, or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station.
The Japan Railways Group was founded on 1 April 1987, when Japanese National Railways (JNR) was privatized. Japanese National Railways was divided into six regional passenger rail companies and a single freight railway company, Japan Freight Railway Company.
Economics In 2017, only about 5% of all freight in Japan is carried by rail but nearly all of that, 99%, 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.
Lines
While major part of the operation of JR Freight is on the tracks owned and maintained by the other six JR Group railways, JR Freight owns of track as follows: LineEndpointsLocaleDistance(km) HokurikuTsuruga Station - Tsuruga-Minato Freight TerminalFukui2.7 KagoshimaMojikō Station - Sotohama Freight TerminalFukuoka0.9Chihaya Yard - Fukuoka Freight Terminal2.2 KansaiYokkaichi Station - Shiohama StationMie3.3Hirano Station - Kudara Freight TerminalOsaka1.4 NippōObase-Nishikōdai-mae Station - Kandakō Freight TerminalFukuoka4.6 ŌuTsuchizaki Station - Akitakō Freight TerminalAkita1.8 SensekiRikuzen-Yamashita Station - Ishinomakikō Freight TerminalMiyagi1.8 Shin'etsuKami-Nuttari Junction - Nuttari Freight TerminalNiigata1.8Kami-Nuttari Junction - Higashi-Niigatakō Freight Terminal3.8 ShinminatoNōmachi Station - Takaoka Freight TerminalToyama1.9 TohokuTabata Freight Terminal - Kita-Ōji Freight TerminalTokyo4.0 TōkaidōSannō Junction - Nagoya-Minato Freight TerminalAichi6.2Suita Freight Terminal - Osaka Freight TerminalOsaka8.7 UetsuSakata Station - Sakatakō Freight TerminalYamagata2.7
Rolling stock , JR Freight owns and operates the following rolling stock:
LocomotiveImageArrangementPower typeIntroducedIn serviceJNR Class DE10B-Cdiesel-hydraulic1966138JNR Class DE11B-Cdiesel-hydraulic196810JR Freight Class DB500Bdiesel-hydraulic20167JR Freight Class DD200Bo-Bodiesel-electric201720JR Freight Class DF200Bo-Bo-Bodiesel-electric199248JR Freight Class HD300Bo-Bohybrid diesel-battery201032JNR Class ED76Bo-2-BoAC electric 196510JNR Class EF64Bo-Bo-BoDC electric 1964132JNR Class EF65Bo-Bo-BoDC electric 196552JNR Class EF66Bo-Bo-BoDC electric 196639JNR Class EF67Bo-Bo-BoDC electric19828JNR Class EF81Bo-Bo-BoAC/DC electric196844JR Freight Class EH200Bo-Bo+Bo-BoDC electric 200225JR Freight Class EF210Bo-Bo-BoDC electric 2016101JR Freight Class EH500Bo-Bo+Bo-BoAC/DC electric199782JR Freight Class EF510Bo-Bo-BoAC/DC electric200140JR Freight Class EH800Bo-Bo+Bo-BoAC electric201220M250 serieselectric multiple unit200416
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 JR Freight Class EF200 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives JNR Class DD51 B-2-B diesel-hydraulic locomotives
See also
Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification
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