JR-Central Transport Service Company
railway company in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
JR-Central Transport Service Company (株式会社JR東海交通事業, Kabushiki-gaisha Jeiāru Tōkai kōtsū jigyō), formerly Tokai Transport Service Company, and abbreviated "TKJ", is a railway operating company in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central).
Lines
TKJ operates only one line, the 11.2 km Jōhoku Line. The rail facilities are operated by JR Central, and the trains are run by TKJ.
History
The company was founded on 18 February 1988.
On July 12, 2024, it was announced that the company name would be changing from Tokai Transport Service Co., Ltd. to JR-Central Transport Service Co., Ltd. (adding "JR" to the beginning and translating the word "Tokai" in its English name), effective October 1, 2024, to clearly identify it as a subsidiary of JR Central. Its logo and abbreviation remained unchanged.
“JR-Central Transport Service Company” enters the record as railway company in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what JR-Central, Transport and Service can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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