Fuji Kyuko

Fujikyuko Co., Ltd. (富士急行株式会社), commonly abbreviated as Fujikyu, is a passenger transportation company headquartered in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan.

The company operates the Fujikyuko Line railway and regional and long-distance bus routes. The company also operates the Tenjō-Yama Park Mt. Kachi Kachi Ropeway, and Fuji-Q Highland amusement park.

Affiliated companies

  • The Gakunan Railway is a consolidated subsidiary of Fuji Kyuko because Fuji Kyuko makes a 25.59% investment in the company.
  • The Yamanashi Chuo Bank is made a 1.16% investment by Fuji Kyuko.

History

  • The company signed a "sister railway" agreement with the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn in Switzerland in 1991.[3]
  • On 1 April 2022, this company established Fuji Sanroku Denki Tetsudo and transferred the Fujikyuko Line to the new corporation.[4]

References

  1. All shares are entrustment fund, so Suruga Bank doesn't have right to vote against Fuji Kyuko.^
  2. This company is also made a 1.16% investment by Fuji Kyuko. And, Keio Corporation, Sanrio and Odakyu are made an investment by Yamanashi Chuo Bank.^
  3. http://www.fujikyu.co.jp/data/news_pdf/pdf_file2_403.pdf News release, Fuji Kyuko, 13 September 2016, retrieved 14 September 2016^
  4. Decision of splitting Fujikyuko railway department into Fuji Sanroku Denki Tetsudo^