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16-485: Rolling stock on the line consists of former Tokyu 6000 and 7000 series EMUs . Ex- Nankai Railway 1521 series 4-door EMUs were also previously used, but these were withdrawn in 2008 following the discontinuation of limited-stop "Rapid" services. An electric locomotive is also available for use on winter snow-clearing duties. The Kōnan Railway was founded on March 27, 1926, and began operations between Hirosaki and Tsugaru-Onoe Station on September 7, 1927. On July 1, 1948,

32-646: A multinational corporation , its main operation is the Tokyu Railways Company, Ltd. ( ja:東急電鉄 株式会社 , Tōkyū Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha ) , a wholly-owned subsidiary operating railways in the Greater Tokyo Area . The oldest predecessor of company was the Musashi Electric Railway ( 武蔵電気鉄道 , Musashi Denki Tetsudō ) , opened in 1908. The railway's operations were converted into a kabushiki gaisha (company) in 1910. Keita Gotō , now

48-709: A major upscale department store chain, the Tokyu Department Store operating in Japan and the MBK Center in Bangkok , Thailand. Other retail operations include Tokyu Hands stores (except for the two locations in Nagoya , which are owned by Sanco Creative Life Co., indirectly controlled by Kintetsu Group Holdings , and operated under license). It also runs a number of hotels under the names Tokyu/Pan Pacific in Japan and formerly owned

64-521: A notable Japanese industrialist, was appointed as the CEO in 1920 and he began a major expansion program. The most important predecessor was first registered on September 2, 1922, as the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway ( 目黒蒲田電鉄 , Meguro-Kamata Dentetsu ) and is related to the construction of Den-en-chōfu . It was originally founded by the developers of Den-en-chōfu). It was acquired by

80-646: Is a railway line in Kanagawa Prefecture owned by the Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company and operated by Tokyu Corporation . The line opened in April 1967, at the same time as its 'parent' station, Nagatsuta. It is a single track local line designed principally to cater for visitors to Kodomonokuni Theme Park (Children's Land) park. Consequently, the two-car trains are particularly busy during summer weekends and holidays. The line originally

96-580: The Kanagawa prefectural government and the Yokohama city government. In 2000, an intermediate station, Onda, opened in Aoba-ku, Yokohama to reflect the changing role of this line as a commuter line. MMR today owns the right-of-way, Kodomonokuni and Onda stations and the rolling stock, but the actual operation continues to be contracted to Tōkyū. Local residents along the train line have expressed an interest in getting

112-806: The Keio Teito Electric Railway (which had merged with Odawara Express before in 1940). In 1948, after the war, Tokyu divested the acquired companies, and the divested companies are now known as Odakyu Electric Railway , Keikyu Corporation , and Keio Corporation respectively. The 1943–48 era of Tokyu 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 . The Tokyu Group also owns two smaller railroad companies, Ueda Kōtsū and Izukyū Corporation ; several bus companies; and

128-544: The Pan Pacific Hotels abroad, which it sold to UOL Limited of Singapore. Formerly the owner of Japan Air System (JAS), Tokyu used to be the largest shareholder of Japan Airlines Holdings (JAL) following JAS's merger with JAL. The Tokyu Group also owns and operates the upscale Tokyu Hotels and budget Tokyu Inns. From 1958 until 2001, Tokyu also owned the Japanese (now American) Shirokiya department store company. It

144-622: The Kodomonokuni Line extended northward to meet the Odakyū Odawara Line at Tsurukawa; however the planning has not yet taken off because the proposed rail alignment, despite its short distance, involves two prefectures ( Kanagawa , Tokyo ) and three cities ( Aoba-ku, Yokohama ; Asao-ku, Kawasaki and Machida, Tokyo ). The travel time from Nagatsuta to Kodomonokuni is 7 minutes (with one stop at Onda). At both Kodomonokuni and Nagatsuta stations there are ticket machines for this line, but

160-403: The Kodomonokuni Line shares Tōkyū platforms at Nagatsuta. Trains depart every 20 minutes throughout the day (every 10 minutes between 8 and 9 a.m. both directions) and at weekends; however, services are more regular during morning and evening peak times, and during Golden Week . All stations are located in Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture . All trains are based at Nagasuta Depot, accessed via

176-696: The Musashi Electric Railway in 1924, shortly before Musashi was renamed into the Tokyo-Yokohama Electric Railway ( 東京横浜電鉄 , Tōkyō-Yokohama Dentetsu ) , also known as the Toyoko, in the same year. After Musashi/Toyoko's acquisition, the Meguro-Kamata Electric Railway initially operated as a subsidiary of Toyoko. It was not until 16 October 1939 that both Toyoko and Meguro-Kamata Electric railways were formally merged and

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192-558: The corresponding article in the Japanese Misplaced Pages Tokyu Corporation The Tokyu Corporation ( 東急株式会社 , Tōkyū kabushiki-gaisha ) , a contraction of and formerly Tō kyō Kyū kō Dentetsu kabushiki gaisha ( 東 京 急 行電鉄株式会社 , " Tokyo Express Electric Railway Share Company ") until 2 September 2019, is a Japanese keiretsu or conglomerate headquartered in Shibuya , Tokyo . While

208-407: The line was electrified at 600 volts DC. The line was extended to Kōnan-Kuroishi Station (present-day Kuroishi Station) on July 1, 1950. Voltage on the line was raised to 750 volts on April 1, 1954, and to 1,500 volts on September 1, 1961. Freight services ceased in 1984. A train derailed at Hiraka Station on June 12, 2007, but no injuries were reported. This article incorporates material from

224-700: The new company took the Toyoko name. In 1938, Toyoko established Toyoko Eiga [ja] , possibly for competition with Ichizo Kobayashi 's Toho Company . It became the Toei Company in 1951. Toyoko took its current name on 1 May 1942, after the Japanese government compelled the company to acquire the Odawara Express Railway and the Keihin Electric Railway in 1943 to support Japan's efforts in Pacific War of World War II . In 1944 it also acquired

240-621: Was built and opened as a transportation link to the park (which opened in 1965) from the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line . The Children's Land Association ( Shakai Fukushi Houjin Kodomonokuni Kyokai ) owned the right-of-way and the Kodomonokuni Station, but the actual operation was contracted out to Tokyu Corporation . In 1997, the line was sold to Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Company (MMR), a joint venture of Tokyu Corporation,

256-548: Was the owner of Mago Island until 2005, when Mel Gibson purchased it for US$ 15 million. Tokyu Corporation is also the largest single shareholder in the Shizuoka Railway Company , but its holdings in the railway are not part of the group. New Tokyu 2020 series ten-car EMUs and Tokyu 6020 series seven-car EMUs have entered service since early 2018. Yokohama Minatomirai Railway Kodomonokuni Line The Kodomonokuni Line ( こどもの国線 , Kodomonokuni-sen )

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