Tokyu Corporation

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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 keiretsu or conglomerate headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo. While a multinational corporation, its main operation is the Tokyu Railways Company, Ltd.^[1] (ja:東急電鉄株式会社, Tōkyū Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha), a wholly-owned subsidiary operating railways in the Greater Tokyo Area.

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)
Company type	Public (Kabushiki gaisha)
Traded as	TYO: 9005 Nikkei 225 component
Industry	Conglomerate
Predecessor	Musashi Electric Railway Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway
Founded	May 16, 1910; 113 years ago (1910-05-16) (as Musashi Electric Railway Company; renamed Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway in October 25, 1924; 99 years ago (1924-10-25)) September 2, 1922; 101 years ago (1922-09-02) (Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway) October 16, 1939; 84 years ago (1939-10-16) (current iteration of company) Renamed Tokyu in May 1, 1942; 82 years ago (1942-05-01)
Founder	Keita Goto
Headquarters	5-6 Nanpeidaichō, 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	MTBJ investment trusts (8.04%) Dai-ichi Life (5.55%) Custody Bank of Japan investment trusts (4.32%) Nippon Life (3.89%) SMTB (3.70%)
Parent	Tokyu Group
Website	www.tokyu.co.jp

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
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Private railroad
Founded	April 25, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-04-25) (incorporation) October 1, 2019; 4 years ago (2019-10-01) (effective reorganization)
Founder	Keita Goto
Headquarters	Shibuya First Place 8-16 Shinsenchō, 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

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 kabushiki gaisha (company) in 1910. Keita Gotō, now a notable Japanese industrialist, was appointed as the CEO in 1920 and he began a major 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 and 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 Pacific War of World War II. In 1944 it also acquired the Keio Teito Electric Railway (which had merged with Odawara Express before in 1940).

In 1948, after the war, Tokyu divested the forced-acquired companies, and the divested companies are now known as Odakyu Electric Railway, Keikyu Corporation, and Keio Corporation respectively. The 1943–48 era of Tokyu was colloquially known as Dai-Tokyu (lit. Great Tokyu).

Tokyu lines

 

Tokyu route map

Line	Symbol	Route	Length (km)	Stations	Year 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	16	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
Tōkyū Shin-yokohama Line	SH	Shin-yokohama – Hiyoshi	5.8	3	2023
Total (8 lines)			105.3	96

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

 

Topological route map

Related businesses

The Tokyu Group also owns two smaller railroad companies, Ueda Kōtsū andIzukyū Corporation; several bus companies; and a major upscale department store chain, the Tokyu Department Store operating in Japan and 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), 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]}

Tokyu Corporation is also the largest single shareholder in the Shizuoka Railway Company, but its holdings in the railway are not part of the group.

Rolling stock

• Tokyu 9000 series (since 1986)
• 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 early 2018)
• Tokyu 6020 series (since early 2018)
• Tokyu 3020 series (since mid-2019)

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

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  Tokyu 300 series
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  Tokyu 1000 series
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  Tokyu 2000 series
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  Tokyu 3000 series
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  Tokyu 5000 series
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  Tokyu 6000 series
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  Tokyu 8090 series
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  Tokyu 8500 series
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  Tokyu 9000 series
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  Tokyu 2020 series
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  Tokyu 6020 series
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  Tokyu 3020 series

See also

•  Tokyo portal
•  Companies portal

• Cerulean Tower
• Keita Gotō (industrialist)

References

1. "Company Profile｜Company Outline｜Tokyu Railways". 東急電鉄. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
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. 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. from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

External links

 

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