Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō
| Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō KK South Hokkaido Railway Co.
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| legal form | Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company) |
| founding | August 1, 2014 |
| Seat | Hakodate , Hokkaidō |
| Branch | traffic |
| Website | www.shr-isaribi.jp |
The Donan Isaribi Tetsudo ( Jap . 道南いさりび鉄道 , Donan Isaribi tetsudō kabushiki-gaisha , English. South Hokkaido Railway Co. ) is a Japanese railway company based in Hakodate . It has been operating a line in the south of the island of Hokkaidō since 2016 .
Track and rolling stock
The Esashi Line , once owned by JR Hokkaido , is used. It leads from Goryōkaku to Kikonai (the section west of Kikonai was closed in 2014). All trains run from Hakodate and use the southernmost section of the Hakodate main line to Goryōkaku . About half of all trains turn in Kamiiso. After its new operator, the route is also known as the Dōnan-Isaribi-Tetsudō line ( 道 南 い さ り び 鉄 道 線 Dōnan-Isaribi-Tetsudō-sen ).
Although the line is electrified with 20 kV 50 Hz alternating current , the Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō uses diesel railcars . JR Hokkaido left nine KiHa 40 railcars .
Shareholders
Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō is a so-called third sector railway company , which is supported by local authorities. The share capital of 466 million yen is divided as follows:
history
After the construction of the partially parallel Hokkaidō-Shinkansen high-speed line began in 2005, it became apparent that JR Hokkaido would withdraw from the Esashi Line. After a lengthy preparatory phase, a new operating company was founded on August 1, 2014, which on December 24 of the same year took on the name Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō. On March 26, 2016, the day the Hokkaidō Shinkansen opened, it took over operations on the Esashi Line.
Web links
- Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Japan Railfan Magazine, June 2016, p. 101.
- ↑ 事業 報告 書 (Annual Report). (PDF) Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō, 2015, p. 2 , accessed on July 1, 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ 会 社 名 の 決定 に つ い て. Dōnan Isaribi Tetsudō, December 24, 2014, archived from the original on December 25, 2014 ; Retrieved July 1, 2016 (Japanese).