JR East is one of the main companies of the JR Group. Formed in 1987, with the privatization of the National Railways, it operates from north of mount Fuji, all the way up to the Tsugaru Strait, including the fundamental Tokyo Metropolitan area and the Kanto, Tohoku and Koshin’etsu (Northeastern Chubu, around Niigata) rural areas.
Depsite not being the wealthiest or more profitable (wich would be JR Central, due to the Tokaido Shinkansen), JR East is still one of (if not the) most important railway company of Japan, and depsite having the longest Shinkansen network of the JR Group, JR East’s main source of income comes from commuter trains moving people in, out and trough the vast Greater Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
Among it’s staggering 83 subsidiaries, (including IT companies, real estate, retail, hotel and resturant businneses) there’s J-TREC (former Tokyu Car Co.), one of Japan’s main rolling stock manufacturers, and Tokyo Monorail.
Shinkansen
Tohoku Shinkansen
Yamabiko, Nasuno and Aoba services
Super Yamabiko services
Komachi services (via Akita Shinkansen)
Tsubasa services (via Yamagata Shinkansen)
Joetsu Shinkansen, Gala-Yuzawa Line
Asahi services
Toki and Tanigawa services
Nagano/Hokuriku Shinkansen
Asama services
Non-revenue earning rolling stock
All Shinkansen Lines
Tohoku, Joetsu and Nagano Shinkansen Lines only
Tokyo Area main urban, suburban and commuter lines
Yamanote Line
Keihin-Tohoku Line, Negishi Line
Chuo Line, Ome Line, Itsukaichi Line
Azusa and Kaiji Limited Express services (Tokyo to Matsumoto and Nagano)
Rapid Services (Tokyo to Takao, some services up to Otsuki)
Chuo Main Line “Eastern Section” (Takao to Shiojiri, some services down to Tachikawa)
Fuji Excursion and various charter trains
Chuo-Sobu Line
Trough-Services with the Tozai Subway Line
Saikyo Line
Trough-services with the Kawagoe Line and the TWR Rinkai Line
Tokaido Main Line (Rapid Service), Ito Line
Yokosuka Line, Sobu Line Rapid Service
Local and Rapid services
Sanzami, Wakashio, Shiosai and Ayame limited express services
Joban Line
Htiachi limited express (Ueno to Sendai)
1500v DC-only commuter EMUs (Ueno-Toride section only)
Trough-services with the Chiyoda Subway Line (1500v DC Ayase-Toride section only)
Suburban multivoltage EMUs (1500v DC / 20Kv 50hz AC section up to Mito station)
Yokohama Line
some trough-services with the Negishi Line
Nambu Line
Keiyo Line
trough-services with the Musashino Line
Special limited express services and charter trains
Musashino Line
trough-services with the Keiyo and Chuo Rapid Lines
Local Services
Musashino Rapid Service
Tokyo Area secondary commuter, suburban and local lines
Kawagoe and Hachiko Lines
Sagami Line
Tsurumi Line
Sobu Main Line, Sotobo, Uchibo, Togane and Kashima Lines
Sanzami, Shiosai, Wakashio and Ayame limited express services
Local and Rapid services
Narita Line
trough-services with the Joban Line and the Kashima Line
Ryomo, Joetsu and Takasaki Lines
Utsunomiya Line
Nikko limited express service (trough-running with the Tobu Nikko Line)
Local services (whole line)
Local services (Utsunomiya to Kuroiso section only)
Nikko Line
Mito Line
Tohoku Area
Joban Line, Tohoku Main Line and related branchlines
Hitachi limited express (Ueno to Sendai)
Local services (AC/DC multivoltage trains – for services north of Mito)
Local services (AC-only trains)
Tsugaru Line
Hakucho limited express (Shin-Aomori to Hakodate via the Seikan tunnel)
Ou Main Line
1435mm standard-gauge section
Akita Shinkansen Komachi services (via Tohoku Shinkansen)
Yamagata Shinkansen Tsubasa services (via Tohoku Shinkansen)
“Yamagata Line” (Yamagata-Shinjo) standard gauge services
1067mm narrow-gauge section
Kamoshika limited express (Akita to Aomori)
Local services
Ban’etsu West Line
Viva Aizu limited express (Koriyama to Aizu-Wakamatsu)
Local services
Senseki Line (1500v DC)
Nagano Area
Shin’etsu Main Line, Chuo Main Line, Shinonoi Line, Oito Line
Azusa and Kaiji limited expresses (Tokyo to Matsumoto and Nagano)
Asama limited expresses (Ueno to Nagano or Naoetsu)
Hakusan and Noto limited expresses (Ueno to Kanazawa)
Local services
Niigata Area
Shin’etsu Main Line, Echigo Line, Hakushin Line
Inaho, Hokuetsu, Kubikino and Minori limited expresses
Local services
Yahiko Line
Non-region-specific
Charter trains
Diesel Locomotives
Non-Revenue-earning rolling stock
Inspection trains
Experimental and testbed rolling stock
Depot and maintainance works dedicated shunters
Training rolling stock
Train icons made by Curoka
