Japan Freight Railway Company

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Template:Nihongo, or Template:Nihongo, 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.<ref name=overview/>

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.

The company has only about Template:Convert of track of its own, and therefore operates on track owned by the six JR passenger railways as well as other companies which provide rail transport in Japan.

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.<ref name="JapanTimesJan2017">Template:Cite news</ref> Trucks carry about 50% and ships about 44%.<ref name="JapanTimesJan2017" /> JR Freight has seen its share of the freight market gradually decrease since 1993.Template:Citation needed 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.<ref name="JapanTimesJan2017" /> JR Freight has run a deficit for many years.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Lines

While major part of the operation of JR Freight is on the tracks owned and maintained by other JR companies, JR Freight owns the railway lines (as Category-1 railway business) as follows:

Line	Endpoints	Locale (Prefecture)	Distance (km)
Hokuriku Main Line	Tsuruga Station - Tsuruga-Minato Freight Terminal	Fukui	2.7
Kagoshima Main Line	Mojikō Station - Sotohama Freight Terminal	Fukuoka	0.9
Kagoshima Main Line	Chihaya Yard - Fukuoka Freight Terminal	Fukuoka	2.2
Kansai Main Line	Yokkaichi Station - Shiohama Station	Mie	3.3
Kansai Main Line	Hirano Station - Kudara Freight Terminal	Osaka	1.4
Nippō Main Line	Obase-Nishikōdai-mae Station - Kandakō Freight Terminal	Fukuoka	4.6
Ōu Main Line	Tsuchizaki Station - Akitakō Freight Terminal	Akita	1.8
Senseki Line	Rikuzen-Yamashita Station - Ishinomakikō Freight Terminal	Miyagi	1.8
Shin'etsu Main Line	Kami-Nuttari Junction - Nuttari Freight Terminal	Niigata	1.8
Shin'etsu Main Line	Kami-Nuttari Junction - Higashi-Niigatakō Freight Terminal	Niigata	3.8
Shinminato Line	Nōmachi Station - Takaoka Freight Terminal	Toyama	1.9
Tohoku Main Line	Tabata Freight Terminal - Kita-Ōji Freight Terminal	Tokyo	4.0
Tōkaidō Main Line	Sannō Junction - Nagoya-Minato Freight Terminal	Aichi	6.2
Tōkaidō Main Line	Suita Freight Terminal - Osaka Freight Terminal	Osaka	8.7
Uetsu Main Line	Sakata Station - Sakatakō Freight Terminal	Yamagata	2.7