Keio Corporation

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Keio Corporation (京王電鉄株式会社, Keiō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha) (

Lines

The Keio network is based around the central Keiō Line, 37.9 km (23.5 mi), 32 stations.

Line	Section	Station No.	Length (km)	Stations	Date opened	Maximum speed (km/h)
Keiō Line	Keiō Hachiōji	01, 04-34	37.9	32	April 15, 1913	110
Keiō Sagamihara Line	Chōfu - Hashimoto	18, 35-45	22.6	12	1916	110
Keiō Takao Line	Kitano - Takaosanguchi	33, 48-53	8.6	7	March 20, 1931	105
Keiō Inokashira Line	Shibuya - Kichijōji	01-17	12.7	17	1934	90
Keiō New Line	Shinjuku - Sasazuka	01-04	3.6	4	1980
Keiō Dōbutsuen Line	Tama-Dōbutsukōen	29, 47	2.0	2	April 29, 1964
Keiō Keibajō Line	Fuchū-Keiba-Seimon-mae	23, 46	0.9	2	April 29, 1955
Total	7 lines		88.3

The Keio Inokashira Line does not share track with the Main Line. It intersects with the Keio Line at Meidaimae Station.

History

The company's earliest predecessor was the Nippon Electric Railway (日本電気鉄道) founded in 1905.

The Inokashira Line began operating in 1933 as a completely separate company, Teito Electric Railway (帝都電鉄).[2] This company had also planned to link Ōimachi with Suzaki (now Kōtō ward), though this never materialized.^[2] In 1940, Teito merged with the Odakyu Electric Railway, and in 1942 the combined companies were merged by government order into Tōkyō Kyūkō Dentetsu (東京急行電鉄) (now Tokyu Corporation).^[2]

In 1947, the shareholders of Tokyu voted to spin off the Keio and Inokashira lines into a new company, Keiō Teito Electric Railway (京王帝都電鉄).^[2] The Teito name was dropped in 1998 in favor of Keio Electric Railway (京王電鉄, Keiō Dentetsu), though "KTR" placards and insignia can still be seen occasionally.^[2] The company's English name was changed to Keio Corporation on June 29, 2005.^[2]

Priority seats

Keiō was among the first railway companies to introduce priority seats on its trains. Priority seats are those reserved for the physically handicapped, elderly, pregnant women, and people with infants. These special seats, which were initially called "Silver seats" but renamed in 1993, were inaugurated on Respect for the Aged Day on September 15, 1973.

Rolling stock

All Keio trains have longitudinal (commuter-style) seating.

1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge lines

• 7000 series (since 1984)
• 8000 series (since 1992)
• 9000 series (since 2001)
• 5000 series (2nd generation)
  (since 2017)

The first of a fleet of five new ten-car

• 
  7000 series (8-car set)
• 
  8000 series (6-car set+4-car set)
• 
  9000 series (10-car set)
• 
  5000 series (II)

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge lines

• 1000 series (2nd generation)
  (since 1996)

• 
  1000 series (II)

Former rolling stock

1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in) gauge lines

• 5000 series (from 1963 until 1996)
• 6000 series (from 1972 until 2011)

• 
  5000 series (I)
• 
  6000 series (4-car set)

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge lines

• 1000 series (from 1957 until 1984)
• 3000 series (from 1962 until 2011)

• 
  1000 series (I)
• 
  3000 series (refurbished)

Related companies

Transport

• Mitake Tozan Railway
• Keio Dentetsu Bus
• Nishi Tokyo Bus

Taxi

• Keio Jidousha [ja]

Retail

• Keio Department Store
• Keio Store

Other

• Keio Realty and Development
• Keio Travel Agency
• Keio Plaza Hotel
• Keio Construction

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Keio Corporation.

• Official website