Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
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The Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (首都圏新都市鉄道株式会社 Shuto-ken Shin Toshi Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a third sector railway company. It was established in March, 1991, to construct the Tsukuba Express (then known as Jōban Shinsen). Municipalities along the planned line, and private corporations, invested in it.