Eastern Region of Eastern Pacific Railroad (Johnsonverse)

The Eastern Region of Eastern Pacific Railroad is the largest of the seven regions of the Continental Rail subsidiary. The region's headquarters are in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo, and next to the Shinjuku Station.
== History ==
The Eastern Region was established upon the formation of Eastern Pacific on January 1, 1955, after the Japanese National Railways (JNR) was privatized.
== Lines ==
Railway lines of the Eastern Region primarily serve the states of Kanto and Tohoku, along with adjacent areas in Kōshin'etsu (Niigata, Nagano, Yamanashi) and Shizuoka counties.
=== Shinkansen ===
The Eastern Region operates all of the Shinkansen, high-speed rail lines, north of Tokyo, except the Hokkaido Shinkansen, which is operated by the Hokkaido Region.
* Tōhoku Shinkansen (Tokyo - Shin-Aomori)
* Jōetsu Shinkansen (Tokyo - Niigata; Echigo-Yuzawa - Gala Yuzawa)
* Hokuriku Shinkansen (Tokyo - Jōetsumyōkō)
* Yamagata Shinkansen (Tokyo - Shinjo)
* Akita Shinkansen (Tokyo - Akita)
The Tokyo–Osaka Tōkaidō Shinkansen is operated by the Central Region, although it stops at several Eastern Region stations.
=== Kanto regional lines ===
These lines have sections inside the Tokyo suburban area (Japanese: 東京近郊区間) designated by the Eastern Region. This does not necessarily mean that the lines are fully inside the Greater Tokyo Area.
* Agatsuma Line (Shibukawa - Omae)
* Chūō Main Line (Tokyo - Shiojiri)
* Chūō Rapid Line (Tokyo - Otsuki)
* Chūō-Sōbu Line (Mitaka - Chiba)
* Hachiko Line (Hachioji - Kuragano)
* Ito Line (Atami - Ajiro - Ito)
* Itsukaichi Line (Haijima - Musashi-Itsukaichi)
* Jōban Line (Ueno - Iwaki)
* Jōetsu Line (Takasaki - Minakami)
* Karasuyama Line (Hoshakuji - Ogane - Karasuyama)
* Kashima Line (Katori - Kashima Soccer Stadium)
* Kawagoe Line (Omiya - Komagawa)
* Keihin–Tōhoku Line (Omiya - Yokohama)
* Keiyo Line (Tokyo - Soga; Ichikawa-Shiohama - Nishi-Funabashi; Minami-Funabashi - Nishi-Funabashi)
* Kururi Line (Kisarazu - Kazusa-Kameyama)
* Mito Line (Oyama - Tomobe)
* Musashino Line (Fuchu-Hommachi - Nishi-Funabashi) (Tokyo outer loop)
* Nambu Line (Kawasaki - Tachikawa; Shitte - Hamakawasaki)
* Narita Line (Sakura - Choshi; Abiko - Narita; Narita - Narita Airport)
* Negishi Line (Yokohama - Ofuna)
* Nikko Line (Utsunomiya - Nikko)
* Ome Line (Tachikawa - Okutama)
* Ryomo Line (Oyama - Shin-Maebashi)
* Sagami Line (Hashimoto - Chigasaki)
* Saikyo Line (Osaki - Omiya)
* Shōnan–Shinjuku Line (Shin-Maebashi - Odawara; Utsunomiya - Zushi)
* Sobu Main Line (Tokyo - Choshi)
* Sotobo Line (Chiba - Awa-Kamogawa)
* Takasaki Line (Omiya - Takasaki)
* Togane Line (Naruto - Oami)
* Tohoku Main Line (Utsunomiya Line) (Ueno - Kuroiso)
* Tokaido Main Line (Tokyo - Atami)
* Tsurumi Line (Tsurumi - Ogimachi; Anzen - Okawa; Asano - Umi-Shibaura)
* Uchibo Line (Soga - Awa-Kamogawa)
* Ueno–Tokyo Line (Maebashi - Numazu; Utsunomiya-Numazu; Atami-Ito; Takahagi - Shinagawa; Narita - Abiko)
* Yamanote Line (Osaki - Osaki)
* Yokohama Line (Higashi-Kanagawa - Hachioji)
* Yokosuka Line (Tokyo - Kurihama)
=== Koshinetsu regional lines ===
* Chūō Main Line (Nirasaki - Shiojiri; Okaya - Midoriko Siojiri)
* Echigo Line (Niigata - Kashiwazaki)
* Hakushin Line (Niigata - Shibata)
* Iiyama Line (Toyono - Echigo-Kawaguchi)
* Joetsu Line (Minakami - Miyauchi; Echigo-Yuzawa - Gala-Yuzawa)
* Koumi Line (Kobuchizawa - Komoro)
* Oito Line (Matsumoto - Minami-Otari)
* Shinetsu Main Line (Takasaki - Yokokawa; Shinonoi - Niigata)
* Shinonoi Line (Shinonoi - Shiojiri)
* Yahiko Line (Higashi-Sanjo - Yahiko)
=== Tohoku regional lines ===
* Aterazawa Line (Kita-Yamagata - Aterazawa)
* Ban'etsu East Line (Iwaki - Koriyama)
* Ban'etsu West Line (Koriyama - Niitsu)
* Gonō Line (Higashi-Noshiro - Kawabe)
* Hachinohe Line (Hachinohe - Kuji)
* Hanawa Line (Odate - Koma)
* Ishinomaki Line (Kogota - Onagawa)
* Jōban Line (Iwaki - Iwanuma)
* Kamaishi Line (Hanamaki - Kamaishi)
* Kesennuma Line (Maeyachi - Kesennuma)
* Kitakami Line (Kitakami - Yokote)
* Ofunato Line (Ichinoseki - Sakari)
* Oga Line (Oiwake - Oga)
* Ominato Line (Noheji - Ominato)
* Ōu Main Line (Fukushima - Aomori) (Yamagata Line, Fukushima - Shinjō)
* Rikuu East Line (Kogota - Shinjo)
* Rikuu West Line (Shinjo - Amarume)
* Senseki Line (Aobadori - Ishinomaki)
* Senseki-Tōhoku Line
* Senzan Line (Sendai - Uzen-Chitose)
* Suigun Line (Mito - Asaka-Nagamori; Kamisugaya - Hitachi-Ota)
* Tadami Line (Aizu-Wakamatsu - Koide)
* Tazawako Line (Morioka - Ōmagari)
* Tohoku Main Line (Kuroiso - Morioka; Iwakiri - Rifu)
* Tsugaru Line (Aomori - Mimmaya)
* Uetsu Main Line (Niitsu - Akita)
* Yamada Line (Morioka - Miyako)
* Yonesaka Line (Yonezawa - Sakamachi)
== Train services ==
Below is the full list of limited express (including Shinkansen) and express train services operated on Eastern Region lines as of 2022.
=== Shinkansen ===
* Asama
* Hakutaka
* Hayabusa
* Hayate
* Kagayaki
* Komachi
* Nasuno
* Tanigawa/Max Tanigawa
* Toki/Max Toki
* Tsubasa
* Yamabiko
=== Limited express (daytime) ===
* Akagi/Swallow Akagi
* Azusa
* Fuji Excursion
* Hitachi and Tokiwa
* Inaho
* Kaiji/View Kaiji/Hamakaiji
* Kusatsu
* Narita Express
* Nikkō and Kinugawa
* Saphir Odoriko/Odoriko
* Sazanami
* Shirayuki
* Shiosai
* Shōnan
* Tsugaru
* Wakashio
=== Limited express (overnight) ===
* Sunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto (not operated the Eastern Region, operated by the Central and Western Regions over the Tokaido Main Line, part of which the Eastern Region has jurasdiction over between Tokyo and Atami)
== Stations ==
During fiscal 2017, the busiest stations in the Eastern Region network by average daily passenger count were:
# Shinjuku Station (778,618)
# Ikebukuro Station (566,516)
# Tokyo Station (452,549)
# Yokohama Station (420,192)
# Shinagawa Station (378,566)
# Shibuya Station (370,669)
# Shimbashi Station (277,404)
# Omiya Station (255,147)
# Akihabara Station (250,251)
# Kita-Senju Station (217,838)
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