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22-748: Japan Transport Engineering Company ( J-TREC ) ( 株式会社総合車両製作所 , Kabushiki gaisha Sōgō Sharyō Seisakusho , lit. "Stock Company General Rolling Stock Plant") is a manufacturer of heavy rail cars in Japan, formerly known as Tokyu Car Corporation ( 東急車輛製造株式会社 , Tōkyū Sharyō-seizō kabushiki gaisha ) . The company is based in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama , and a member of East Japan Railway Company (JR East) group. J-TREC manufactures rail vehicles not only for JR East and Tokyu Corporation but for other Japanese operators, including various Japan Railways Group companies and international operators as well. Tokyu Car Corporation,

44-627: A large portion of the present ward came under the control of the newly established Mutsuura Domain ruled by the Yonekura clan. The area consisted of small farming and fishing villages. During the Bakumatsu period , the area offshore Kanazawa was an anchorage for the American black ships under command of Commodore Matthew C. Perry in 1853 and 1854. After the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce in 1858, it

66-467: A mudslide, resulting in 22 people injured. The accident occurred between Keikyu-Taura(In Japanese:京急田浦) and Anjinzuka (In Japanese:安針塚 or 按針塚) stations, with approximately 60 people on board. Heavy rains caused the mudslide, 7 months after a report by the train company to the Transportation Minister that there was little probability of such an occurrence in that area. 500 workers were mobilized as

88-494: A regional commercial center and bedroom community for central Yokohama, Kawasaki and Tokyo. Tertiary: Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education operates prefectural high schools: Yokohama Municipal Board of Education  [ ja ] operates the following municipal high schools: Private high schools: The municipal board of education also operates public junior and senior high schools. Nishi Kanazawa Elementary/Junior High School a.k.a. Nishi Kanazawa Gakuen ( 西金沢学園 )

110-798: Is a combined elementary and junior high school in Kanazawa-ku. Junior high schools: Elementary schools: Additionally, Bairin Elementary School (梅林小学校), outside of Kanazawa-ku, has an attendance zone that includes a part of Kanazawa-ku. Keihin Electric Express Railway Keikyu Corporation ( 京浜急行電鉄株式会社 , Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha ) ( TYO : 9006 ), also known as Keihin Kyūkō ( 京浜急行 ) or, more recently, Keikyū ( 京急 ) ,

132-609: Is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki , Yokohama , Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture . It also provides rail access to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Keihin ( 京浜 ) means the Tokyo ( 東 京 ) - Yokohama ( 横 浜 ) area. The company's railroad origins date back to 1898, but the current company dates to 1948. The railway pioneered Kantō region 's first electric train and

154-551: Is the terminal station in Tokyo of this line. Its Kaitoku ( 快特 ) limited-stop service competes with JR East 's Tōkaidō Main Line and Yokosuka Line . From Sengakuji station, Keikyu trains run into the Toei Asakusa Line and Keisei Electric Railway (to Narita Airport ) and Hokuso Railway (to Chiba newtown area) lines. There are a total of 73 “unique” stations (i.e., counting stations served by multiple lines only once) on

176-671: The Kamakura period it was part of a shōen controlled by the Hōjō clan , who established a major seaport for the Kamakura shogunate at Mutsuura, and a noted library and educational center at Kanazawa Bunko. During the Edo period , much of the area was part of the tenryō territory in Musashi Province controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate , but administered through various hatamoto . In 1726,

198-508: The Tokyu Corporation on the site of a former Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Center. Kanazawa Ward gained its independence from Isogo Ward in May 1948. Kanazawa Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and in the southeast corner of the city of Yokohama. The area is largely flatland, with scattered small hills. The Ward is bordered to the east by Tokyo Bay . Kanazawa Ward is largely

220-450: The Keikyu network, or 77 total stations if each station on each line counts as one station. Keikyu currently has 802 vehicles available for passenger revenue service. Since 1997, Keikyu has had five accidents, all of which were on the main line, in the vicinity of Yokosuka and Yokohama. On 7 April 1997, at about 2:47 pm, the first three cars of a four-car train derailed after colliding with

242-683: The Main Line have a maximum operating speed of 120 km/h (75 mph), making it the third fastest private railroad in the Tokyo region after the Keisei Skyliner and the Tsukuba Express . The track gauge is 1,435 mm ( 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ) ( Standard gauge ), differing from the more common Japanese track gauge of 1,067 mm ( 3 ft 6 in ). The Keikyu Main Line runs between south area of Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. Shinagawa Station

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264-601: The area was divided into numerous villages. The area was connected by rail to Yokohama with the opening of the Shōnan Electric Railway (the predecessor of the modern Keihin Electric Express Railway in 1930. In October 1936, Kuraki District was abolished, and the area was absorbed into Yokohama City, becoming part of Isogo Ward . A large railway carriage factory was established in Kanazawa Ward in 1946 by

286-475: The assessment and clean-up process. On 18 April 2013, at about 4:30 pm, two window panes shattered in the front car of a local commuter train while passing an express train going the opposite direction, resulting in minor cuts to two high school students sitting with their backs to the windows. One window pane was also cracked on the passing train with no injuries. The accident occurred between Taura and Anjinzuka stations, with approximately 30 people in that car at

308-592: The company cease operations with effect from 1 April 2012. It is to be subsequently split into two companies, Tokyu Car Engineering and Keihin Steel Works. Both companies will be subsidiaries of JR East. The remaining parts and machinery manufacturing division was subsequently sold to ShinMaywa Industries . On 2 April 2012, divisions (were inherited by subsidiaries) were sold and renamed. Besides railway rolling stock, Tokyu Car also manufactured special duty motor vehicles (such as dump trucks , trailers and vans ), which

330-766: The nation's third, after Hanshin Electric Railway and Nagoya Electric Railway ( Meitetsu ) with the opening of a short 2 km (1.2 mi) long section of what later became the Daishi Line in January 1899. It is a member of the Fuyo Group and has its headquarters in Yokohama . The company changed its English name from Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd. to Keikyu Corporation on 21 October 2010. Trains on

352-447: The nearest station to continue their commute via bus. The driver of the truck reported his foot became stuck between the accelerator and brake pedals, sending him through the crossing bar and into the crossing. Normal operations continued about 4 hours later that morning. On 24 September 2012, at about 11:58 pm, the first three cars of an eight-car train derailed after colliding with a mudslide, resulting in injuries to 28 people including

374-586: The predecessor of J-TREC, was founded on 23 August 1948. Tokyu Car was a licensee of early-generation (early-1960s) stainless-steel commuter EMU train body and related bogie technology from the Budd Company of the United States. Since then, Tokyu Car has specialised in stainless-steel body car technology. On 27 October 2011, Tokyu Car Corporation announced that its rolling stock manufacturing division would be acquired by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), and

396-405: The tracks, bringing trees and fencing structures with it. The train was travelling 75 km/h before the driver applied the brakes, 30 to 40 meters before the mudslide. Train services were temporarily suspended between Kanazawa-Hakkei and Hemi stations and temporary bus services were provided by the train company until normal operations resumed approximately 55 + 1 ⁄ 2 hours later after

418-449: The train driver. 7 men and women were seriously injured, including fractures, broken ribs and pelvises. The accident occurred between Oppama and Keikyu Taura stations, between Yokohama and Yokosuka, with approximately 700 passengers on board. Heavy rains caused the mudslide, sweeping away safety nets that had been installed in 1998, the year after a similar mudslide in the area. An area of soil about 12 meters high and 15 meters wide fell onto

440-464: The train service was temporarily suspended between Kanazawa-Hakkei and Horinouchi Stations. On 24 November 2000, at about 5:20 am, the front car of a four-car train derailed after a truck collided with the first car of the train at a railroad crossing, resulting in 3 passengers being slightly injured. The accident occurred in Yokosuka and the approximately 100 commuters on board later walked about 200 m to

462-581: Was one of the first areas in Japan opened to foreign trade. In 1871, with the abolition of the han system following the Meiji Restoration , the area became part of Kuraki District in the new Kanagawa Prefecture . In 1887, Itō Hirobumi and a group of political scholars completed the final drafts of the Meiji Constitution while secluded in an inn in Kanazawa. In the cadastral reform of April 1, 1889,

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484-596: Was sold to ShinMaywa . Some Tokyu Car projects: As J-TREC: Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama The area around present-day Kanazawa Ward has been inhabited for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found stone tools from the Japanese Paleolithic period and ceramic shards from the Jōmon period at numerous locations in the area. Under the Nara period Ritsuryō system, it became part of Kuraki District in Musashi Province . By

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