Keikyu

Keikyu Corporation (京浜急行電鉄株式会社 Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 9006), also known as Keihin Kyuko (京浜急行 Keihin Kyūkō?) or, more recently, Keikyu (京急 Keikyū?), 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 railway origins date back to 1898, but the current company dates to 1948. The Kanto region's first electric train (the nation's third, after Kyoto Electric Railway and Nagoya Electric Railway) rolled in January 1899.[1]

It is part of the Fuyo Group and has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo. The company changed its English name from Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd. to Keikyu Corporation on October 21, 2010.[2]

Trains on the Main Line have a maximum operating speed of 120 km/h, making it the third fastest private railroad in the Tokyo region, after the Keisei Skyliner and the Tsukuba Express. The railroad's gauge is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in), differing from the more common Japanese rail gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).

Contents

List of Keikyu lines

Lines Sections Length
(km)		 Number of
stations
Main Line Sengakuji Station – Uraga Station 56.7 50
Kurihama Line Horinouchi Station – Misakiguchi Station 13.4 9
Zushi Line Kanazawa-Hakkei Station – Shin-Zushi Station 5.9 4
Daishi Line Keikyū Kawasaki Station – Kojimashinden Station 4.5 7
Airport Line Keikyū Kamata Station – Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal Station 6.5 8
Total 5 lines 87.0 74

The Keikyū Main Line runs between south area of Tokyo, Kawasaki, Yokohama, and Yokosuka. Shinagawa Station 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.

List of Keikyu train models

Active

Retired

References

  1. ^ Yoshikawa, Fumio (1989) (in Japanese). Nippon Densha Hattatsu-shi [The History of Development of Electric Trains in Japan]. Color Books No.778. Osaka: Hoikusha. p. 99. 
  2. ^ "京急、英文会社名を「ＫＥＩＫＹＵ」に＝２１日から変更、ブランド浸透で". Jiji Press. October 19, 2010. http://www.jiji.com/jc/zc?k=201010/2010101900755. Retrieved October 23, 2010. 

External links

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16 major and 6 semi-major private rail operators of Japan
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