Keio Corporation
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Image:Kichijoji-eki-2005-3-5 1.jpg Image:Keio8731.JPG Keio Corporation (京王電鉄株式会社 Keiō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 9008 ) is a private railway operator in Tokyo, Japan, and a central firm of the Keio Group (京王グループ Keiō Gurūpu?) that is involved in transportation, retail, real estate and other industries.
The name "Keiō" is a contraction for "Tokyō-Hachiōji" (東京-八王子). The Keio railway network connects the western suburbs of Tokyo (Chōfu, Fuchū, Hachiōji, Hino, Inagi, Sagamihara, Tama) with the city center at Shinjuku Station.
The Keio Corporation and the JR Keiyō Line are separate, and have no stations near each other.
[edit] History
Keiō's earliest predecessor is the Nippon Electric Railway (日本電気鉄道) which was formed in 1905. It reorganized as the Musashi Electric Railway (武蔵電気鉄道) in 1906. It renamed itself again to Keio Electric Tramway (京王電気軌道) in 1910 and began operating its first stretch of railway in 1913, between Sasazuka and Chōfu. By 1923, Keio had completed its primary rail link between Shinjuku and Hachioji. The company was merged into Tokyu Corporation in 1944 as part of a government-directed consolidation of railway companies.
The Inokashira Line began operating in 1933 under a completely separate company, Teito Electric Railway (帝都電鉄). In 1940, Teito merged with the Odakyu Electric Railway, and in 1942 the combined companies also became part of Tokyu Corporation.
In 1947, the shareholders of Tokyu voted to spin off the Keio and Inokashira lines as a new Keio Teito Electric Railway (京王帝都電鉄) company. The Teito name was dropped in 1998.
[edit] Lines
The Keiō network is based around the central Keiō Line. Branches from that line include:
Keiō Inokashira Line is a route in another system. It intersects with Keiō Line at Meidaimae Station.
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