Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway

The Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway (四日市あすなろう鉄道, Yokkaichi Asunarō Tetsudō) is a railway company in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan. The company operates the Utsube Line and the Hachiōji Line in Yokkaichi. Both lines are 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) gauge railways.^[1]

The company took over the control of the lines and started the operation on April 1, 2015. Until the day before, the lines were operated by Kintetsu Railway, a major private railway operator, as branches of the Kintetsu Nagoya Line.^[1]

Seventy-five percent of the share of the company is owned by Kintetsu and the remainder is owned by the Yokkaichi city government.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 小佐野カゲトシ (April 1, 2015). "四日市あすなろう鉄道がスタート…近鉄内部・八王子線を引き継ぎ". Response (in Japanese). Retrieved April 1, 2015.

External links

Media related to Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway at Wikimedia Commons
Official website (in Japanese)

Mass transit in Nagoya (Chūkyō)

Nagoya Municipal Subway lines

Higashiyama Line
Meijō Line
Meikō Line
Tsurumai Line
Sakura-dōri Line
Kamiiida Line

Meitetsu lines

Owari (Western Aichi)	NH Nagoya TB Tsushima TB BS Bisai IY Inuyama KM Komaki ST Seto
Chita Peninsula	TA Tokoname/Airport KC Kōwa/Chita CH Chikkō
Mikawa (Eastern Aichi)	TK Toyokawa MU MY Mikawa TT Toyota GN Nishio GN Gamagōri
Mino (Southern Gifu)	KG Kakamigahara HM Hiromi TH Takehana TH Hashima

Kintetsu lines
(Osaka-Nagoya Line area)

E Nagoya
K Yunoyama
L Suzuka
M Yamada Toba Shima

JR Central lines

Shinkansen	Tōkaidō Shinkansen
Conventional lines	CA Tokaido CF Chuo CJ Kansai CD Iida CE Taketoyo CG Takayama CI Taita Kisei Sangū Meishō

Other lines

Minor private railways	Toyotetsu City line (Azumada) Atsumi Sangi Sangi Hokusei Yōrō Jōhoku
Third-sector railways	Aikan (Aichi Loop) Akechi Nagaragawa (Etumi South) Tarumi Ise AN Aonami Yokkaichi Asunarou Utsube Hachiōji L Linimo Guided bus Y Yutorito