Towada Kankō Electric Railway
| unlisted stock company | |
| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | June 1914 |
| Headquarters | Towada, Aomori, Japan |
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Area served
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Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
| Total equity | 96 million Yen |
| Subsidiaries | Towada Dentetsu Kankosha Towada Kanko Taxi Makado Onsen Hotel |
| Website | http://www.toutetsu.co.jp/index.htm |
The Towada Kankō Electric Railway (十和田観光電鉄 Towada Kankō Dentetsu?), or Tōtetsu (十鉄?), is a railway company that provides transportation services over a wide range of southeastern and central Aomori Prefecture, Japan. The company operates the Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line, which connects Misawa Station in the city of Misawa and Towadashi Station in the city of Towada. The company also operates an extensive bus network, and through subsidiary operations, a taxi service, resort hotels and excursion boats on Lake Towada. It is headquartered in the city of Towada.
The company began as the Towada Kidō Corporation (十和田軌道株式会社 Towada Kidō Kabushiki Kaisha?) on June 26, 1914. It received its permit to start commercial transportation operations in 1917, and began operations using automobiles to connect Furumaki (present day Misawa) with Sanbongi (present day Towada). In 1920, it received its regional rail permit and changed its name to Towada Railway (和田鉄道株式会社 Towada Tetsudō Kabushika-kaisha?) on October 30, 1920. The rail line connecting Furumaki with Sanbongi was opened on September 4, 1922. Transit bus operations commenced from August 1926. The company expanded through purchase of smaller regional bus companies through September 1941. However, during World War II, the Land-Transportation Law reorganizes regional transportation businesses, and the government restricted the assets and operations of the Towada Railway to within the borders of Kamikita District, with the remainder given to the now-defunct Nanbu Railway Company.
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