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The core of JR Central's operations is the Tokaido Shinkansen, the main transportation artery linking Japan's principal metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. The company also operates a network of 12 conventional lines centered on the Nagoya and Shizuoka areas.
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Percentages of Japan as a whole

Population Density
(As of the end of March 2011)

- Note
- JR Central's market area includes the following prefectures:
Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, Nagano, Aichi, Mie, Gifu,Shiga, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara - Area data to calculate Population Density is as of October 2011
- Sources
- Area -- Statistical Reports on the Land Area by Prefectures and Municipalities in Japan, Geospetial Information Authority of Japan
Population -- Basic Resident Registration, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Prefectural GDP -- Annual Report on Prefectural Accounts, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
Consolidated Operating
Revenues Composition

- Transportation
- 77.7%
- Merchandise
and Other - 13.0%
- Real Estate
- 2.5%
- Other Services
- 6.8%
FY 2012.3 data
Non-Consolidated Operating
Revenues Composition

- Tokaido Shinkansen
- 85.4%
- Conventional Line
- 8.2%
- Miscellaneous
- 5.7%
- Affiliated Businesses
- 0.8%
FY 2012.3 data
- Note
- Consolidated composition is based on the revenues from outside of JR Central's group