is a private railway company, which operates two lines in

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in Japan. The company is a subsidiary of

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and other companies. Additionally, the company has a bus department in

and

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in Japan.

Overview

This company was established as Joso Railway in 1913. In 1945, Joso Railway was merged into Joso-Tsukuba Railway with Tsukuba Railway. Joso-Tsukuba Railway was split into Kanto Railway in 1965, which merged with Ryugasaki Railway. Around 1980, Tsukuba Railway (which would be suspended) and Kashima Railway (which would be replaced by the Keisei affiliated company Kashitetsu Bus) were split from Kanto Railway. Mount Tsukuba Cable Car and Mount Tsukuba Ropeway were transferred to Keisei Electric Railway. Kanto Railway has had a 0.01% investment in Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company since 2001.

Trains

The company operates the following two lines: * Jōsō Line * Ryūgasaki Line

Buses

The company manages the following four bus companies: Joban Highway Bus Mito Iwaki

* Kanto Railway * Kantetsu Green Bus * Kantetsu Purple Bus * Kantetsu Kankō Bus

Outline

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, Kairakuen and so on), commercial facilities (Ami Premium Outlet, AeonMall Tsukuba and more), and a bed suburb of Tokyo (

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). When many events are happening in Ibaraki, the company operates extra bus routes to Ibaraki Airport,

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