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Tōkyū Corporation

Tokyu Corporation
Public KK
Traded as :
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 operator and land developer in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo.

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


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