Shikoku Railway Company
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Native name
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四国旅客鉄道株式会社 |
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| Industry | Private railway |
| Predecessor | Japanese National Railways (JNR) |
| Founded | April 1, 1987 (privatization of JNR) |
| Headquarters | Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan |
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Area served
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Shikoku |
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Key people
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Masafumi Izumi (CEO) |
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Passenger rail Freight services Intercity bus |
| Revenue | 31.35 billion yen (2007) |
| Total assets | 357.137 billion yen (2007) |
| Total equity | 3.5 billion yen |
| Owner | Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency (100%) |
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Number of employees
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2,942 (as of April 1, 2007) |
| Subsidiaries | JR Shikoku Bus |
| Website | www |
Shikoku Railway Company (四国旅客鉄道株式会社 Shikoku Ryokaku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?), commonly known as JR Shikoku (JR四国 Jei-āru Shikoku?), is one of the constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It operates intercity rail services in the four prefectures on the island of Shikoku in Japan. The company is headquartered in Takamatsu, Kagawa.
JR Shikoku operates a railway system of 855.2 km. Unlike other JR companies, JR Shikoku discontinued the classification of "Main Lines" and others in the names of its railway lines in 1988. Prior to the change, the Dosan, Kōtoku, Tokushima and Yosan Lines were Main Lines.
Each line is color-coded and labeled with a letter, which is used to assign a station number to each station on the line. For example, Naruto Station on the Naruto Line (labeled N) is numbered N10. Although this method is widely accepted in metro systems in Japan, JR Shikoku was the first JR company to use it.
JR Shikoku provides intercity transportation with its limited express services, connecting major cities on the island of Shikoku with Okayama on Honshū. The company also operates local trains.
185 series DMU used for limited express services
2000 series DMU used for limited express services
5000 series EMU used for Marine Liner rapid services
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