Company profile

Name	JR West Miyajima Ferry Co., Ltd.
Location	Miyajimaguchi, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture
Capital	One hundred million yen (100% invested by West Japan Railway Company)
Employees	About 60
Invoice Registration Number	T8240001028975

History

Mar. 1903	Ferry operations started by Sanyo Railway
Dec. 1906	Sanyo Railway acquired by Japanese Government Railways according to the Railway Nationalization Act
Apr. 1987	Ferry business taken over by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in the wake of the division and privatization of Japanese National Railways (successor to Japanese Government Railways)
Feb. 2009	JR West Miyajima Ferry Co., Ltd. founded
Apr. 2009	The new company’s ferry operations started

Number of ferry services

53 round trips per day
Miyajimaguchi to Miyajima
(First ferry – 6:25AM, last ferry – 10:42PM) Miyajima- Miyajimaguchi
(First ferry – 5:45AM, last ferry – 10:14PM)

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Number of our ferries

3
Miyajima Maru, Misen Maru, Nanaura Maru

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Outline of business results

FY2024 results

Sales	746 million yen
Transported passengers & cars
Passengers	5,175,000
Cars	48,400

※The ‘Total number of annual passengers’ above is the number of annual passengers between Miyajimaguchi Pier and Miyajima (automobiles included).

Safety Report

Report Developed to Ensure Transportation Safety (FY2020)

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Accident Victim Support Program

Basic principles on support for accident victim, etc.

1. (1) Basic accident victim support policy
2. (2) Basic support measures for accident victims
3. (3) Basic organizational structure for supporting accident victim

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