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The () is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is often referred to as .
The company's operational hub is Nagoya Station. The busiest railway line it operates is the Tōkaidō Main Line between Atami Station and Maibara Station. JR Central also operates the Tōkaidō Shinkansen between Tokyo Station and Shin-Osaka Station. Additionally it is responsible for the Chūō Shinkansen—a proposed Maglev service between Shinagawa Station and Shin-Osaka Station, of which a short demonstration section has been built.

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Lines

Shinkansen

Conventional lines

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Lines

Shinkansen

★ Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Station -- Shin-Osaka Station, 552.6 km

Conventional lines

★ Tōkaidō Main Line Atami Station -- Maibara Station 341.3 km

★ Gotemba Line (御殿場線) Kōzu Station -- Numazu Station 60.2 km

★ Minobu Line (身延線) Fuji Station -- Kōfu Station 88.4 km

★ Iida Line (飯田線) Toyohashi Station -- Tatsuno Station 195.7 km

★ Taketoyo Line (武豊線) Ōbu Station -- Taketoyo Station 19.3 km

★ Takayama Main Line (高山本線) Gifu Station -- Inotani Station 189.2 km

★ Chūō Main Line (中央本線) Shiojiri Station -- Nagoya Station 174.8 km

★ Taita Line (太多線) Tajimi Station -- Mino-Ōta Station 17.8 km

★ Jōhoku Line (城北線) Kachigawa Station -- Biwajima Station 11.2 km (Trains are not operated by JR Central, but by Tōkai Transport Service (東海交通事業).)

★ Kansai Main Line (関西本線) Nagoya Station -- Kameyama Station 59.9 km

★ Kisei Main Line (紀勢本線) Kameyama Station -- Shingū Station 180.2 km

★ Meishō Line (名松線) Matsusaka Station -- Ise-Okitsu Station 43.5 km

★ Sangū Line (参宮線) Taki Station -- Toba Station 29.1 km

External links

★ Central Japan Railway Company Official website