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Fuji Kyuko

Japanese passenger transportation company

Fujikyuko Line
Gakunan Railway Line
Tenjō-Yama Park Mt. Kachi Kachi Ropeway
Fuji-Q Highland

WebsiteOfficial website (in Japanese)

The Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd. (富士急行株式会社, Fuji Kyūkō kabushiki gaisha), 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 will surely establish Fuji Sanroku Denki Tetsudo and Fujikyuko Line will be transferred to the new corporation.^[4]

References

^ All shares are entrustment fund, so Suruga Bank doesn't have right to vote against Fuji Kyuko.
^ 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.
^ 姉妹鉄道提携２５周年記念富士急行線マッターホルン号運行開始 ["Matterhorn" train to run on Fuji Kyuko Line to mark 25th anniversary of sister railway agreement] (PDF). News release (in Japanese). Japan: Fuji Kyuko. 13 September 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ Decision of splitting Fujikyuko railway department into Fuji Sanroku Denki Tetsudo