Passenger-distance of JR East in Japan FY 2013-2022
In the fiscal year 2022, the passenger payload distance of East Japan Railways Company (JR East) amounted to approximately 107.5 billion passenger-kilometers. Compared to the previous year, the passenger volume recovered. With its tracks spanning more than eight thousand kilometers, JR East is the leading railway operator in the north-western region of the main island called Honshu. The company was incorporated after breaking up the state-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) in the 1980s, achieving full privatization in 2002.