Kitakinki Tango Railway

Type KTR001 DMU

Kitakinki Tango Railway Corporation (北近畿タンゴ鉄道株式会社, Kitakinki Tango Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha^?) is a railway operator in Japan. The company's name, which consists of "Kitakinki" meaning northern Kinki region and "Tango" meaning Tango Province, is occasionally abbreviated as KTR.

KTR is a so-called "third sector" company jointly funded by local governments and private entities. Its leading shareholder is the Kyoto Prefecture government with a 44.71% ownership.^[1] It headquarters in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture.

Lines

KTR operates the following two regional railway lines:

• Miyafuku Line (in Kyoto Prefecture, 30.4 km)
• Miyazu Line (in Kyoto Prefecture and Hyōgo Prefecture, 83.6 km)

History

In 1982, the company was incorporated as Miyafuku Railway Corporation (宮福鉄道株式会社, Miyafuku Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha^?) for the purpose of the construction and operation of the Miyafuku Line, the construction of which was suspended due to financial difficulties of the Japanese National Railways (JNR). The Miyafuku Line was completed in 1988. In the same year, local governments selected the company as the operator of the existing Miyazu Line, which was to be separated from West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in 1990.

• 1982-09-22 – Incorporation as Miyafuku Railway Corporation
• 1982-12-24 – Issuance of railway business license of the Miyafuku Line
• 1988-06-22 – Shareholders' approval to the purchase of Miyazu Line business
• 1988-07-16 – Inauguration of the Miyafuku Line
• 1989-09-29 – Issuance of railway business license of the Miyazu Line
• 1989-08-01 – Change of corporate name to Kitakinki Tango Railway Corporation
• 1990-04-01 – Transfer of business of the Miyazu Line from JR West to KTR
• 1996-03-16 – Electrification of the entire Miyafuku Line and Miyazu–Amanohashidate segment of the Miyazu Line
• 2007-09-01 – Relocation of corporate headquarters from a prefecture government building in Kyoto to a JR West building in Fukuchiyama

References

1. ^ Kokudo Kōtsū Shō Tetsudō Kyoku (2005) (in Japanese). Tetsudō Yōran (Heisei 17 Nendo). Tokyo: Denkisha Kenkyūkai. p. p. 255. ISBN 4-88548-106-6. 

External links

• Kitakinki Tango Railway