The is a railway company that provides transportation services in western
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the eas ...
,
Japan. The company operates two regional railway lines: the
Kōnan Line, which connects
Hirosaki Station
is a railway station in the city of Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, jointly operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and the private railway operator Kōnan Railway. It is also a freight terminal for the Japan Freight Railway Compa ...
in the city of
Hirosaki
is a city located in western Aomori Prefecture, Japan. On 1 April 2020, the city had an estimated population of 168,739 in 71,716 households, and a population density of . The total area of the city is .
Hirosaki developed as a castle town fo ...
and
Kuroishi Station in the city of
Kuroishi, and the
Ōwani Line, which connects Hirosaki with
Ōwani Station
of the Kōnan Railway Company and of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the northern Ōu Main Line form an integrated railway station in the town of Ōwani, Minamitsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Lines
Ōwani-Onsen Statio ...
on the
Ōu Main Line
The is a railway line in Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It connects Fukushima Station through Akita Station to Aomori Station. Since the opening of the Yamagata Shinkansen on July 1, 1992, the Fukushima–Yama ...
railway. The company also operates an extensive bus network. It is headquartered in the city of
Hirakawa.
Between November 1, 1984 and April 1, 1998, the company also operated the
Kuroishi Line, a former line of
Japanese National Railways
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pref ...
.
History
The company was founded on March 27, 1926, and began operations between Hirosaki and
Tsugaru-Onoe Station
is a railway station on the Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line in Hirakawa, Aomori, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kōnan Railway Company.
Lines
Tsugaru-Onoe Station is served by the Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line, and lies 11.1 kilometer ...
on September 7, 1927. Bus operations began on June 24, 1931, and were divested to a
subsidiary company
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two or more subsidiaries that either belong to the same parent company or having a sam ...
(the forerunner of the
Kōnan Bus Company
is a bus company in Japan.
Office Bus garage
* Hirosaki Bus office (Hirosaki)
** Wattoku Branch office (Hirosaki)
** Fujishiro Branch office (Hirosaki)
* Kuroishi Bus office ( Kuroishi)
* Goshogawara Bus office ( Goshogawara)
** Kodomari ...
on April 17, 1940.
On July 1, 1948, the Konan line was electrified at 600 VDC. The line was extended to Kuroishi Station by July 1, 1950.
On July 25, 1949 the was established, and connected
Ōwani Station
of the Kōnan Railway Company and of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) on the northern Ōu Main Line form an integrated railway station in the town of Ōwani, Minamitsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Lines
Ōwani-Onsen Statio ...
with
Chuo-Hirosaki Station by January 26, 1952.
Voltage on the line was raised from 600 VDC to 750 VDC on April 1, 1954 and to 1500 VDC on September 1, 1961.
On October 1, 1970, the Hirosaki Electric Railway was acquired by the Kōnan Railway Company, and its line became the Kōnan Railway Ōwani Line.
On November 1, 1984 the former
Japan National Railway
The abbreviated JNR or , was the business entity that operated Japan's national railway network from 1949 to 1987.
Network Railways
As of June 1, 1949, the date of establishment of JNR, it operated of narrow gauge () railways in all 46 pre ...
Kuroshi Line was
privatized
Privatization (also privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector. It is also sometimes used as a synonym for deregulation when ...
by the government and acquired by the Kōnan Railway Company, becoming the
Kōnan Railway Kuroishi Line The was a rail line of a Japanese minor private railway, Kōnan Railway in Aomori Prefecture, from Kawabe Station in Inakadate to Kuroishi Station in Kuroishi. Originally the line was opened as in 1912, merged to Kōnan Railway in 1984, and ...
, but was subsequently closed in 1998.
See also
*
List of railway companies in Japan
List of railway companies in Japan lists Japanese railway operators.
Those in ''italics'' are the third-sector operators; being half-public, half-private.
Japan Railways Group
The Japan Railways Group consists of the seven companies that were fo ...
References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia
* Harris, Ken and Clarke, Jackie. ''Jane's World Railways 2008-2009''. Jane's Information Group (2008).
External links
official home page
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Companies based in Aomori Prefecture
Railway companies of Japan
Japanese companies established in 1926