WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY CONTENTS CORPORATE OPERATING BUSINESSES DATA OTHER OVERVIEW ENVIRONMENT

Other Environmental Initiatives

■ THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY NATURE OF RAILWAYS ■ INITIATIVES TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS AND CONSERVE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION USAGE RATIO AND ENERGY • Introducing energy-saving rolling stock INTRODUCTION OF ENERGY-SAVING ROLLING STOCK CONSUMPTION RATIO OF DOMESTIC MODES OF In order to reduce the energy consumed by railway operations, which accounts (ROLLING STOCK CURRENTLY IN OPERATION ) for approximately 80% of our total energy consumption, JR-West is introducing Years ended March 31 TRANSPORTATION 1,038 (FY2010, NATIONWIDE) new rolling stock equipped with VVVF inverter control systems, regenerative 990 (100) 978 924 (100) (100) brakes, and other energy-saving features. 1,000 874 (100) 826 (100) (36.8) Transportation 29 5 51 15 • Improving ground facilities 16 232 328 408 152 408 Usage Ratio 144 JR-West is improving its ground facilities to fully utilize the characteristics of its 750 energy-saving rolling stock. This includes the installation of the DC feeding 144 N700 Series 368 systems between up and down lines, electric storage devices, and other facilities 368 368 Energy 500 700 Series Consumption 6 2 74 17 to help the Company better take advantage of the electricity acquired through the 496 500 Series Ratio 104 80 496 regenerative brakes of our energy-saving rolling stock. 522 80 300 Series 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 250 144 144 74 • Reducing the energy used by stations, offices, and other facilities 144 48 74 100 Series 106 While stations use relatively low amounts of energy in comparison to the amount 100 70 12 0 Series ■ Railway ■ Bus ■ Car ■ Other (Including airplane) 0 consumed by train operations, the move to make JR-West’s stations barrier free 96 09 10 11 12 13 Source: Summary of Transportation Statistics, Transport Research and Statistics Office, has a tendency to increase energy consumption. In addition to continuing its Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism development of technologies to reduce energy consumption, JR-West is also Conventional Lines—Electric Trains The GHGs Emissions Data of Japan, Greenhouse Gas Inventory Office of Japan advancing efforts to make its stations into environmentally friendly “eco-stations.” 6,000 4,845 4,852 4,862 4,817 4,733 (58.5) (59.9) (64.3) (67.8) ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND CO2 EMISSION S ASSOCIATED 4,351 (70.0) WITH BUSINESS ACTIVITIES (31.0) CO2 EMISSIONS BY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (TOURISTS) 4,500 565 Years ended March 31 2,055 2,129 2,354 (FY2012) 785 2,494 2,537 Billion of MJ Thousands of t-CO2 3,000 Value for railway scaled to 100 60 1,660 1,750 777 777 1,604 774 VVVF Rolling Stock 774 774 (after 207 Series) 1,578 3,001 1,500 2,013 1,946 1,734 1,549 1,422 Newer Model Rolling Stock Railway 100 (21) 1,511 1,508 1,457 (after ) 45 1,500 Older Model Rolling Stock 1,396 1,394 0 96 09 10 11 12 13 1,358 1,349 1,337 5.89 Bus 243 (51) 5.83 5.75 5.33 5.58 5.50 5.11 5.22 5.12 5.15 5.05 30 1,250 Conventional Lines—Diesel Trains

800 61 775 Airplane 467 (98) (18.5) 30.38 29.23 29.24 28.99 28.77 28.53 82 15 27.88 27.89 27.65 27.44 27.21 1,000 600 470 461 457 439 438 (89.4) (91.3) (95.8) (98.2) (98.4) 810 (170) Private vehicles 400 632 257 255 254 247 247 Rolling Stock Equipped 0 96 08 09 10 11 12 0 with Newer Engines (KiHa 40 & 47 Series) 0 250 500 750 1,000 Previous emission Energy Consumed Energy Consumed by Means CO2 Emissions 200 163 166 Newer Model Rolling Stock coefficient by Train Operations Other Than Train Operations 184 184 184 (after KiHa 120 Series) 19 8 7 Current emission Energy Consumed Energy Consumed by Means CO2 Emissions 50 40 Older Model Rolling Stock Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism homepage coefficient by Train Operations Other Than Train Operations 0 Numbers in parentheses are actual CO2 emissions volumes 96 09 10 11 12 13 Note: Factory-use liquid fuel is included in energy consumed by means other than train (g-CO2 / passenger-kilometers) operations for FY 07.3 and years thereafter. Note: Numbers in parentheses represent the percentage of energy-saving rolling stock.

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