Japan Freight Railway Company (??????????, Nihon Kamotsu Tetsud? Kabushiki-gaisha), or JR Freight (JR??, Jei?ru Kamotsu), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station.
The Japan Railways Group was founded 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 six 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 (12,300 mi).
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.
Video Japan Freight Railway Company
Economics
In 2017, only about 5% of freight is carried by rail in Japan (99% of which is carried by JR Freight). Trucks carry about 50% and ships about 44%. JR Freight has seen its share of the freight market gradually decrease since 1993. In the 2010s JR Freight has been carrying more freight because of the decrease in the number of available truck drivers due to age as well as government policy to reduce carbon dioxide. JR Freight has run a deficit for many years.
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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:
Rolling stock
As of 1 March 2017, JR Freight owns and operates the following rolling stock:
Diesel locomotives
- JNR Class DD51 B-2-B diesel-hydraulic locomotives
- JNR Class DE10 B-C diesel-hydraulic locomotives
- JNR Class DE11 B-C diesel-hydraulic locomotives
- JR Freight Class DB500 B diesel-hydraulic locomotive
- JR Freight Class DD200 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class DF200 Bo-Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class HD300 Bo-Bo, hybrid diesel-battery locomotives
Electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF64 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF65 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF66 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF67 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class ED76 Bo-2-Bo AC electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF81 Bo-Bo-Bo AC/DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EF200 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EF210 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EH200 Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EF510 Bo-Bo-Bo AC/DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EH500 Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo AC/DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EH800 Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo AC electric locomotives
Electric multiple units
- M250 series freight EMU
Former rolling stock
- JNR Class ED62 Bo-1-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class ED75 Bo-Bo AC electric locomotives
- JNR Class ED79 Bo-Bo AC electric locomotives
See also
- Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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