Central Japan Railway Company Guide
contents CORPORATE OVERVIEW 3 Management Philosophy TOKAIDO SHINKANSEN 5 Contribute to the development of Japan’s main transportation artery and social infrastructure Key Performance Indicators 5 Evolution of the Tokaido Shinkansen 7 N700S 9 Japan’s Main Transportation Artery Social Infrastructure ”Crash Avoidance” Principle 11 JR Central’s mission is to undertake high-speed, large capacity On a broader perspective, JR Central also undertakes the mission of Comparison of High-Speed Trains in the World 12 passenger transport between Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. “Japan’s main supporting the social infrastructure. That is, along with the management of Operation & Maintenance 13 transportation artery” refers to this passenger transport. Since the artery Japan’s main artery, JR Central takes a locally oriented approach in Environmental Suitability 15 runs through this area of Japan, which plays an important role as the operating a network of conventional lines in the Tokai Region, centered on Countermeasures against COVID-19 16 center of the country’s economy and culture, it is possible that stagnancy the Nagoya and Shizuoka areas, and manage affiliated business focused in the main transportation artery will cause Japan’s economic and societal on the local communities, thereby supporting the people in these areas. movement in general to also stagnate. JR Central will continue to carry JR Central will remain committed to operating conventional lines while THE CHUO SHINKANSEN PROJECT USING out its mission of managing Japan’s main transportation artery today and managing and further enhancing affiliated businesses. 17 in the future through operation of the Tokaido Shinkansen and the Chuo THE SUPERCONDUCTING MAGLEV SYSTEM Shinkansen.
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