Tokyo Kyuko Electric Railway
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The Tokyu Corporation (東京急行電鉄株式会社 Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 9005 ), also known as Tokyu Electric Railway (東急電鉄 Tōkyū Dentetsu?), is a major private railway operator in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo.
It was formed on September 2, 1922 as the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway (目黒蒲田電鉄 Meguro Kamata Dentetsu?), and was later known as the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway (東京横浜電鉄 Tōkyō Yokohama Dentetsu?) before gaining its current name in 1943. From 1944 to 1948, it also owned the companies now known as the Keihin Kyuko Electric Railway, Keio Electric Railway, and Odakyu Electric Railway. During this time, it was colloquially known as Dai-Tokyu (lit. Great Tokyu).
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[edit] Lines
- Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line (Shibuya Station - Chuo-Rinkan Station)
- Tokyu Ikegami Line (Gotanda Station - Kamata Station)
- Tokyu Meguro Line (Meguro Station - Musashi-Kosugi Station)
- Tokyu Oimachi Line (Oimachi Station - Futako-Tamagawa Station)
- Tokyu Setagaya Line (Sangen-Jaya Station - Shimo-Takaido Station)
- Tokyu Tamagawa Line (Kamata Station - Tamagawa Station)
- Tokyu Toyoko Line (Shibuya Station - Yokohama Station)
Additionally, Tokyu operates the Kodomonokuni Line (Nagatsuta Station - Kodomonokuni Station) under contract with and on behalf of Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company.
[edit] Other businesses
The Tokyu Group also owns two railroad companies (Ueda Kotsu, Izukyu Railway), several bus companies, a major upscale department store chain called Tokyu in Japan and overseas (such as in MBK Center in Bangkok, Thailand), and Tokyu Hands stores (except for the two locations in Nagoya, which are owned by Sanko Creative Life, Inc., and operated under license). It also runs a number of hotels under the names Tokyu in Japan and Pan Pacific Hotels abroad.
Formerly the owner of Japan Air System (JAS, now known as JAL Japan), Tokyu is the largest shareholder of Japan Airlines Holdings (JAL) following JAS's merger with JAL. The Tokyu Group also owns and operates the upscale Tokyu Hotels and budget Tokyu Inns. It also owns the Book Off bookstore chain in Japan.
From 1958 until 2001, Tokyu also owned the Japanese (now American) Shirokiya department store company.
Was the owner of Mago Island until 2005, when Mel Gibson purchased it for $15 million.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website in Japanese
- Annual report in English
- [1] Pan Pacific Hotels
