The is a private

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, and a

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of the

Tokyu Corporation The , a contraction of and formerly until 2 September 2019, is a Japanese ''keiretsu'' or conglomerate headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. While a multinational corporation, its main operation is , a wholly-owned subsidiary operating railways i ...

. The company operates the

Izu Kyūkō Line The Izu Kyūkō Line () is a privately owned railway line of the Izukyū Corporation in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The line approximately parallels the eastern coast of the Izu Peninsula, a tourist district noted for its numerous hot spring r ...

train service on

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Shizuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,555,818 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Pref ...

, and has subsidiary operations involved in

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services, as well as real estate and leisure resort development and a

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network.

Company history

The Tokyu Corporation began preliminary work on a train line connecting Itō Station, the

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of the

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 pre ...

Itō Line The is a railway line owned by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) which connects Atami Station, Atami and Itō Stations, along the east coast of Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. From Itō, the line continues south to Shimoda ...

, with Shimoda, at the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula in 1956. A wholly owned subsidiary, the was created on April 11, 1959, and construction work on the new line began in February 1960. On February 20, 1961, the company changed its name to its current name of Izukyū Corporation. Actual train operation began at Itō Station on December 10, 1961, and a centralized traffic control center established at Itō in 1982. Izukyū Corporation was listed in the Second Section of the

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from November 1, 1972. However, it was delisted on October 1, 2004 and returned to the status of a fully owned subsidiary of the Tokyu Corporation.

Lines

At present, the company operates one train line, the

, with a total length of 45.7 kilometers. The

Shimoda Ropeway The is the name of a Japanese aerial lift line in Shimoda, Shizuoka, Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, as well as its operator. The company is a subsidiary of Izukyū Corporation. The line is also called , as it climbs Mount Nesugata. The ob ...

is a subsidiary of the Izukyū Corporation.

Rolling stock

Active

* 2100 series (introduced 1985) * 8000 series (former Tokyu 8000 series transferred to Izukyu in 2004) * 3000 series (former

JR East The is a major passenger railway company in Japan and the largest of the seven Japan Railways Group companies. The company name is officially abbreviated as JR-EAST or JR East in English, and as in Japanese. The company's headquarters are in ...

209-2100 series, introduced 2022)

References

*Sakanishi, Satoru (2001). ''Management Strategy of Tokyu, Keita Gotō'' () (in Japanese). Bungeisha. .

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Izukyu Corporation Tokyu Group Railway companies of Japan Companies based in Shizuoka Prefecture Railway companies established in 1959