Today, let's take a look at the largest railway company in Japan, the East Japan Railway aka JR Eastpic.twitter.com/L6egSVZvhG
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Today, let's take a look at the largest railway company in Japan, the East Japan Railway aka JR Eastpic.twitter.com/L6egSVZvhG
Ordinary tickets make more money than commuter passes; conventional urban lines beat high speed intercity lines or rural & regional linespic.twitter.com/pgbP6r10qh
Revenue is up on both urban lines and high speed lines, but dwindling on rural & regional linespic.twitter.com/Nh7JDWxOhy
Within Tokyo itself, more people are taking the train AND more people are driving--walking, tho, is taking a hitpic.twitter.com/ZvbLNiue5I
In ridership terms, commuter beats ordinary tickets (the reverse of revenue situation), whereas conventional urban lines even MORE dominantpic.twitter.com/DayY8iuQWD
JR East has two strategies for their railways: 1- RAISE DEMAND 2- ADD VALUEpic.twitter.com/u7rDgrCyVW
"Extreme Safety Levels" that's what I like to seepic.twitter.com/Nk8B3h1mmt
New development projects--most involve new office buildings or shopping centers, some involve getting more use out of existing station spacepic.twitter.com/BjvT1rTP6T
The project to add a station between Shinagawa and Tamachi, for instance, includes the development of former rail yards adjacent to the sitepic.twitter.com/Vc6IoN3ilv
In terms of individual stations with high passenger traffic, nobody touches JR Eastpic.twitter.com/F7mahp7SD9
IC cards for diff parts of the country (JR East produces "Suica")--use your IC card like a credit card or your credit card like an IC card!pic.twitter.com/OLJ9fTWEOy
Overseas business (consulting, manufacturing) and breakdown of rolling stock built at JR East's two factories (commuter trains dominant)pic.twitter.com/m7uW4KUFGO
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