Izuhakone Tetsudō
| Izuhakone Tetsudō KK Izuhakone Railway Co. |
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| legal form |
Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company) |
| founding | December 7, 1916 |
| Seat | Mishima (Shizuoka) |
| Number of employees | 478 |
| sales | 6.757 billion yen |
| Branch | Transport, tourism |
| Website | Izuhakone Tetsudō |
| Status: 2017 | |
The Izuhakone Tetsudo ( Jap . 伊豆箱根鉄道 , Izuhakone Tetsudo Kabushiki-gaisha , Engl. Izuhakone Railway Co. ) is a Japanese railway company . The company, based in Mishima ( Shizuoka Prefecture ), is part of the Seibu Group . It operates two railway lines and a funicular; it is also active in ship and bus transport as well as tourism. Activities are concentrated in the Hakone area and the Izu Peninsula .
history
The first predecessor of the Izuhakone Tetsudō was the Zusō Tetsudō ( 豆 相 鉄 道 , about " Izu - Sagami -Eisenbahn", Zu (-shū) and Sō (-shū) are the Sino-Japanese names of the provinces of Izu and Sagami), founded in 1893 opened the first section of the Sunzu Line . She went on July 19, 1907 in the possession of the Izu Tetsudō ( 伊豆 鉄 道 ), which in turn went up on April 1, 1912 in the Sunzu Denki Tetsudō ( 駿 豆 電 気 鉄 道 ). This company merged on October 5, 1916 with the Fuji electricity company, which two days later outsourced the rail line to the subsidiary Sunzu Tetsudō ( 駿 豆 鉄 道 , " Suruga -Izu Railway"). The second predecessor company was the Daiyūzan Tetsudō ( 大雄 大雄 鉄 道 ) on June 2, 1922 ; she opened the Daiyūzan line three years later . After the Sunzu Tetsudō had merged on April 6, 1938 with the tourism company Hakone Yūsen , followed on August 23, 1941, the takeover of Daiyūzan Tetsudō .
In 1948, the Sunzu Tetsudō acquired the previously unused concession from Nissan for the construction of the Gakunan line in what is now the city of Fuji . She completed the unfinished route and opened it on November 18, 1949. But after only nine years, on June 1, 1957, the Gakunan line was sold to the Fuji Kyūkō transport company . On the same day, Sunzu Tetsudō was renamed Izuhakone Tetsudō ("Izu-Hakone-Railway"), from 1961 the company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange . The further expansion took place mainly in the tourist area. Due to economic problems, the shares were taken off the stock exchange at the end of 2004. On April 1, 2005, the independence of Izuhakone Tetsudō ended and the company went on in the Seibu Group , which includes the Seibu Tetsudō railway company in the Tokyo area. The new owner continued the consolidation process that had already started and parted with various business areas.
Rail transport
The Izuhakone Tetsudō operates the following unconnected railway lines:
| Name of the line | route | length |
|---|---|---|
| Daiyūzan line | Odawara - Daiyūzan | 9.6 km |
| Sunzu line | Mishima - Shuzenji | 19.8 km |
It also operates the Jukkokutōge funicular near Atami . The Hakone Komagatake cable car was transferred to Prince Hotels , which also belongs to the Seibu Group , on February 1, 2016 .
The following railways are no longer in operation:
- Numazu tram between Numazu and Mishima (closed in 1963)
- Yugawara cable car (closed in 1977)
- Hakone Komagatake funicular (closed in 2005)
Shipping
On Lake Ashi , the crater lake in the caldera of the Hakone volcano , Izuhakone Tetsudō operates an excursion boat service that serves four landing stages. Three catamarans , each with space for 700 people, and another catamaran for 250 people are used.
The Izuhakone Tetsudō operated several shipping lines in the past that operated from Numazu in Suruga Bay and from Atami in Sagami Bay . These were discontinued until 2003 or sold to other companies. Excursion ships from Izuhakone Tetsudō also operated on Lake Hamana from 1970 to 2009 .
In addition, the Izuhakone Tetsudō was also the owner of the cruise ship Stella Polaris . It was built in Sweden in 1927 and anchored permanently in the port of Numazu from 1970. Until 1999 it served as the floating hotel "Scandinavia", until 2005 also as a restaurant. After being resold, the ship was supposed to go to a Chinese shipyard for repairs. On the way there it sank on September 2, 2006 a few kilometers from Wakayama .
Other lines of business
- Izu Mito Sea Paradise ( large aquarium and dolphinarium in Numazu )
- Maintenance and operation of two toll roads on the Hakone volcano
- Izuhakone Bus (regular and coach services in Mishima , Numazu, Odawara and the surrounding area)
- Taxi service
Web links
- Izuhakone Tetsudō (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 会 社 概要. Izuhakone Tetsudō, 2018, accessed November 11, 2018 (Japanese, company profile).
- ↑ 駿 豆 線 の 前 史 豆 相 鉄 道 、 駿 豆 電 気 鉄 道 （1893 ～ 1916 年 ま で）. Izuhakone Tetsudō, accessed November 11, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ 駿 豆 鉄 道 の 黎明 期 （1917 ～ 1945 年 ま で）. Izuhakone Tetsudō, accessed November 11, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ 駿 豆 鉄 道 か ら 伊豆 箱根 鉄 道 へ （1946 年 ～ 1970 年 ま で）. Izuhakone Tetsudō, accessed November 11, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ 高度 成長期 か ら 2004 年 ま で （1971 ～ 2004 年）. Izuhakone Tetsudō, accessed November 11, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ 新 し い 西武 グ ル ー プ の 一 員 と し て （2005 年 以降 ～）. Izuhakone Tetsudō, accessed November 11, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ 箱根 ・ 駒 ヶ 岳 ロ ー プ ウ ェ ー を プ リ ン ス ホ テ ル （箱根 園） に 運 営 移行. odawara-hakone.keizai.biz, January 29, 2016, accessed November 11, 2018 (Japanese).
- ↑ 航路 の ご 案 内. Izuhakone Tetsudō, accessed November 11, 2018 (Japanese).
- ^ Historic liner sinks on the way to repairs. The Japan Times , September 3, 2006, accessed November 11, 2018 .