Tokyu Corporation

Tokyu Corporation
Public KK
Traded as TYO: 9005
Industry Private railroad
Founded September 2, 1922
Headquarters 5-6 Nanpeidaicho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Area served
 Tokyo and Kanagawa.
Key people
 President-Director Chairperson Representative Director
Kiyobumi Kamijo Toshiaki Koshimura
Services passenger railways
other related services
Owner Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. (6.8%)
Nippon Life Insurance Co. (6.0%)
Website www.tokyu.co.jp

The Tokyu Corporation (東京急行電鉄株式会社, Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha), also known in Japanese as Tōkyū Dentetsu (東急電鉄) for short, is a major private railway company, land developer, hotel and retail store operator in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. Part of the Tokyu Group of companies, Tokyu Corporation's headquarters are located in Shibuya, Tokyo.[1]

The company was first registered 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 Keikyu, Keio Corporation, and Odakyu Electric Railway. During this time, it was colloquially known as Dai-Tokyu (lit. Great Tokyu).

Tokyu lines

Line Symbol Route Length (km) Stations Date opened Max speed (km/h)
Tōyoko Line TY Shibuya – Yokohama 24.2 21 1926 110
Meguro Line MG Meguro – Hiyoshi 11.9 13 1923 110
Den-en-toshi Line DT Shibuya – Chūō-Rinkan 31.5 27 1907 110
Ōimachi Line OM Ōimachi – Mizonokuchi 10.4 15 1927 85
Ikegami Line IK Gotanda – Kamata 10.9 15 1922 80
Setagaya Line SG Sangen-Jaya – Shimo-Takaido 5.0 10 1925 40
Tamagawa Line TM Kamata – Tamagawa 5.6 7 2000 80
Total (7 lines) 99.5 96
Tokyu route map

Tokyu also operates the KD Kodomonokuni Line (Nagatsuta Station - Kodomonokuni Station, 3.4 km) under contract with and on behalf of Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company.

The Tokyu Group also owns two smaller railroad companies (Ueda Kōtsū, Izukyū Corporation), several bus companies and a major upscale department store chain called Tokyu in Japan and stores overseas (such as in the MBK Center in Bangkok, Thailand). Other retail operations include 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/Pan Pacific in Japan and formerly owned the Pan Pacific Hotels abroad, which it sold to UOL Limited of Singapore.

Formerly the owner of Japan Air System (JAS, now merged with the flag carrier 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.

From 1958 until 2001, Tokyu also owned the Japanese (now American) Shirokiya department store company. It was the owner of Mago Island until 2005, when Mel Gibson purchased it for US$15 million.

Rolling stock

Planned rolling stock

New Tokyu 2020 series ten-car EMUs are scheduled to enter service on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line from spring 2018.[2] New Tokyu 6020 series seven-car EMUs are also scheduled to enter service on the Tokyu Oimachi Line from spring 2018.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "会社概要 Archived 2009-11-22 at the Wayback Machine.." Tokyu Corporation. Retrieved on November 27, 2009.
  2. ↑ Ueshin, Daisuke (17 March 2017). 東急田園都市線2020系、新型車両は「これまでにない新しさ」2018年春導入へ [New Tokyu Denentoshi Line 2020 series trains to be introduced in spring 2018]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Ueshin, Daisuke (12 October 2017). 東急大井町線、新型車両6020系を来春導入! 急行を7両編成化、3月ダイヤ改正 [New Tokyu Omimachi Line 6020 series trains to be introduced next spring - express services to be lengthened to 7 cars by March timetable revision]. Mynavi News (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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