- Tokyu Corporation
The Nihongo|Tokyu Corporation|東京急行電鉄株式会社|Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha (tyo|9005), also known in Japanese as Tōkyū Dentetsu (東急電鉄) for short, is a major private railway operator in the
Greater Tokyo Area ofJapan . Its headquarters are inShibuya, Tokyo .It was formed on
September 2 1922 as the Nihongo|"Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway"|目黒蒲田電鉄|Meguro Kamata Dentetsu, and was later known as the Nihongo|"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 theKeihin Kyuko Electric Railway ,Keio Electric Railway , andOdakyu Electric Railway . During this time, it was colloquially known as "Dai-Tokyu" (lit. "Great Tokyu").Tōkyū Lines
*■ Tōyoko Line (
Shibuya Station -Yokohama Station )
*■ Meguro Line (Meguro Station -Musashi-Kosugi Station )
*■ Den-en-toshi Line (Shibuya Station -Chūō-Rinkan Station )
*■ Ōimachi Line (Ōimachi Station -Futako-Tamagawa Station )
*■ Ikegami Line (Gotanda Station - Kamata Station)
*■Tōkyū Tamagawa Line (Kamata Station -Tamagawa Station )
*■ Setagaya Line (Sangen-Jaya Station -Shimo-Takaido Station )Additionally, Tōkyū operates the ■ Kodomonokuni Line (
Nagatsuta Station - Kodomonokuni Station) under contract with and on behalf ofYokohama Minatomirai Railway Company .Other businesses
The
Tokyu Group also owns two railroad companies (Ueda Kotsu, Izukyu Railway), several bus companies, a major upscaledepartment store chain called Tokyu in Japan and overseas (such as inMBK Center inBangkok ,Thailand ), andTokyu Hands stores (except for the two locations inNagoya , which are owned by Sanko Creative Life, Inc., and operated under license). It also runs a number of hotels under the names Tōkyū in Japan andPan Pacific Hotels abroad.Formerly the owner of
Japan Air System (JAS, now merged with the flag carrier JAL Japan), Tōkyū is the largest shareholder ofJapan Airlines Holdings (JAL) following JAS's merger with JAL. The Tōkyū Group also owns and operates the upscale Tōkyū Hotels and budget Tōkyū Inns. It also owns theBook Off bookstore chain in Japan.From 1958 until 2001, Tōkyū also owned the Japanese (now American)
Shirokiya department store company.It was the owner ofMago Island until 2005, whenMel Gibson purchased it for US$15 million.ee also
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Cerulean Tower External links
*ja [http://www.tokyu.co.jp Official website]
* [http://www.panpacific.com/ Pan Pacific Hotels]
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