Heisei Chikuhō Railway

Heisei Chikuhō Railway

Heisei Chikuhō Railway System Map

Ita Line (伊田線), Itoda Line (糸田線) and Tagawa Line (田川線)
Dates of operation 1989 (1989)
Track gauge 1,067 mm
Length 49.2 km
Headquarters Fukuchi, Fukuoka
Website www.heichiku.net
Heisei Chikuho Railway 400 Series train
Heisei Chikuho Railway 200 Series train

The Heisei Chikuho Railway Co. Ltd. (平成筑豊鉄道株式会社) is a third sector operator of four railway lines in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The railway's nickname is Heichiku.

Principal investors

Fukuoka Prefecture holds 27.5% of the stock in the railway. The cities of Tagawa, Nōgata, and Yukuhashi hold 14.8%, 6.6%, and 6.6% each.

History

The company was founded on April 26, 1989. On October 1, 1989 it assumed the operations of its three lines, which were formerly part of the JR Kyushu network.

On April 26, 2009 the company started the operation of the Mojikō Retro Kankō Line, a short railway for tourists in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū.

Lines

The Mojikō Retro Kankō Line is classified as a "specific purpose railway business" (特定目的鉄道事業 tokutei mokuteki tetsudō jigyō) under the Railway Business Act of Japan as it does not purport to transport daily passengers or freight. Heisei Chikuhō Railway operates trains as Category 2 operator (as defined in the Act, see "Rail transport in Japan" for details) on the track owned by the city of Kitakyūshū as Category 3 operator.

See also

References

This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heisei Chikuho Railway.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.