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Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd.
2-20-20, Takanawa, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-8625, Japan
Tel. +81-3-3280-9122
Fax +81-3-3280-9193

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.keikyu.co.jp
 Employees: 8,828

With rail lines that span some 90 miles in the Tokyo area, Keihin Electric Express Railway (known as Keikyu) is on the right track. Keikyu provides rail service to more than 1 million passengers daily between Tokyo and the Miura Peninsula, in the southern part of the metropolitan area. In addition, the company provides rail service to Tokyo International Airport. Keikyu also offers bus transportation services. Other Keikyu businesses, which are mostly located near its transportation routes, include retail (supermarkets, department stores), real estate development, and recreational services (hotels, restaurants).

Key numbers for fiscal year ending March, 2008:
Sales: $1,133.4M

Officers:
Chairman: Masaru Kotani
President: Department Stores

Competitors:
Central Japan Railway
Keio Corporation
Keisei Electric Railway

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A 2100 series train

The Keihin Electric Express Railway Co., Ltd. (京浜急行電鉄株式会社 Keihin Kyūkō Dentetsu Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 9006), also known as Keihin Kyūkō (京浜急行?) or, more recently, Keikyū (京急?), is a private railroad that connects inner Tokyo to Kawasaki, Yokohama, Yokosuka and other points on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture. 京浜 (Keihin?) means the Tokyo (東京) - Yokohama (横浜) area. The companies railway origins date back to 1898, but the current company dates to 1948. The Kanto region's first electric train rolled in January 1899. It celebrated Tokyo's and the companies' 100 years of electric railroad history in pictures in February 1998. Of the major railway companies today, only Nankai Electric Railway of Osaka predates Keikyu in operating electric trains.

It is part of the Fuyo Group (or keiretsu) and has its headquarters in Minato, Tokyo.

Trains on the Main Line have a maximum operating speed of 120 km/h, making it the second fastest private railroad in the Tokyo region, after the Tsukuba Express. The railroad's gauge is 1,435 mm, differing from the more common rail gauge in Japan, 1,067 mm.

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List of Keikyū lines

Lines Sections Length (km) Stations Date opened Max speed
Keikyū Main Line Sengakuji Station -
Uraga Station		 56.7 50 1899 120 km/h
Keikyū Kurihama Line Horinouchi Station -
Misakiguchi Station		 13.4 9 - 120 km/h
Keikyū Zushi Line Kanazawa-Hakkei Station -
Shin-Zushi Station		 5.9 4 - 120 km/h
Keikyū Daishi Line Keikyū Kawasaki Station -
Kojimashinden		 4.5 7 - 120 km/h
Keikyū Airport Line Keikyū Kamata Station -
Haneda Airport Station		 6.5 7 120 km/h
Total 5 lines 87.0  

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, Keikyū trains run into the Toei Asakusa Line and Keisei Electric Railway (to Narita Airport) and Hokuso Railway (to Chiba newtown area) lines.

List of Keikyū train models

Active

Retired

  • 230 series
  • 400 series
  • 500 series
  • Old 600 series
  • Old 800 series

External links

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Keikyū lines
Keikyū lines
Airport • Daishi • Kurihama • Main • Zushi
Major stations
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Mass transit in the Greater Tokyo Area (Number of lines indicated in parentheses)
JR lines
(Tokyo Urban/Suburban Area)
■Akabane · ■Chūō (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Hachikō · ■Itsukaichi · ■Jōban · ■Kawagoe · ■Keihin-Tōhoku · ■Keiyō · ■Mito · ■Musashino · ■Nambu · ■Narita · ■Negishi · ■Ōme · ■Ryōmō · ■Sagami · ■Saikyō · ■■Shōnan-Shinjuku · ■Sōbu (■Rapid · ■Local) · ■Sotobō · ■Takasaki · ■Tōgane · ■Tōhoku (Utsunomiya) · ■Tōkaidō · ■Tsurumi · ■Uchibō · ■Yamanote · ■Yokohama · ■Yokosuka
Tokyo Metro lines
○Chiyoda (C) · ○Fukutoshin (F) · ○Ginza (G) · ○Hibiya (H) · ○Marunouchi (M) · ○Namboku (N) · ○Tōzai (T) · ○Yūrakuchō (Y) · ○Hanzōmon (Z)
Toei lines
Subway: ○Asakusa (A) · ○Ōedo (E) · ○Mita (I) · ○Shinjuku (S) · Guideway: Nippori-Toneri · Streetcar: Arakawa
Major private networks (#)
Keikyū (5) · Keiō (7) · Keisei (7) · Odakyū (3) · Seibu (13) · Sōtetsu (2) · Tōbu (12) · Tōkyū (8)
Other lines
Cable Cars/Aerial tramways
Major Terminals
Miscellaneous
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16 major and 6 semi-major private rail operators of Japan
Kantō region
Keikyū · Keiō · Keisei · * Shin-Keisei · Odakyū · Seibu · Sōtetsu · Tōbu · Tōkyū · Tokyo Metro
Chūbu region
Kinki region
Kintetsu · Nankai · Keihan · Hanshin · Hankyū · * Semboku Rapid · * Kitakyū · * Shintetsu · * Kobe Rapid · * Sanyō
Kyūshū region
Related topics
JR・Japan National Railways・Association of Japanese Private Railways・PASMO・Tranpass・Kansai Thru Pass・PiTaPa・Nimoca
* Semi-major rail operators
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