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Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company

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Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company
Native name
首都圏新都市鉄道株式会社
Shuto-ken Shin Toshi Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha
Company typeKabushiki gaisha
IndustryRail transport
Founded15 March 1991
Headquarters,
ServicesTsukuba Express
Websitewww.mir.co.jp/en

The Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company (首都圏新都市鉄道株式会社, Shuto-ken Shin Toshi Tetsudō kabushiki gaisha, lit. "Metropolitan Area’s New City Railway Stock Company") is a third-sector railway operating company in Japan. It was established on 15 March 1991 to construct the 58.3 km Tsukuba Express (then known as the Jōban Shinsen) commuter railway line from ‹See TfM›Akihabara in Tokyo to ‹See TfM›Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture.[1] The Tsukuba Express line was opened on 24 August 2005.[1]

Shareholders

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As of 2019, the company is owned by the following local governments and municipalities.[2]

Entity % share
Ibaraki Prefecture 18.05
Tokyo 17.65
Chiba Prefecture 7.06
Adachi Ward, Tokyo 7.06
City of Tsukuba 6.67
Saitama Prefecture 5.88
Taitō Ward, Tokyo 5.3
City of Kashiwa 5.3
City of Nagareyama 5.3
Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo 2.65
Arakawa Ward, Tokyo 2.65

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
  2. ^ 29th Annual Securities Report
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