Tokyu Corporation

Tokyu Railways Company, Ltd.^[1]
Trade name	Tokyu, Tōkyū Dentetsu, Tōkyō Kyūkō (before 2006), TKK (from Tokyo Kyuko Kabushikigaisha)
Native name	東急電鉄株式会社
Romanized name	Tōkyū Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Private railroad
Founded	April 25, 2019; 2 years ago (incorporation); October 1, 2019; 23 months ago (effective reorganization)
Founder	Keita Goto
Headquarters	5-6 Nanpeidaicho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Area served	Tokyo and Kanagawa.
Key people	Hirofumi Nomoto (CEO)
Services	passenger railways; other related services
Owner	Tokyu Group
Parent	Tokyu Corporation
Website	www.tokyu.co.jp/railway

Tokyu Corporation
Trade name	Tokyu, Tōkyū Dentetsu, Tōkyō Kyūkō (before 2006), TKK (from Tokyo Kyuko Kabushikigaisha)
Native name	東急株式会社
Romanized name	Tōkyū kabushiki-gaisha
Formerly	東京急行電鉄株式会社; Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu KK (1 May 1942-1 Sep 2019)
Type	Public K.K.
Traded as	TYO: 9005; Nikkei 225 component;
Industry	Conglomerate
Predecessor	Musashi Electric Railway; Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway;
Founded	May 16, 1910; 111 years ago (as Musashi Electric Railway Company; renamed Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway in October 25, 1924; 96 years ago); September 2, 1922; 99 years ago (Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway); October 16, 1939; 81 years ago (current iteration of company); Renamed Tokyu in May 1, 1942; 79 years ago
Founder	Keita Goto
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 Life (5.55%)
Parent	Tokyu Group
Website	www.tokyu.co.jp

The Tokyu Corporation (東急株式会社, Tōkyū kabushiki-gaisha, a contraction of and formerly Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha (東京急行電鉄株式会社, "Tokyo Express Electric Railway Share Company") until 2 September 2019) is a Japanese multinational keiretsu (conglomerate) holding company headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. Its main operation is the Tokyu Railways Company, Ltd.^[1] (東急電鉄株式会社, Tōkyū Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha), a wholly owned subsidiary operating railways in the Greater Tokyo Area.

History[]

Logo of the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway

Logo of the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway

Former Tokyu logo

The oldest predecessor of company was the Musashi Electric Railway (武蔵電気鉄道, Musashi Denki Tetsudō), opened in 1908; the railway's operations were converted into a company in 1910. Keita Gotō, now known as a notable Japanese industrialist, was appointed as the CEO of the Musashi Electric Railway in 1920 and later he began a mass expansion program. The most important predecessor was first registered on September 2, 1922, as the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway (目黒蒲田電鉄, Meguro-Kamata Dentetsu) and is related to the construction of Den-en-chōfu (it was originally founded by the developers of Den-en-chōfu); it was acquired by the Musashi Electric Railway in 1924, shortly before Musashi was renamed into the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway (東京横浜電鉄, Tōkyō-Yokohama Dentetsu), also known as the Toyoko, in the same year.

After Musashi/Toyoko's acquisition, the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway initially operated as a subsidiary of Toyoko. It was not until 16 October 1939 that both Toyoko and Meguro-Kamata Electric railways were formally merged; the new company took the Toyoko name.

In 1938, Toyoko established Toyoko Eiga [ja], possibly for competition with Ichizo Kobayashi's Toho Company. It became the Toei Company in 1951.

Toyoko took its current name on 1 May 1942, after the Japanese government forced the company to acquire the Odawara Express Railway and the Keihin Electric Railway in 1943 to support Japan's efforts in World War II. In 1944 it also acquired the Keio Teito Electric Railway (which has merged with Odawara Express before in 1940). In 1948, Tokyu divested the forced-acquired companies, and the divested companies are now known as Odakyu Electric Railway, Keikyu Corporation, and Keio Corporation respectively. The 1943–1948 era of Tokyu 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
Tōkyū 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.

Related businesses[]

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 operating in Japan and 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 Sanco Creative Life Co. (indirectly controlled by Kintetsu Group Holdings), 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 used to be 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.^{[citation needed]}

Rolling stock[]

Tokyu 8500 series (since 1975)
Tokyu 8090 series (since 1980)
Tokyu 7600 series (since 1986)
(since 1986)
Tokyu 7700 series (since 1987)
Tokyu 1000 series (since 1988)
Tokyu 2000 series (since 1992)
Tokyu 300 series (Setagaya Line, since 1999)
Tokyu 3000 series (since 1999)
Tokyu 5000 series (since 2002)
Tokyu 6000 series (since 2007)
Tokyu 7000 series (since 2007)
Tokyu 2020 series (since spring 2018)
Tokyu 6020 series (since spring 2018)
Tokyu 3020 series (since autumn 2019)

New Tokyu 2020 series ten-car EMUs and Tokyu 6020 series seven-car EMUs have entered service since spring 2018.^[2]^[3]

Tokyu 300 series
Tokyu 1000 series
Tokyu 2000 series
Tokyu 3000 series
Tokyu 6000 series
Tokyu 7700 series
Tokyu 8090 series
Tokyu 8500 series
Tokyu 9000 series
Tokyu 2020 series
Tokyu 6020 series
Tokyu 3020 series

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Company Profile｜Company Outline｜Tokyu Railways". 東急電鉄. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links[]

Official website (in English)

[Outline-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Company Profile｜Company Outline｜Tokyu Railways". 東急電鉄. Retrieved 2020-05-22.

[mynavi20170317-2] 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.

[mynavi20171012-3] 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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show v t Major and semi-major private rail operators of Japan
Kantō region	Keikyu Corporation Keio Corporation Keisei Electric Railway Odakyu Electric Railway Sagami Railway (Sōtetsu) Seibu Railway Tobu Railway Tokyo Metro^‡ Tokyu Corporation Shin-Keisei Electric Railway^§
Chūbu region	Nagoya Railroad (Meitetsu)
Kinki region	Hankyu Corporation Hanshin Electric Railway Keihan Electric Railway Kintetsu Railway Nankai Electric Railway Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway^‡^§ Kōbe Rapid Transit Railway^§ Osaka Metro^‡* Semboku Rapid Railway^§ Sanyō Electric Railway^§
Kyūshū region	Nishi-Nippon Railroad (Nishitetsu)
^‡ indicates rapid transit operators ^§ indicates semi-major rail operators ^*Not a member of , therefore excluded under the formal Japanese definition, although its comparable size is undisputed

show v t Tokyu lines
Tokyū lines	Den-en-toshi Ikegami Meguro Oimachi Tokyu Tamagawa Toyoko Kodomonokuni Setagaya
Related lines	Bessho Izu Kyūkō
Major stations	Chūō-Rinkan Futako-Tamagawa Gotanda Meguro Musashi-Kosugi Ōimachi Sangen-Jaya Shibuya Yokohama
Under construction	Sōtetsu Tōkyū Link Line

show v t Mass transit in the Greater Tokyo Area
JR East lines passing through Central Tokyo	Yamanote Keihin-Tōhoku - Negishi Chūō-Sōbu Local Chūō Rapid Yokosuka - Sōbu Rapid Utsunomiya & Takasaki - Tōkaidō Ueno–Tokyo Saikyo Shonan–Shinjuku Jōban Rapid Jōban Local Keiyō
Tokyo Metro lines	Chiyoda Fukutoshin Ginza Hibiya Marunouchi Namboku Tōzai Yūrakuchō Hanzōmon
Toei subway lines	Asakusa Ōedo Mita Shinjuku
Yokohama Municipal	Blue Green
JR East lines in satellite cities or suburbs	Musashino Yokohama Nambu Tsurumi ■ Sagami ■ Hachikō - ■ Kawagoe ■ Ryōmō Tohoku Direction ■ Karasuyama ■ Nikkō Chuo Direction Chūō Main Itsukaichi Ōme Sobu Direction ■ Sōbu Main ■ Sotobō ■ Uchibō ■ Kururi ■ Tōgane Joban Direction ■ Mito ■ Narita Tokaido Direction Itō Gotemba ( JR Central)
Keikyu	Keikyū Main Airport Daishi Kurihama Zushi
Keio	Keio Keiō New Dōbutsuen Keibajō Sagamihara Takao Inokashira
Keisei	Keisei Main Chiba Chihara Higashi-Narita Kanamachi Oshiage Narita Sky Access
Odakyu	Odawara Enoshima Tama
Seibu	Ikebukuro Sayama Seibu Chichibu Seibu Yūrakuchō Toshima Seibu Shinjuku Haijima Kokubunji Seibu-en Tamagawa Tamako
Sotetsu	Sotetsu Main Izumino Shin-Yokohama
Tobu	Skytree Kameido Daishi Isesaki Sano Koizumi Kiryū Nikkō Kinugawa Utsunomiya Urban Park Tōjō Ogose
Tokyu	Den-en-toshi Ikegami Meguro Oimachi Tokyu Tamagawa Toyoko Kodomonokuni
Other commuter rail lines	Hokusō Kantō Jōsō Ryūgasaki Nagareyama Rinkai Saitama Rapid Shibayama Shin-Keisei Tōyō Rapid Tsukuba Express Minatomirai 21
Trams	Enoden Setagaya Arakawa
Monorails	Chiba Monorail Disney Resort Shōnan Monorail Tama Monorail Tokyo Monorail Ueno Zoo Monorail
People movers	New Shuttle Kanazawa Seaside Nippori-Toneri Seibu Yamaguchi Yūkarigaoka Yurikamome
Hinterland	Chichibu Main Line Fujikyuko Line
Funiculars and aerial lifts	Ōyama Cable Car Hodosan Ropeway (Takao Tozan Railway Mitake Tozan Cable Car ) (Nokogiriyama Ropeway Mount Tsukuba Cable Car Mount Tsukuba Ropeway) Akechidaira Ropeway Ikaho Ropeway Yokohama Air Cabin
Bus services and hubs	Shinjuku Expressway Bus Terminal Tokyo City Air Terminal (& Bus) Willer Express List of bus operating companies in Japan (east)
Public ferries	Tokyo-Wan Ferry Tokyo Cruise Ship Tokyo Mizube Line Keihin Ferry Boat The Port Service (Yokohama)
Major terminals	Rail Akihabara Chiba Hachiōji Ikebukuro Kita-Senju Mito Odawara Ōmiya Ōtemachi Shibuya Shinagawa Shinjuku Tachikawa Tokyo Ueno Yokohama Airports Haneda Narita Chōfu Ibaraki Ports Yokohama Tokyo Heliports Tokyo Heliport Camp Zama
Miscellaneous	Shinkansen Smart cards Pasmo Suica Transport in Greater Tokyo Rail transport in Japan List of named passenger trains of Japan List of through trains in Japan Tokyo subway rolling stock List of East Japan Railway Company stations List of Toei Subway stations List of Tokyo Metro stations Station Numbering
Construction projects	Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line & Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line
Japan transit: Tokyo Keihanshin Nagoya Fukuoka Hakone Fuji Izu Hokkaido Aomori Sendai Akita Niigata Toyama Nagano Okayama Hiroshima Shikoku Metro systems Shinkansen trams (list) aerial lifts (list)

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