Izu Kyūkō
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Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company) |
| founding | April 11, 1959 |
| Seat | Itō (Shizuoka) |
| Number of employees | 234 |
| Branch | Rail transport |
| Website | Izu Kyūkō |
| Status: 2018 | |
The Izu Kyuko ( Jap . 伊豆急行株式会社 , Izu Kyuko Kabushiki-gaisha , Engl. Izukyu Corporation ) is a Japanese railway company . The company, based in Itō ( Shizuoka Prefecture ), is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Izukyū Holdings ( 伊豆 急 ホ ー ル デ ィ ン グ ス ), which in turn belongs to the Tokyu Group .
Companies
Along the east coast of the Izu Peninsula , the Izu Kyūkō operates the Izu-Kyūkō line named after it . This railway line is 45.7 km long and runs from Shimoda to Ito . There it goes over to the Ito line to Atami , which is operated by JR East . While JR East is responsible for long-distance traffic on both lines, Kyūkō carries out all local traffic. Izu Kyūkō has two subsidiaries:
- Izukyū Tokai Taxi: Taxi services in all places along the railway line
- Shimoda Ropeway: Operation of the Shimoda cable car from Shimoda to the Nesugatayama observation mountain
The Izukyū Holdings comprise various corporate divisions that were once part of Izu Kyūkō and have been outsourced to separate companies. This includes:
- Hotel Izukyū: Luxury hotel on Shirahama Beach near Shimoda
- Izukyū Bussan: Operation of kiosks, shops and restaurants at Izu Kyūkō train stations
- Izukyū Cable Network: Cable TV , Telecommunications, Internet, Advertising
- Izukyū Community: Management and maintenance of real estate (including gas supply)
- Izukyū Housing: construction and planning of real estate, landscaping
- Le Nessa: holiday home area in Itō
history
In February 1959, the private railway company Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu (Tōkyū), which operates in the Tokyo area , received approval from the Ministry of Transport to build an extension of the Itō line, which had been opened two decades earlier . Three months later, on April 11, 1959, Tōkyū founded the subsidiary Itō Shimoda Denki Tetsudō ( 伊 東 下田 電 気 鉄 道 ), which began building the line in February 1960. On February 20, 1961, it was renamed Izu Kyūkō and on December 10, 1961, it opened the Izu-Kyūkō line along its entire length. From November 1, 1972, the shares of Izu Kyūkō were listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange . The Tokyu Group took the company off the stock exchange on October 1, 2004 through a share swap . As part of a restructuring, on March 1, 2012, all company divisions except the railway line, the aerial cableway and the taxi operation were spun off to Izukyū Holdings.
Web links
- Izu Kyūkō (Japanese)
- Izukyū Holdings (English)