The Izukyū Corporation ( 伊豆急行株式会社 , Izu Kyūkō kabushiki gaisha , lit. "Izu Express Stock Company") is a private railroad company in Japan , and a subsidiary of the Tokyu Corporation . The company operates the Izu Kyūkō Line train service on Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture , and has subsidiary operations involved in taxi and bus services, as well as real estate and leisure resort development and a cable television network.
6-731: The Tokyu Corporation began preliminary work on a train line connecting Itō Station , the terminus of the Japanese National Railways ' Itō Line , with Shimoda , at the southern tip of the Izu Peninsula in 1956. A wholly owned subsidiary, the Itō-Shimoda Electric Railway Company ( 伊東下田電気鉄道株式会社 , Itō-Shimoda Denkitetsudo K.K. ) was created on April 11, 1959, and construction work on the new line began in February 1960. On February 20, 1961,
12-482: A single side platform serving Track 3. The platforms are connected by an underpass . The Izu Kyūkō trains use the outer Tracks 1 and 3, whereas the Itō Line pulls into Track 2, and reverses out in the opposite direction. The station building has automated ticket machines and Suica and PASMO automated turnstiles as well as a " Midori no Madoguchi " staffed ticket office. Itō Station opened on December 15, 1938 when
18-611: The Izukyū Corporation 's Izu Kyūkō Line as a tenant running a through service. It also has a freight depot for the Japan Freight Railway Company . Itō Station is the terminal station of the Itō Line , and is located 16.9 kilometers from the opposing terminus of the line at Atami Station and 121.5 kilometers from Tokyo Station . Itō Station has a single island platform serving Track 1 and Track 2 and
24-665: The Tokyu Corporation. At present, the company operates one train line, the Izu Kyūkō Line , with a total length of 45.7 kilometers. The Shimoda Ropeway is a subsidiary of the Izukyū Corporation. It%C5%8D Station Itō Station ( 伊東駅 , Itō-eki ) is a railway station located in the city of Itō, Shizuoka , Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), with
30-552: The company changed its name to its current name of Izukyū Corporation. Actual train operation began at Itō Station on December 10, 1961, and a centralized traffic control center established at Itō in 1982. Izukyū Corporation was listed in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange from November 1, 1972. However, it was delisted on October 1, 2004 and returned to the status of a fully owned subsidiary of
36-488: The section of the Itō Line linking Ajiro with Itō was completed. On December 10, 1961, Izu Kyūkō began operations on a line linking Itō with Shimoda . Freight services were discontinued from October 1, 1980, but were resumed on March 31, 1987. On April 1, 1987 along with division and privatization of the Japan National Railway , East Japan Railway Company started operating this station. In fiscal 2017,
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