thumb|The unique [[intermodal container used by JR Freight]]
, or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station. Trucks carry about 50% and ships about 44%.
Lines
thumb|Umeda Freight Terminal in Osaka in June 2011
While major part of the operation of JR Freight is on the tracks owned and maintained by other JR companies, JR Freight owns the railway lines (as Category-1 railway business) as follows:
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!Line!!Endpoints!!Locale<br />(Prefecture)!!Distance<br />(km)
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| Hokuriku Main Line||Tsuruga Station - Tsuruga-Minato Freight Terminal||Fukui||style="text-align: right;"|2.7
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|rowspan=2| Kagoshima Main Line||Mojikō Station - Sotohama Freight Terminal||Fukuoka||style="text-align: right;"|0.9
|-
|Chihaya Yard - Fukuoka Freight Terminal||Fukuoka||style="text-align: right;"|2.2
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|rowspan=2| Kansai Main Line||Yokkaichi Station - Shiohama Station||Mie||style="text-align: right;"|3.3
|-
|Hirano Station - Kudara Freight Terminal||Osaka||style="text-align: right;"|1.4
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| Nippō Main Line||Obase-Nishikōdai-mae Station - Kandakō Freight Terminal||Fukuoka||style="text-align: right;"|4.6
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| Ōu Main Line||Tsuchizaki Station - Akitakō Freight Terminal||Akita||style="text-align: right;"|1.8
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| Senseki Line||Rikuzen-Yamashita Station - Ishinomakikō Freight Terminal||Miyagi||style="text-align: right;"|1.8
|-
|rowspan=2| Shin'etsu Main Line||Kami-Nuttari Junction - Nuttari Freight Terminal||Niigata||style="text-align: right;"|1.8
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|Kami-Nuttari Junction - Higashi-Niigatakō Freight Terminal||Niigata||style="text-align: right;"|3.8
|-
| Shinminato Line||Nōmachi Station - Takaoka Freight Terminal||Toyama||style="text-align: right;"|1.9
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| Tohoku Main Line||Tabata Freight Terminal - Kita-Ōji Freight Terminal||Tokyo||style="text-align: right;"|4.0
|-
|rowspan=2| Tōkaidō Main Line||Sannō Junction - Nagoya-Minato Freight Terminal||Aichi||style="text-align: right;"|6.2
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|Suita Freight Terminal - Osaka Freight Terminal||Osaka||style="text-align: right;"|8.7
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| Uetsu Main Line||Sakata Station - Sakatakō Freight Terminal||Yamagata||style="text-align: right;"|2.7
|}
Rolling stock
, JR Freight owns and operates the following rolling stock, with most of the newer motive stock being exclusively built by Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions:
Diesel locomotives
- JNR Class DE10 B-C diesel-hydraulic locomotives
- JNR Class DE11 B-C diesel-hydraulic locomotives
- JR Freight Class DB500 B diesel-hydraulic locomotive
- JR Freight Class DD200 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class DF200 Bo-Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class HD300 Bo-Bo, hybrid diesel-battery locomotives
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File:DE10 1727.jpg|A Class DE10-1500 diesel-hydraulic locomotive in December 2009
File:JRF-DE11-2001.jpg|A Class DE11-2000 diesel-hydraulic locomotive in January 2011
File:DD200-5.jpg|A Class DD200 diesel-electric locomotive in April 2020
File:Freight DF200 105.JPG|A Class DF200-100 diesel-electric locomotive in October 2011
File:JRF-HD300-901-00.jpg|A Class HD300 hybrid diesel-battery locomotive in May 2013
</gallery>
Electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF64 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF65 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF66 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF67 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class ED76 Bo-2-Bo AC electric locomotives
- JNR Class EF81 Bo-Bo-Bo AC/DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EF210 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EH200 Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EF510 Bo-Bo-Bo AC/DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EH500 Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo AC/DC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EH800 Bo-Bo+Bo-Bo AC electric locomotives
<gallery>
File:JNR EF64 1022 20050722.jpg|A Class EF64-1000 DC electric locomotive in July 2005
File:EF65-2065.jpg|A Class EF65-2000 DC electric locomotive in February 2021
File:JRF EF66 123.jpg|A Class EF66-100 DC electric locomotive in January 2006
File:JNR EF67-104.jpg|A Class EF67-100 DC electric locomotive in August 2009
File:JNR ED76 1016 20070322.jpg|A Class ED76-1000 AC electric locomotive in March 2007
File:JNR electric locomotive EF81 454 20080223.jpg|A Class EF81-450 AC electric locomotive in February 2008
File:JRF EF210-134.jpg|A Class EF210-100 DC electric locomotive in June 2009
File:Model EH200 of JR Freight.jpg|A Class EH200 DC electric locomotive in June 2007
File:JRF EF510-1.JPG|A Class EF510 AC/DC electric locomotive in August 2009
File:EH500-33.jpg|A Class EH500 AC/DC electric locomotive in December 2020
File:EH800-2 3065 Moheji 20160717 (cropped).jpg|A Class EH800 AC electric locomotive in July 2016
</gallery>
Electric multiple units
- M250 series freight EMU
<gallery>
File:Model M250 of JR Freight.jpg|An M250 series freight EMU in June 2007
</gallery>
Former rolling stock
- JNR Class ED62 Bo-1-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class ED75 Bo-Bo AC electric locomotives
- JNR Class ED79 Bo-Bo AC electric locomotives
- JR Freight Class EF200 Bo-Bo-Bo DC electric locomotives
- JNR Class DD51 B-2-B diesel-hydraulic locomotives
<gallery>
File:ED62 17 Omiya Works 20070526.JPG|A Class ED62 electric locomotive in May 2007
File:JNR ED75 1017 20070325.jpg|A Class ED75-1000 electric locomotive in March 2007
File:ED79 55 51 20130621.jpg|A pair of Class ED79 electric locomotives in June 2013
File:1992-8-23-ef200-4.JPG|A Class EF200 DC electric locomotive in August 1992
File:JRF DD51 1803 20070812.jpg|A Class DD51 diesel-hydraulic locomotive in August 2007
</gallery>
See also
- Japan Railways locomotive numbering and classification