Hokkaidō Tetsudō (1918–1943)
| Hokkaidō Tetsudō | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company) |
| founding | 1918 |
| resolution | 1943 |
| Reason for dissolution | nationalization |
| Seat | Kōjimachi, Tokyo |
| Branch | Railway company |
The Hokkaidō Tetsudō ( Japanese 北海道 鉄 道 ) was a private Japanese railway company . It was founded in 1918 and nationalized in 1943. In the south of the island of Hokkaidō they built and operated two routes.
history
In December 1918, the company Hokkaidō Kōgyō Tetsudō ("Hokkaidō Mining Railway") was founded in Tokyo . It planned to build a railway line in the Mukawa Valley to enable the mining of chrome ore , coal and wood. After around two years of construction, the Kaneyama line between Numanohata and Asahioka went into operation on July 24, 1922 . In the following year, two extensions were added to Tomiuchi. On March 3, 1924, the company changed its name to Hokkaidō Tetsudō. It opened the Sapporo Line from Numanohata to Naebo (on the outskirts of Sapporo at the time ) on August 21, 1926 . From October 26, 1940, the trains on the Sapporo line ran via Naebo to Sapporo Central Station .
The Hokkaidō Tetsudō also operated two bus routes from 1937; they led from Chitose Station to Shikotsu Lake and the 4th Chitose Hydroelectric Power Station. For reasons of rationalization during the Pacific War , the government ordered the consolidation of numerous transport companies. Then the Hokkaidō Tetsudō had to cede their bus routes on March 1, 1943 to the company Hokkaidō Chūō Bus .
During the war, the Ministry of Railways sought to bring under its control some strategically important private railway lines that had emerged after the first wave of nationalization in 1906/07 . In particular, along the Kanayama Line, extensive deposits of mineral resources were found, which were of great importance for the war economy . For this reason, the Hokkaidō Tetsudō, based on the "National Mobilization Act", was nationalized on August 1, 1943. As compensation, the shareholders received war bonds , which largely lost their value after the end of the war. The Ministry of Railways renamed the Sapporo Line the Chitose Line and the Kanayama Line the Tomiuchi Line.
Route overview
The route network of the Hokkaidō Tetsudō consisted of the following lines:
- Chitose Line from Sapporo / Naebo to Numanohata (formerly Sapporo Line)
- Tomiuchi Line from Numanohata to Tomiuchi (formerly Kanayama Line, closed in 1986)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 地方 鉄 道 運輸 開始. In: Official Gazette. National Parliamentary Library , July 28, 1922; accessed November 10, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ 地方 鉄 道 運輸 開始. In: Official Gazette. National Parliamentary Library, November 20, 1923; accessed November 10, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ Kazuo Tanaka: 写真 で 見 る 北海道 の 鉄 道 (Hokkaidō's railroad in photos) . tape 1 . Hokkaidō Shinbunsha, Sapporo 2002, ISBN 978-4-89453-220-5 , pp. 122-123 .
- ↑ Hokkaidō Chūō Bus (Ed.): 北海道 中央 バ ス 二十 五年 史 . Sapporo 1970, p. 45 .
- ↑ Hokkaidō Chūō Bus (Ed.): 北海道 中央 バ ス 五 十年 史 . Sapporo 1996, p. 50-51 .