station - Shiohama Station | Mie | 3.3 |
| Hirano Station - Kudara Station | Osaka | 1.4 | |
| Nippō Main Line | Obase Nishikōdaimae Station - Kandakō Station | Fukuoka | 4.6 |
| Ōu Main Line | Tsuchizaki Station - Akitakō Station | Akita | 1.8 |
| Senseki Line | Rikuzen-Yamashita Station - Ishinomakikō Station | Miyagi | 1.8 |
| Shin'etsu Main Line | Kami-Nuttari Junction - Nuttari Station | Niigata | 1.8 |
| Kami-Nuttari Junction - Higashi-Niigatakō Station | Niigata | 3.8 | |
| Shinminato Line | Nōmachi Station - Takaoka Kamotsu Station | Toyama | 1.9 |
| Tōhoku Main Line | Tabatasō Station - Kita-Ōji Station | Tokyo | 4.0 |
| Tōkaidō Main Line | Sannō Junction - Nagoya-Minato Station | Aichi | 6.2 |
| Suita Junction - Osaka Kamotsu Terminal Station | Osaka | 8.7 | |
| Uetsu Main Line | Sakata Station - Sakatakō Station | Yamagata | 2.7 |
Rolling stock
JR Freight owns a variety of rolling stock, including
- Diesel locomotives
- DC electric locomotives
- AC electric locomotives
- AC/DC electric locomotives
- Freight EMUs
- Covered and uncovered cars with capacities up to 36 tons
- Carriers for automobiles, trucks and containers
- Large cars with capacities up to 80 tons
- Coal and hopper cars
Future developments
The company announced on 10 September, 2008 plans to develop a hybrid diesel-battery locomotive to replace the aging DE10 locomotives on shunting work. The prototype 60-tonne Bo-Bo locomotive will be delivered in late fiscal 2009 and will offer a maximum power output of 500 kW.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 新型入換専用機関車の開発（試作）について. (10 September, 2008). Retrieved on 28 January, 2009(Japanese)
External links
- http://www.jrfreight.co.jp/ (Japanese)
- http://www.jrfreight.co.jp/english/ (English)
| JR Group | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past: Japanese Government Railways | Japanese National Railways | JNR Settlement Corporation | |||||||||||||
| Passenger Railway Companies: | JR Hokkaido | JR East | JR Central | JR West | JR Shikoku | JR Kyushu | |||||||
| JR Bus Companies: | JR Bus Hokkaido | JR Bus Tohoku | JR Tokai Bus | West JR Bus | JR Shikoku Bus | JR Kyushu Bus | |||||||
| JR Bus Kanto | Chugoku JR Bus | ||||||||||||
| Others: | JR Freight | RTRI | JR Systems | ||||||||||
